A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation is by no means a bad album, but at the same time it’s hard to see just what all the fuss is about.

Perennial underachievers once again fall short of the mark.

A million miles from thrash and punk, the twelve tracks here are an unusual mix of indie rock and country, with top class musicianship adding lots of depth and colour.

Though it doesn't exactly live up to its name, Legend manages to capture the optimistic sprit of Barack Obama in

Third mediocre outing in twelve months for Swedish starlet.

Good, but I can't get behind the voice.

Overwrought second album from Glaswegian indie quartet.

R&B concept album about binmen turned superheroes. Yup.

Bernard Sumner delivers decent Enough Post-New order solo platter.

Marshall Mathers tackles his most complicated subject...himself.

Millennial ‘It’ Boy gets the horn on eighth album.

Couples is by no means a terrible record, I just preferred The Long Blondes when they were young, free and single.

Tokyo Police Club indubitably share similarities with their more commercially successful UK counterparts, Bloc Party.

Canadian firebrand loses her spark.

Solid and stolid live album from glam punker turned roots rocker.

A number of tracks here follow a similar, frustrating formula. For three minutes they showcase Reznor’s worst tendencies; the boorish plod of the choruses, the hoarse moan of the vocals. On the remainder of each of these songs Reznor does what he’s good at – i.e. creating delicious layers of chaotic industrial noise.

Men out of time, The Verve were a neo-psychedelic jam-rock outfit who got fortuitously swept up in the Britpop boom and stumbled upon a timely form of Big Music.

Such inconsistency is forgivable on an overreaching debut, less so on a sixth album just 35 minutes in length.

Vampire Weekend certainly have one of the best band names I’ve heard in ages, although their music unfortunately proves less exciting than one might have hoped.

Perfectly natural indie music from Scottish band.

Ian Brown’s fifth solo album is about the big issues. And while he's picked all the right targets, lyrically and musically it’s still a bit disappointing.

This writer is a firm believer that every album you pick up should be a universally accessible experience. Solitude, sanctuary and silence spawn an exorcism of sorts.

After an eight-year hiatus, these hard rock legends return to the music scene with a banging album that has just a little less bite than others past.

The Circus isn’t terrible. In fact it’s very listenable; genre-wise it falls somewhere between Beatlesy ballads and Billy Joel’s 'The Piano Man.'

Gifted MC loses the run of himself without Mannie Fresh.

A spirited return from Beth Ditto and company--but where are the new ideas?

Averegeness abounds from budding UK starlet.

Despite initial misgivings, our reviewer found that Little Joy's album delivers an old fashioned pop feel with a little DIY indie sound.