Albums

Yeasayer
Odd Blood
(EMI)

SOUNDS LIKE: Forget world-music, this is from another world.

Basia Bulat
Heart Of My Own
(Secret City)

SOUNDS LIKE: Another gorgeous collection of folk songs showcasing Bulat's growing talent.

Corduroy
Demoroy
(Indie)

SOUNDS LIKE: Straight-forward indie rock to fuel happy feet.

Gov't Mule
By A Thread
(Evil Teen)

SOUNDS LIKE: A band that knows how to get the job done.

Milks and Rectangles
Civic Virtues
()

SOUNDS LIKE: An enjoyable, lo-fi listen.

The Fugitives
Find Me
(604)

SOUNDS LIKE: A sweetly sincere gospel/folk infusion with an unexpected spoken word element that is more Patti Smith's "Land" than The Velvet Underground's "The Gift".

The Wallscenery Demos
Check This!
(Indie)

SOUNDS LIKE: A bizarre mix of Portishead playing around with Jack White's distortion pedal array with their heads in the dreamy clouds.

The Sheepdogs
The Sheepdogs' Big Stand
(Indie)

SOUNDS LIKE: A solid if not perfect classic rock album.

Black Feelings
Black Feelings
(Alien8)

SOUNDS LIKE: A promising, if unconvincing, debut that lacks its one defining moment.

Malachai
Ugly Side of Love
(Domino)

SOUNDS LIKE: A new and nostalgic addition to the tried and true "Bristol Sound".

Kid Sister
Ultraviolet
(Downtown)

SOUNDS LIKE: Fun!

Big D and The Kids Table
Fluent in Stroll
(Side One Dummy)

SOUNDS LIKE: Summer days.

Awol One & Factor
Owl Hours
(Fake Four)

SOUNDS LIKE: Some fine producing and DJing brought down by an uninspiring MC.

Gregory Pepper and His Problems
With Trumpets Flaring
(Fake Four)

SOUNDS LIKE: Some great songwriting brought down by silly, at times painful, lyrics.

KO
Let's Blaze
(Castle Hill/Atlantic)

SOUNDS LIKE: A little bit of Sublime, a little bit of Everlast, a lot of yawning.

Silver Starling
Silver Starling
(Last Gang)

SOUNDS LIKE: Arena-friendly orchestral rock in the vein of fellow Montrealer's Arcade Fire.

The Kestrels
Primary Colours
(No Yes)

SOUNDS LIKE: Well-played yet fairly generic East Coast indie pop.

Ox
Burnout
(Weewerk)

SOUNDS LIKE: Bare-bones alt-country that evokes a sense of loneliness.

Barney Bentall
The Inside Passage
(True North)

SOUNDS LIKE: Catchy folkpop-by-numbers.

Maps
Turning The Mind
(Mute)

SOUNDS LIKE: Sugary synthesizer dreampop that errs on the side of sickly.