A Little Deeper is one of the truly defining albums of its genre, an album that future artists will look to for inspiration as well as be measured up against. An effortlessly stunning masterpiece.

Holy shite what a record.

This is the album of the year.

An indie pop masterpiece that's easily one of the best records to come out this year.

If Joy Division were to have formed in the last few years, they might sound similar to Calla.

This supremely confident disc is easily an early standout for year-end best honors.

This is a superb piece of rock.

Gorgeously produced, beautifully instrumentated and infused with assurance and purpose, album number four by Australia's wonderkids is simply excellent.

One of the best indie rock albums you're going to hear this year.

A beautiful album -- and it's a double live set, dammit! Brilliant.

This music casts a thoughtful spell that deeper enchants the heart the more times it spins.

Repeated listening reveals Holopaw to be both a richly textured and profoundly moving record, one of the year's first truly mesmerizing folk albums.

A brave and inventive album that refuses to be held down by conventional barriers of genre or style.

It's the detailed complexity and playfulness of the performances that really set Yoko apart from your regular psych-pop release.

Hitchock's hand is fairly evident on here, and it generally sounds a bit more early-Hitchcock than it does late-Soft Boys.

This sounds like a brand-new, re-energized John Mellencamp.

Up in Flames isn't the next revolution of electro-pop, but it's a damn good try.

Bridging the gap between Trio and British pub rock, Stereo Total seem to possess an endless supply of minimalist studio creativity to complement the direct but infectious style of their melodies.

Easily Jurado's most successful album, both musically and lyrically.

All Around is an up-beat look at all that garage rock can be, reminding the listener why garage rock is supposed to be fun.

Steal This Album is still not the perfect SOAD album, but it's by far their most realized yet.

Grandaddy's mellowest, most cohesive material to date.

Once the languid beats and innocent twilight melodies of Mark Mitchell's spacious oddity of an album hits the fourth track, you begin to realize a certain cohesion to this eccentric electronic work.

Log 22 is a collection of apparently simple songs whose catchiness is quickly overtaken by the many quirks and details the band puts into their music.

De-loused is definitely worth checking out, but make sure to keep an open mind and check any preconceived notions at the door.

He spits incisive, abstract rhymes that leave you marveling--and a bit confused, at times.

The result is somewhere between the Pet Shop Boys' meticulous dance pop and the driving keyboard rock of acts like Zero Zero.