There’s a sexy understatedness about From The Valley To The Stars that's undeniably appealing, but parts are less substantial than a guff of Glade and overstep the line between the restrained and the sedentary…

Santogold’s agenda doesn’t extend to pushing envelopes or pushing any agenda other than her own…

Punchy, brief, technically proficient and suitably varied, O Fracas' Fits & Starts debut dares you to make it through its duration without moving your feet, whether it’s a toe-tap or a stomp…

In A Cave perpetuates the kind of bland music that gives some indie-pop a bad name. If Elf Power’s commercial shelf life is running out, then the band need to change tack before the interest starts to dwindle. This record does very little for their cause…

The Wave Pictures are a deeply personal band – their lyrics full of intimate detail. You feel like they are singing with you, rather than at you, the songs full of secrets and stories they're bursting to tell…

Bella Union seems a very natural home for Our Broken Garden, the solo project of Danish singer Anna Broensted, as Lost Sailor recalls both Devics and Beach House with its elegiac arrangements…

Annoying music is bad music, regardless of origin, and we'll be giving both Cajun Dance Party's young flesh and their music a stoically wide berth on the strength of this less than brilliant debut LP…