Amy exploded onto the pop scene this year with her second album, Back to Black, and onto the front pages of the tabloids with her various antics involving her boyfriend/husband and drugs. Her most famous song is Rehab and kickstarts the album here. 'They tried to mke me go to...

Another hugely anticipated album is Neon Bible. After the massive success of Funeral, the debut by this Canadian band, expectations were high for this one.I finally received this after a delayed vinyl release and then waiting for my own finances to catch up.A suitable darkly themed sleeve heralds the music...

So then Bryan Ferry completes his album of Bob Dylan covers and leaves us with, unsurprisingly, a mix of the two. Bob Dylan is recognised as one of the best singer-songwriters in the world, with the emphasis on the songwriter. His lyrics are peerless, his musicianship and music are renowned. Yet...

And so, after Amy here they come.Duffy is one of the latest young things to come along, singing her heart out. Just as if the 70's 80's and 90's never happened. This is apparently due to her paren't record collection. The fact that it is released is probably more due...

After loving the last album by Explosions in the sky, expectations were very high for this one. There are a couple of editions of this album. Firstly in the US the album is released on Temporary Residence while the European label is Bella Union. secondly, for those copies sold through...

I don't know much about this singer and band. Its a quirky mixture of sonically interesting experimentation and big big choruses. Its mainly guitar and percussion driven but brings in plenty of organ and some Cello to keep things off the beaten track. 'Capital state' is a slightly paranoid ball of...

Over the past several years Josh Ritter, a native of Idaho has made quite a reputation for himself in Ireland. A regular tourer he combines a great grasp of appealing music with a laidback appealing personality, onstage and off.With beautiful lyrics and usually hushed tones he's grown and grown a...

I've always quite enjoyed Ron Sexsmith without being a huge fan. I did however love Cobblestone Highway and retriever, and indeed gave the excellent Diverse pressing of Cobblestone Highway a pretty good review on this site.So here we have another reissue of his latest album on vinyl by another new...

A short and punchy pop classic presented on a nice thick piece of wax.

I'm 34 and have never been a huge Beatles fan. They've always been there, overheard in other people's lives, on the radio, growing up. I never discovered them for myself and everything they ever pioneered I heard first in other people's music. What I'm trying to say is that I...