A great feel-good record for the summer months, this one is the perfect soundtrack for the car, park or beach. Just enjoy it.

An early contender for this year’s big summer rap album, we won’t be surprised if we are still hearing about Honest when the winter cold returns.

It doesn’t burn out so much as creep up and these songs offer yet another new guise for a remarkable talent.

There are Pixies fans that would have preferred another ‘Doolittle’ instead, but Indie Cindy isn’t bad, not bad at all.

It’s just irresistible and should proudly sit alongside the successes of their Bella Union labelmates.

This masterpiece isn’t dulling any time soon. Working on the premise that they were Generation X’s own Velvet Underground, this is their ‘White Light/White Heat’, and one of the most important rock records of all time.

While some moments may be a little theatrical, the astounding musicianship and production pulls it back, from the thick woodiness of clarinet and raucous cupped trumpet to the unbelievable percussion and strings.

Food is a fabulous and immediate record, rich with muted brass and low-key electronics.

Johnny Foreigner are, thankfully, still showing no desire to slow down.

Sure to be a hit with the disenfranchised, give the man a single bulb to perform under on stage and fans will be riveted.

Nutini reins in the melodrama, and Caustic Love is testament to that restraint.

Throwaway fun, for sure, but throwaway all the same.

This album was crafted amid relative calm, and this peacefulness is present in every track.

There are enough moments of musical eclecticism here to suggest that Built On Glass is his solid starting point, rather than a definitive statement.

So It Goes delivers on the promise they exhibited early on, successfully paying homage to NYC’s biggest hip-hop hitters, navigating busy, broken rhythms, and throwing up fresh perspectives with hazy, boom-bap production.

All performed with good, non-satirical heart.

Enjoyable, but some’ll always believe in it more than others.

Richly melodic and possessing a classicist pop sensibility, this is rock music with soul.

Darlings is a concrete mixer full of ideas, although it’s tricky to pinpoint if Drew’s actually laid the foundations of a decent record.

It’s a jarring listen from start to finish, but worth sifting.

Ultimately, Salad Days is an aural testament to the old adage that there’s a fine line between genius and insanity.

The first half of the LP is phenomenal.... Despite some scorching vocal interplay, there’s a noticeable drop in quality on later tracks.

Kaiser Chiefs fall further into the abyss of bands that have little new to offer in a current musical climate where progression is more closely measured than ever.

This is cheap theatrics masquerading as inspired art.

Herring’s growling vocals prevent proceedings from becoming too gloopy or nostalgic, and make Singles a new-wave treasure.

World Of Joy, ultimately, is impounded by its own musical influences.

Teeth Dreams is the New Yorkers’ burliest record to date, less feel-good and chorus-driven than previous efforts, but there’s still much to love

Impulsive, instinctive and infectious, the eccentric and emotional Ørsted walks an enchanting tightrope.