With a distinctive sound that's certain to have mass appeal, this teen troubadour is set to smash it.

Enchanting and illuminating, ‘everything is alive’ proves that Slowdive’s pulse is still beating strong.

Driven by a passion to tell real, meaningful stories- without shying away from gritty topics-using their music, Skinny Diet Girl deliver with Ideal Woman a creation that has strong messages encapsulated in a brilliant soundscape.

It’s inspiring, and above all else incredibly catchy.

A heady, forward-thinking shoegaze distillation, ‘Bedroom’ is a vital listen, with bdrmm allowing their early promise to fully develop. Much more than a genre piece, it’s a vital delve into the power of our communal isolation.

This is an album that deserves big headphones and large sweeping views of grey coastal days.

‘Guitar’ is easily one of Mac DeMarco’s most humane, and emotive records.

The album is littered with exquisite collaborations.

These monumental tunes are totally bewitching from start to finish with heartfelt moments and deep intent packed into every second.

An observing eye, everywhere the spirit of Chan Marshall lingers, on a textured, fascinating album, one that feels as though you have been let loose in an endless hall of mirrors.

The group’s third album in three years, they never once let standards slip. All in all, the aptly titled ‘Glorious Game’ is a punchy LP with considerable replay value.

Latin lamentations and oscillating interferences spin sinful tales of transgression and violation, with a flagellating undercurrent of austerity, to create an uneasy, intuitive, idiosyncratic masterpiece.

‘Mind Hive’ will be remembered as an album that reminds us a price tag still can’t be put on our integrity – artistic or moral.

The band’s blend of baroque and alternative rock, sounds immense live and this show has rightly been selected as a testament to that. This is also a perfect bridge to whenever the group release their next material and with 21 tracks is somewhat of an early Christmas present for the band’s legion of fans.

Everything about it works, from the lo-fi artwork, to the lingering samples, measured basslines and sedate beats, but there is a feeling of urgency and gravity to these tracks.

Kodaline illustrate all the ingredients for greatness, with many a swooning chorus to invoke a thousand festival lighters held aloft.

‘The Land, The Water, The Sky’ is an album to savour, to go back to again and again to either get a greater understanding of what she is imparting and to find a new melody you missed the last time.

Where once the band may have occasionally caught your ear, these songs command attention throughout.

This is an album that doesn’t really need any artificial bluster to draw attention. The songs are more than good enough.

Although this is his first foray proper into the medium of electronic music, it's a masterful accomplishment.

Introverted and understated but not underwhelming, ‘The Night’ rewards repeated listens and while it is unlikely to provide the viral moment that returns Saint Etienne to their rightful place in the charts or troubles new audiences, it will more than satisfy the committed and may, with the benefit of an even longer lens, be among their greatest achievements.

This is strange, boutique folk-pop with a vitalised imagination--a rewarding listen, and then some.

Their third album in as many years, JJ continue to gather a pace and 'No.3' will surely propel them further into hearts and minds.

A hugely accomplished debut album.

The vocals on the album are flawless, particularly for tracks such as ‘White Rooms And People’. ‘Outside’, is perhaps the quaintest offering on the album, but is immediately followed up by ‘Be My Guest’, an industrial offering that sends listeners into a frantic dervish.

A rewarding evolution for the band.

For Sufjan fans, despite not belonging exclusively to their hero, The Greatest Gift is immensely enjoyable. For anyone not yet sold on the Michigan music-maker, well, you’re in for a treat.

Life & Livin’ It is a powerful reminder that basic truths, basic rights, are always the most important.