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His way with a slippery beat holds this together very well.
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Pleasingly organic compared to the majority of most modern, digital dance music.
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Pneumatic and persistent enough to trigger moves from armchair critics.
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Remastered slice of experimental noise from Wire guitarist.
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A record that earns its place in the modern hardcore canon with grit and resolve.
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50 has said all this before, better, but that won’t put off his legion of fans.
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The bare bones of a partnership that's well-deserving of a second outing.
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Heavy with urban dread but awake to the promise of a better life.
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Boasts an emotional, melancholic undertow so accomplished it shames other ambient LPs.
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The story of a maverick creative force – remind you of anyone?
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The celebrated DJ continues to showcase his flexibility.
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Never predictable, full of surprises, and engaging from start to close.
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Like a strange mirage glimpsed in the depths of the English countryside…
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Evidence aplenty that their rock formula has some mileage left in it yet.
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With charm and variety on its side, this deserves to make a dent in the mainstream.
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A noise band with tunes, working like a dream.
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An impressive showcase for a genre-eschewing sound that’s impressively slippery.
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Deserves to find its way out of the world music ghetto and onto the world stage.
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Cornershop return with an alternative history of Brit Pop.
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The Ecstatic catches the former Black Star MC back on top of his game.
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Playing up his backstory with smart rhymes and a showman's flourish.
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Inevitably going to be seen as a record for the heads, rather than for crossover success.
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As with any great jazz album, it's about interplay.
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The band's strongest recording yet.
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Proof that Jones' funky organ is still in full working order.
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An album that shows a new old side to an American original.
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Breathless group vocals and handclaps launched into the pot.
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A good amount of Join The Q wreaking havoc on the right crowd.
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A collection of individual commissions.
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It's hard to deny Rudolf is a man with some big ideas.
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They're like the Jackson 5 – from Mars!
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Ought to get the blood pumping
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Heavy enough to appeal to the rock kids but remaining a dance album to the core...
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Johnny back to a alternative reality Clapham where “Sham 69 never united the kids”
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You leave No Point In Wasting Tears with respect for Ironik
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There's some incendiary fun to be had within.
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Nelly has straddled the spheres of US hip-hop and mainstream pop
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Shaffer Chimere Smith has found a way to stand out from the crowd.
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If there's any justice, it'll see her return from the margins to pop's centre stage.
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Thought So still feels like a treat, generously packed and tightly rolled, a treat for...
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Natural should charm any soul fan with the patience to swing to its soft, satiny...
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The world might not yet be familiar with Norwegian hip-hop, but...Madcon are very able...
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Superhero Brother is nowhere near as sussed nor as righteous as it would like to be.
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The Gathering lines up seven lean, unfussy beatscapes...
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Uninspired and smoothed to an unpleasant sheen.
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...Gives little thought to fleeting dancefloor fashions, grand ideas, or any of that...
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This is an artful homage that drives the old Autobahn but steers clear of pastiche.
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The Black Ghosts cast their net pretty wide.
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This is a fine debut, full of surprises.
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Few bands defined the sound or the fashion of 80s hard rock more than Whitesnake.
