The Beep Seals - Things That Roar (Heron Recordings) ****
	4:29pm Fri 4 Jul 08
	Dreamy, creamy psyche pop from Mancunian mind warpers

	Seth Lakeman - Poor Man’s Heaven (Relentless)
	4:24pm Fri 4 Jul 08
	West Country folkie returns with muscular and traditional set

	Leon Jean Marie - Bent Out of Shape (Universal Island)
	4:19pm Fri 4 Jul 08
	Off-centre pop with a shining, smiling face and a big future

	The Subways - All or Nothing (Infectious) ***
	4:15pm Fri 4 Jul 08
	LA clearly brings out the beef in sketchy Brit power trio

	Free Kitten - Inherit **
	12:57pm Fri 27 Jun 08
	Meet Free Kitten. Fronted by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Pussy Galore's Julie Cafritz, they usually like to get together every few years and scratch out whatever it is that brings them together. Previously they've tackled Serge Gainsbourg, interminable shoegazing punk rock, avant-rock noise and leftfield pop. Sometimes it works and is mighty fine; other times it doesn't and is far from it.

	The Rascals - Rascalize ***
	12:56pm Fri 27 Jun 08
	Right, Rascals' singer Miles Kane is the half of The Last Shadow Puppets who isn't in Arctic Monkeys. His association with Alex Turner has earned his band acres of coverage and no doubt heightened expectations of their debut album.

	The Music - Strength in Numnbers ****
	12:54pm Fri 27 Jun 08
	Having threatened much with their debut Take The Long Road and Walk It in 2001, the follow-up (Welcome to the North) was a bit of a damp squib. Singer Robert Harvey's lengthy dalliance with drink and drug addiction didn't bode well for their third album, but the successful rehab has done him the power of good, it seems.

	Sigur Ros - Meo Suo I Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust *****
	12:51pm Fri 27 Jun 08
	After the massive success of Heima following the adoption of Hoppipolla as the international hymn of euphoria (and the theme to Planet Earth), you might have thought Sigur Ros would go large to follow it up. Instead, Meo... (which translates as With A Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly) adops a far looser approach.

	Valentine's Days
	12:43pm Fri 27 Jun 08
	THE slavering reviews were in the bag long before the reformed lords of shoegazing My Bloody Valentine ended their five-night run at the Roundhouse - their first live dates in 16 years - on Monday.

	Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends ***
	1:02pm Fri 20 Jun 08
	More of the usual, but that's not really a bad thing
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	Weezer, Weezer (aka The Red Album) ****
	12:58pm Fri 20 Jun 08
	Pleasing cauldron of creative styles from all band members

	Solomon Burke Like a Fire ***
	12:55pm Fri 20 Jun 08
	There's plenty of life left in the grand old soul master

	Feeder Silent Cry ***
	12:48pm Fri 20 Jun 08
	Taking themselves in hand pays off as Feeder rediscover their spike

	Nils Lofgren - The Loner: Nils Sings Neil ****
	4:27pm Fri 13 Jun 08
	Exquisite tribute by Bruce Springsteen sideman Nils Lofgren to Neil Young

	The Zutons - You Can Do Anything ***
	4:22pm Fri 13 Jun 08
	Raggle-taggle Scouse herbalists grind out bullish pop gems

	Joan As Police Woman - To Survive ****
	4:20pm Fri 13 Jun 08
	Superb second outing from critics’ fave

	The Fratellis - Here We Stand **
	4:17pm Fri 13 Jun 08
	Workaday follow up to Costello Music pulls no surprises
	User Rating: 8/10

	The Wedding Present - El Rey (Vibrant) ***
	11:29am Fri 30 May 08
	David Gedge cranks up the Weddoes and hits the spot

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