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Peace take the past and swish it about with a bit swagger, and the results are just dandy.
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A relaxed eighth album from Kelly Jones and company.
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Chicago siblings deliver an easy pleasure of a debut album.
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A really gratifying debut from south Londoner Dan Smith and company.
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Shot through with the confidence of a man with the hit parade Midas touch.
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A loose mix best experienced with your critical faculties compromised.
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Offering fresh indie sounds, The Heartbreaks are a formidable proposition.
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The Sound of 2012 winner’s debut is full of faith and sincerity.
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A second album which never dips beneath beguiling.
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A fascinating study of one band's evolution over its first five albums.
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The real(ish) deal arrives, almost 45 years late but sounding as perfect as can be.
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Queen B’s powerhouse balladry remains untouchable when she really opens up.
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A collection of mesmeric, epic stillness.
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Blends the quirky, the audacious and the touching to confident effect.
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The hits, and newies prove there’s life in the impossibly youthful old dog yet.
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A zingy fusion of disparate styles.
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Warm and confident throughout her second album, Hilson is becoming hard to ignore.
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It’s come late, but Basic Instinct is one of the best RnB albums of the year.
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The melodies haven’t gone AWOL, but this isn’t an advance from Captain Blunt.
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A sparky and affecting record, moving Swift on at a stately and assured pace.
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Tunstall’s third album proves that a bit of “grrr” does the girl good.
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Arrangements are dense and intricate, and Chief make an accomplished, purposeful noise.
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La La Land is so warm and easy to like, it triumphs over any misgivings.
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North Carolina baroque-rockers are ambitious, but quality comes in patches.
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Pleasant to be around but not much of a distraction, this has its place.
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Never a dull moment, and never an irritating frat-girl with a “bottle of Jack”.
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Her first album of three in 2010 suggests she’s holding something back.
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Their eleventh full-length attempt at a place in respected rock lineage.
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An album in love with life, and a document of pulling it into focus.
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A rich and colourful record featuring members of Swedish prog-rockers Dungen.
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Is there a market for sci-fi dub? If Filewile get their way, sure.
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Mildly bewitching, the Swedes’ debut album is effortless in its beauty.
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The overriding flavour of the album is of a creator set free.
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Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, with friends, explores more experimental material.
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Charming enough, but this collaboration is perhaps too nostalgic.
