This is a confident, vital and highly uplifting record.

At The Down-Turned Jagged Rim Of The Sky is a startling album full of nuance, menace and wonder.

Until the release of this album, Shepherd’s output might have proved hard to follow for the casual listener, comprising as it did sundry white label releases, one-offs and remixes. Fortunately, Elaenia acts as a brilliant encapsulation of a huge talent.

The Meanest of Times is a lyrically dense album, but in spite of it all Dropkick Murphys know how to turn a wake in to a party.

The barefaced Daft Punk-like sampling culture is really ephemeral, now that DJ Food has upped the calibre of practical electronica and aesthetic trip-hop.

It seems a return to first principles has done Calexico good, and returned their music to a raw emotional state.

Domesticated is a blissful trip, managing the enviable feat of being inventive and comforting at the same time, and is highly recommended for all electronic music fans.

This works as both a confident and assured introduction as well as an ideal record for the long, hot days ahead.

Overall, Phrazes For The Young is a successful departure from The Strokes' straightforward brawn, but it's not as different as it's been billed.

What elevates this album beyond the simply cerebral is the simultaneous pop sensibility that pervades through it.

As an album that is both outward an inward looking the balance of the two is well measured.

It’s quite something for an artist of Bragg’s age and standing to still remain important and vital but, most of the time on this album, that’s exactly how he sounds.

A quintessential collection of the kind of subtle contrasts and ambiguity that makes her such a fascinating songwriter.

There's nothing complicated on this album, but then when did things ever need to be complicated?

It continues a run of quality that stretches all the way back to her debut.

A little joy goes a long way--a long way towards one of the more carefree albums you'll enjoy this autumn.

Lightburn is on fine form throughout – vocally, he’s been compared to Morrissey for most of his career, but on Lovers Rock he’s more like a downbeat Damon Albarn.

This is musical execution at its most lavish.

The Weather is packed with ambitious moments, and many of them go over really well.

This is a truly astonishing effort; a crowdpleaser and a call to arms--now let's go and change the world.

While it’s accessible, it’s never flat-out commercial pop thankfully--but it’s certainly the sound of a band recharged and ready to recapture what made them so special in the first place.

Anderson has wrapped all these songs up in a beautifully warm, enveloping sound.

Another fine release.

Fifteen or so albums in, Bamboo Diner In The Rain is not much more, but crucially nothing less, than another reliably solid album from one of our most consistent acts. A resounding success, then.

For anyone yet to be acquainted with the music of the Jazz Age, this is the perfect introduction to the sound of the era. That Ferry's music can be so interpreted, and carried off so convincingly, suggests strength in depth to his canon of work.

A warm, quiet and graceful listen, Watch The Fireworks is definitely reminiscent of Pollock's former creations in its beguiling melodies, beautiful harmonies, soothing vocals and soaring choruses which seemingly seep out of nowhere.

While Polari might not be destined for as many accolades as the all-conquering Brat, it establishes Olly as a solo artist to be reckoned with.

Little Death is indie for the fanzine generation, 12 blazing little fires of warmth that'll connect stylishly with the masses too.