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'The Mess I Made' is one of those annoyingly heart-wrenching songs that twists and pokes around your brain until it finds a suitably heart-broken memory to tangle itself in. This beautifully depres... Lees meer

Move over Justin Bieber because it seems there is a new artist (or technically, a group) that produces twee bubblegum pop and they are known as The Drums. In lesser hands this would be one major de... Lees meer

Always having a tendency towards the hopeless romantic, Justin Currie penned some classic lovelorn pop with Del Amitri, and for a time the band conquered the charts, radio waves, and the US, where ... Lees meer

All high-pitched vocals and jangling guitars, Avi Buffalo have been picking up a lot of critical acclaim recently. But this type of lauding has to be treated with caution, as muso reviewers get ove... Lees meer

The young Conor O'Brien first picked up a guitar aged 12 and later formed a band with a collection of other multi-instrumentalists called The Immediate. Now, after a painful break up and a number o... Lees meer

Sia is the singer that decided some people have real problems. She has also provided us with fabulous electro pop that often tilted towards the darker variety. But on her fourth studio album - the ... Lees meer

Justin Lockey & Craig Pilbin's debut album as White Belt Yellow Tag is not perhaps the classic that some were hoping for, but it's still a solid and competent effort that holds up with repeated lis... Lees meer

The Modfather's renaissance continues with new album Wake Up The Nation. It's a little more focussed than 2008's 22 Dreams and, in honesty, that's no bad thing.Undeniably one of the greatest songwr... Lees meer

Few can be surprised with the musical direction of this, Kele Okereke, first solo single. With his band Bloc Party's gradual flirtation with dance culture increasing over their three albums, out an... Lees meer

It's all too easy to be negative about the achievements of others. But every once in a while there are definite exceptions to this rule: enter Fugative (sic), Essex's somewhat illiterate response t... Lees meer