Taken as a whole, this is another surprisingly enjoyable album from a pop singer who has managed to broaden her approach without losing her USP.

This is an odd thing to say, given the dumbness of so many contemporary rap songs--is that Kweli tries to cram too much awareness into his lines at the expense of rhymes and flow. But trying a little too hard to find enlightenment can be forgiven when it comes from within a genre that often tips bravado ahead of insight.

A genuinely enjoyable find.

There are more ideas here than many bands manage in their entire career, but in inimitable Maiden style, it's woven together beautifully.

Mirror Mirror is not obvious instant success. But given time, as with the best records, it reveals a wonderfully stark energy; all sinewy shadowplay, stripped-back space and a compelling sexuality.

Ozanne has here delivered one of the most perfect after-party collections in recent memory.

Heritage has some strong predecessors to live up to. But it will surely be seen as one of their most accomplished works in years to come.

End Times plays to Everett’s strengths, offering enough intrigue and wonder to keep happy listeners new and old.

This debut offering is strong, addictive and enthralling, the perfect accompaniment to any mood, any moment, anywhere.

This self-titled album is never less than pleasant, but only rarely is it truly memorable.

That warmth you're feeling come its close, try to hold onto it. It's a contentment few albums leave you with.

Despite the odd patch of fluffier filler, it's still filled with enough dark delights to send tingles up and down your spine.

At its best Zoo prowls menacingly and intensely, shrouded in sheets of steely guitar and fogs of squall and distortion... [But] this mood-heavy mix doesn't always work.

From a palette of familiar reference points, they've created a fresh, vital sound that could prove to be the basis of an impressive career.

"I Was Never Gonna Turn Out Too Good" the lone standout on an otherwise turgid record, but that's only by virtue of its sheer oddness.

It's not groundbreaking, and it's not that interesting.

On an album of depth and scale, Lytle is aiming to move mountains. It's big.

The OF Tape Vol 2 is an excellent addition to the group's canon.

Glimmer operates in a more reflective register [than Jacaszek's previous album, Pentral], albeit one that's finally no less draining than assaultive noise.

So, despite promising little, Turn Ons proves to be quite the diverting delight, albeit one you're unlikely to return to once a new Supergrass album arrives.

Spencer should be vaulting over these songs in an attempt to make them connect more directly, but she seems content for them to be merely pretty for the time being.

There's much substance with the employment of piano, organ, synthesiser, guitar and horn solos, but the actual song structures and vocal performances don't share this same level of achievement.

Another Country is an album that radiates warmth. Not just the warmth of southern seas and skies, but the human warmth that beams directly out of Ms. Wilson's heaving heart.

Produced by The Bronx's Joby J Ford--who has also worked with Californian hardcore punks Trash Talk, whose MO is much the same as Cerebral Ballzy's--this eponymous set does a good job of transporting the band's ferocious live show into one's living room.

Wray and Walker’s transatlantic pairing is beautifully natural.

Adventures in Your Own Backyard is a frankly exquisite, elegantly crafted gem.

Just to Feel Anything doesn't disappoint, although those eager for meditative meanderings might feel detached from its propulsive, purposeful tangents.

Like much of Together, it aims for The Beatles, hits ELO, and sounds like the people responsible mightn't have thought that was a bad thing.