![Royksopp & Robyn - Do It Again: 5 tracks is little more than an EP really, but Royksopp and Robyn's collaborative release is being billed instead as a 'mini-album' and hell, it's Royksopp AND Robyn. Following on from previous collaborations 'The Girl And The Robot' and 'None Of Dem', the Scandinavian dream team have already blown the doors off with their epic rave collaboration 'Do It Again' and sent hearts fluttering with downtempo stunner, 'Monument'. A big release for all fans of high-end pop music.]()
Royksopp & Robyn - Do It Again: 5 tracks is little more than an EP really, but Royksopp and Robyn's collaborative release is being billed instead as a 'mini-album' and hell, it's Royksopp AND Robyn. Following on from previous collaborations 'The Girl And The Robot' and 'None Of Dem', the Scandinavian dream team have already blown the doors off with their epic rave collaboration 'Do It Again' and sent hearts fluttering with downtempo stunner, 'Monument'. A big release for all fans of high-end pop music.
![Coldplay - Ghost Stories: Every track Coldplay have revealed in the release of their sixth studio album has been brilliant - from single 'Magic' to Avicii collaboration 'A Sky Full Of Stars' to THAT incredible Giorgio Moroder remix of 'Midnight'. It's almost baffling why there is such a tide of negativity towards their every move when the music is this good. Set aside your pre-conceptions and get some stadium anthems on your iTunes.]()
Coldplay - Ghost Stories: Every track Coldplay have revealed in the release of their sixth studio album has been brilliant - from single 'Magic' to Avicii collaboration 'A Sky Full Of Stars' to THAT incredible Giorgio Moroder remix of 'Midnight'. It's almost baffling why there is such a tide of negativity towards their every move when the music is this good. Set aside your pre-conceptions and get some stadium anthems on your iTunes.
![Lykke Li - I Never Learn: The Swedish pop superstar is back - and more miserable than we have ever heard her before. A classic break-up album, I Never Learn is packed with despair and regret from the opening notes to the closing moments. Single 'No Rest For A Wicked' is a standout of course, but faces stiff competition from the gospel magnificence of 'Heart Of Steel' and tear-jerking rawness of 'Just Like A Dream'. Don't listen to this if your own heart has been through the mill.]()
Lykke Li - I Never Learn: The Swedish pop superstar is back - and more miserable than we have ever heard her before. A classic break-up album, I Never Learn is packed with despair and regret from the opening notes to the closing moments. Single 'No Rest For A Wicked' is a standout of course, but faces stiff competition from the gospel magnificence of 'Heart Of Steel' and tear-jerking rawness of 'Just Like A Dream'. Don't listen to this if your own heart has been through the mill.
![Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband: A slow burner, the fourth studio album from the critically adored Swedish four-piece may not blow minds on first listen, but like all the best records instead gets under your skin and forces you to return time and time again. Effortlessly cool singles such as 'Klapp Klapp' and the incredible 'Paris' are spectacular, but the Janet Jackson-esque sex-vibes of 'Pink Cloud', the electro-pop sounds of 'Underbart' and pounding beats of 'Killing Me' make this their most accomplished record to date. Mainstream appeal beckons.]()
Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband: A slow burner, the fourth studio album from the critically adored Swedish four-piece may not blow minds on first listen, but like all the best records instead gets under your skin and forces you to return time and time again. Effortlessly cool singles such as 'Klapp Klapp' and the incredible 'Paris' are spectacular, but the Janet Jackson-esque sex-vibes of 'Pink Cloud', the electro-pop sounds of 'Underbart' and pounding beats of 'Killing Me' make this their most accomplished record to date. Mainstream appeal beckons.
![The Horrors - Luminous: Once snotty art-punk goths, now masters of rich and layered cinematic psychedelia, their fourth LP sets the five-piece echelons above their peers. With an increasingly considered approach to rich and textured songwriting, their fourth LP only further cements them as one of the finest bands of their generation. Fall in love with this album, and understand when it ranks so highly in so many end of year polls.]()
The Horrors - Luminous: Once snotty art-punk goths, now masters of rich and layered cinematic psychedelia, their fourth LP sets the five-piece echelons above their peers. With an increasingly considered approach to rich and textured songwriting, their fourth LP only further cements them as one of the finest bands of their generation. Fall in love with this album, and understand when it ranks so highly in so many end of year polls.
![Thumpers - Galore: The rising British duo's debut album has already been making waves over in the US after being released by SubPop, and will finally drop in the UK on 19 May. With more hooks than a fishing shop and enough summer anthems to see you from now until October - this accomplished and dynamic debut of carefree abandon is the sound of good guitar pop done properly.]()
Thumpers - Galore: The rising British duo's debut album has already been making waves over in the US after being released by SubPop, and will finally drop in the UK on 19 May. With more hooks than a fishing shop and enough summer anthems to see you from now until October - this accomplished and dynamic debut of carefree abandon is the sound of good guitar pop done properly.
![Chromeo - White Women: Prepare for aural sunshine and dark disco nights with this heady dose of what Chromeo do best: timeless yet classic and classy funk-rock that shimmers like a freshly-buffed white limousine cruising down the strip. Sounds sexy, right? Right. Summer is well and truly here - SO SHUT UP AND DANCE.]()
Chromeo - White Women: Prepare for aural sunshine and dark disco nights with this heady dose of what Chromeo do best: timeless yet classic and classy funk-rock that shimmers like a freshly-buffed white limousine cruising down the strip. Sounds sexy, right? Right. Summer is well and truly here - SO SHUT UP AND DANCE.
![The Roots - ...And Then Shoot Your Cousin: After their utterly brilliant collaborative album Wise Up Ghost with Elvis Costello last year, ?uestlove and co return with another timeless blast of awesome - where street poetry meets vintage soul, slick r&b and forward-thinking hip-hop. Much than Jimmy Fallon's house band, they're a factory line in doing things right.]()
The Roots - ...And Then Shoot Your Cousin: After their utterly brilliant collaborative album Wise Up Ghost with Elvis Costello last year, ?uestlove and co return with another timeless blast of awesome - where street poetry meets vintage soul, slick r&b and forward-thinking hip-hop. Much than Jimmy Fallon's house band, they're a factory line in doing things right.
![Michael Jackson - Xscape: We approach this album with trepidation. If the vocals for this posthumous release found in Jacko's vaults, how can we be sure that he would ever have wanted them released had he been alive today? Either way, artists don't come much greater than this, which is why Xscape ranks among our most wanted albums of the month. A mixture of off-cuts sewn together by a string of superproducers, it could either be a cold and lifeless zombie, or a call from beyond the grave to remind us of the many reasons why MJ was the King Of Pop.]()
Michael Jackson - Xscape: We approach this album with trepidation. If the vocals for this posthumous release found in Jacko's vaults, how can we be sure that he would ever have wanted them released had he been alive today? Either way, artists don't come much greater than this, which is why Xscape ranks among our most wanted albums of the month. A mixture of off-cuts sewn together by a string of superproducers, it could either be a cold and lifeless zombie, or a call from beyond the grave to remind us of the many reasons why MJ was the King Of Pop.
![Atmosphere - Southsiders: One of the most brutally honest rappers in the history of hip hop, Slug deals with complex issues in his music, including addressing his past alcoholism, panic attacks and failed relationships. Each song becomes a story of its own, featuring a mix of imaginary characters and real life experiences. It's the first album from Atmosphere in 3 years, there is no doubt that it will tear up the rule book.]()
Atmosphere - Southsiders: One of the most brutally honest rappers in the history of hip hop, Slug deals with complex issues in his music, including addressing his past alcoholism, panic attacks and failed relationships. Each song becomes a story of its own, featuring a mix of imaginary characters and real life experiences. It's the first album from Atmosphere in 3 years, there is no doubt that it will tear up the rule book.
