![La Roux: La Roux hadn't released any new music in five years - until May 2014. Her breakthrough single 'In For The Kill' was a hugely successful slice of cutting edge electropop - but a little noisy and shrill. New single 'Let Me Down Gently' shows a much more mature side to the (now-solo) popstar and is perhaps the most impressive comeback of 2014 so far.]()
La Roux: La Roux hadn't released any new music in five years - until May 2014. Her breakthrough single 'In For The Kill' was a hugely successful slice of cutting edge electropop - but a little noisy and shrill. New single 'Let Me Down Gently' shows a much more mature side to the (now-solo) popstar and is perhaps the most impressive comeback of 2014 so far.
![The Kooks: A bit of a indie joke in the 00s, The Kooks were hugely popular, but all too often bland and unexciting. More than a decade after their last album was released, The Kooks are sounding better than ever, having taken a leaf out of Arctic Monkeys blend of r&b-fused rock sounds. 2014 singles 'Down' and 'Around Town' mark less of a comeback, more a total re-invention. Welcome back boys.]()
The Kooks: A bit of a indie joke in the 00s, The Kooks were hugely popular, but all too often bland and unexciting. More than a decade after their last album was released, The Kooks are sounding better than ever, having taken a leaf out of Arctic Monkeys blend of r&b-fused rock sounds. 2014 singles 'Down' and 'Around Town' mark less of a comeback, more a total re-invention. Welcome back boys.
![Klaxons: Nu rave has become a footnote in the music history books - which is quite an achievement considering the term was origianlly coined as a joke. Klaxons' seemed like a flash in the pan when second album, Surfing The Void flopped in 2010. Back for 2014 however, the three-piece have rebranded as an all-out electropop trio with one foot in a rave and the other deep in the indie underground. Their new stuff is wicked. Get involved.]()
Klaxons: Nu rave has become a footnote in the music history books - which is quite an achievement considering the term was origianlly coined as a joke. Klaxons' seemed like a flash in the pan when second album, Surfing The Void flopped in 2010. Back for 2014 however, the three-piece have rebranded as an all-out electropop trio with one foot in a rave and the other deep in the indie underground. Their new stuff is wicked. Get involved.
![Courtney Love: Taking to social media like an outspoken duck with loads of opinions to water, the former Hole frontman has made more of a name for herself with controversial statements in recent years, diminishing her standing as one of rocks most ferocious frontwomen, ever. Her new, rare and seriously epic tracks, 'Wedding Day' and 'You Know My Name' have put her back where she belongs and her run of UK shows has been met with praise from both fans and critics. Welcome back Courtney, now STAY OFF TWITTER.]()
Courtney Love: Taking to social media like an outspoken duck with loads of opinions to water, the former Hole frontman has made more of a name for herself with controversial statements in recent years, diminishing her standing as one of rocks most ferocious frontwomen, ever. Her new, rare and seriously epic tracks, 'Wedding Day' and 'You Know My Name' have put her back where she belongs and her run of UK shows has been met with praise from both fans and critics. Welcome back Courtney, now STAY OFF TWITTER.
![Coldplay: Say what you want about Chris Martin and co, these boys know how to write a tune. Their new album, Ghost Stories, is a long way from the chiming euphoria of 'Viva La Vida' and the depressing indie anthemics of 'Trouble', and is instead a collection of atmospheric, well-paced pop gems. Subtlety and sincerity is the name of the game here, which is really quite something from a band where the frontman was previously 'coupled' with Gwyneth Paltrow...]()
Coldplay: Say what you want about Chris Martin and co, these boys know how to write a tune. Their new album, Ghost Stories, is a long way from the chiming euphoria of 'Viva La Vida' and the depressing indie anthemics of 'Trouble', and is instead a collection of atmospheric, well-paced pop gems. Subtlety and sincerity is the name of the game here, which is really quite something from a band where the frontman was previously 'coupled' with Gwyneth Paltrow...
![Embrace: Successful during the late 90s and the mid 00s, Embrace returned after an eight-year hiatus in 2014, with the same sense of epic stadium indie they made their name with in 1997 on tracks such as 'All You Good Good People' and 'Come Back To What You Know'. They scored a Top Ten album with their self-titled 2014 release, and quite rightly so.]()
Embrace: Successful during the late 90s and the mid 00s, Embrace returned after an eight-year hiatus in 2014, with the same sense of epic stadium indie they made their name with in 1997 on tracks such as 'All You Good Good People' and 'Come Back To What You Know'. They scored a Top Ten album with their self-titled 2014 release, and quite rightly so.
![Michael Jackson: Tweaking around with dead people's things is never a good idea, especially when it comes to music and even more so, the music of one of history's most celebrated stars. Incredibly, MJ's 2014 'release' Xscape is actually quite brilliant, with modern producers and artists (Timberland and Justin Timberlake included). It's a money making cash-cow, no question, but this one does trample on his legacy too much.]()
Michael Jackson: Tweaking around with dead people's things is never a good idea, especially when it comes to music and even more so, the music of one of history's most celebrated stars. Incredibly, MJ's 2014 'release' Xscape is actually quite brilliant, with modern producers and artists (Timberland and Justin Timberlake included). It's a money making cash-cow, no question, but this one does trample on his legacy too much.
![Prince: While there are an awful lot of people still wanting to hear him bash out 'Lets Go Crazy' or 'Purple Rain' (and yes, his live shows will cater to that), when Prince hit the UK for a string of secret shows in 2014, he did so with mostly new material, and boy was it brilliant. Teaming up with new collective 3rdEyeGirl, Prince has rebranded once again, and with new album Plectrum Electrum and a string of UK stadium shows coming up, prepare to get very, very funky indeed this year.]()
Prince: While there are an awful lot of people still wanting to hear him bash out 'Lets Go Crazy' or 'Purple Rain' (and yes, his live shows will cater to that), when Prince hit the UK for a string of secret shows in 2014, he did so with mostly new material, and boy was it brilliant. Teaming up with new collective 3rdEyeGirl, Prince has rebranded once again, and with new album Plectrum Electrum and a string of UK stadium shows coming up, prepare to get very, very funky indeed this year.