She & Him – Volume Two (Double Six) 05/04/2010
An album which seems intended for a summer chill out
The Fall – Your Future Our Clutter (Domino) 26/04/2010
The Fall are not trying to win over new fans with ‘Your Future, Our Clutter’, and why should they?
Kate Nash – My Best Friend Is You (Fiction) 19/04/2010
My Best Friend Is You, Kate Nash’s second album, does nothing to redeem her ‘kooky-britschool-brat-with-nothing-much-interesting-to-say’ image
65daysofstatic – We Were Exploding Anyway (Hassle) 26/04/2010
You can label “We Were Exploding Anyway” as electronic, post-rock, glitch, math-rock or whatever the hell you want, but the main thing is 65days have yet again proved that they can still create stunning and inventive material
Paul Weller – Wake Up the Nation (Island) 19/04/2010
There is reason to rejoice for Paul Weller, he has made an album which is in turn adventurous, fun and has avoided reverting to type
Josiah Wolf – Jet Lag (Anticon) 29/03/2010
Josiah’s lyrical style is in parts similar to that of Willy Mason’s, touching upon what seem to be personally difficult subjects with delicacy and emotion
The Radio Dept – Clinging To a Scheme (Labrador) 19/04/2010
‘Clinging To A Scheme’ is a pleasant and absorbing listen but not a memorable one and it could be said, a missed opportunity.
Love Is All – Two Thousand & Ten Injuries (Polyvinyl) 05/04/2010
‘Two Thousand & Ten Injuries’ is a perfect balance of meticulous planning and ramshackle punk, where the content is never overcooked yet never under looked.
Darwin Deez – Darwin Deez (Lucky Number Music) 12/04/2010
Darwin Deez has got one of the most infectious indie pop albums of the year so far and there are no synths in site
Dum Dum Girls – I Will Be (Sub Pop) 29/03/2010
This may not be the most original album you will hear this year, but when it is packed full of uplifting songs, raw guitars, catchy melodies and splendid girl group harmonies, who cares?
