Kasabian’s sixth studio album ‘For Crying Out Loud’ sees them go over old ground yet again.
Mac DeMarco is one of the greatest crafters of the love song working today, as exemplified on his mellow third album ‘This Old Dog’.
With eighth album ‘In Spades’, the resurrection and second chapter of The Afghan Whigs continues with considerable force and vigour.
‘Gargoyle’ is a reminder of Mark Lanegan’s talent as an artist in his own right, not just us a creative foil for others.
‘Pleasure’, Leslie Feist’s first album in six years, shows that her strange, playful power has not diminished with time.
Gorillaz’ first proper album in seven years, featuring a galaxy of guest stars, effectively re-boots their sound for 2017, though it’s not as distinctive as it once was.
Adore//Repel’s debut album ‘Empty Orchestra’ hints a lot but delivers disappointingly little. One for the future.
With their third album ‘Swan Songs’, Leeds’ quartet Post War Glamour Girls look to have made the record of which many had thought them capable.
Joe Goddard, of British dance legends Hot Chip, goes solo with a competent, club-ready album in ‘Electric Lines’.
Maxïmo Park’s sixth studio album ‘Risk To Exist’ ditches Paul Smith’s usual cryptic, intelligent lyrical style for vacuous sloganeering and empty thrills.
