Drive-By Argument - Drive-By Argument
In line with every band of the moment, the band have gone for 'kooky' song titles in an effort to encourage interest, but if anything you just end up feeling more disillusioned.

Petter & The Pix - Easily Tricked
Filler on a record less than half an hour in length is frustrating, especially when there are some genuinely good ideas scattered throughout.

Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
As with her debut, this record is built first and foremost on its folksy foundations, but this is a much more expansive and ambitious affair.

Cajun Dance Party - The Colourful Life
At times 'The Colourful Life' is tremendously irritating and depressingly characterless.

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
'So Haunted' marks the first proper appearance of guitars, as rare a sighting as a jackalope in this territory

Sam Sparro - Sam Sparro
This album is like a radio playlist committee's wet dream, but it reeks a little too much of artistic compromise to have any lasting value.

Peter Morén - The Last Tycoon
With the exception of 'Le Petit Coeur', Morén's best moments pop up in the second half of the disc.

Things In Herds - Nothing Is Lost
They will struggle to find the ear of many, but are nevertheless lovelier than most will ever achieve.

The Envy Corps - Dwell
It is not with anger or contempt that we should react to the fact that their first album of songs has not turned out 'different enough' from the current media darling bands.

dEUS - Vantage Point
'Vantage Point' is a glimpse of dEUS at their best, their imaginative rock undeniably benefiting from a couple of new tricks.