 | Rest Now Weary Head You Will Get Well Soon by Get Well Soon
Buy new: £11.98 The influence no doubt comes from the likes of Radiohead, Bright eyes and Arcade fire, but the end product is refreshing and original. If This Hat Is Missing/Endless Dream/Ticktack are the pick.
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 | O Soundtrack My Heart by Pivot
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £22.80 This is probably the best instrumental album of the year...in fact its a contender for best album full stop. Music never sounded so good.
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 | Distortion by Magnetic Fields
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £4.50 A much shorter offering this time and whilst many won't rate this as highly as 69 I still reckon it has quite a few moments of genius. I love old fools...
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 | Modern Guilt by Beck
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.29 Superb stuff from Beck, would it be controversial to say this is his best album yet? Maybe, but here he proves again what a great songwriter he is. Best tracks Chem trails, Modern guilt, Volcano.
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 | Third by Portishead
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £6.89 Ignore the doubters, this is a great return, everything you expected and much more
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 | Weezer (The Red Album) by Weezer
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.10 They have always been so consitant in my opinion but never receive the plaudists they deserve. Pork and beans, Thought I knew and The greatest man that ever lived are Weezer at their best.
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 | Do You Like Rock Music? by British Sea Power
Buy new: £9.58 / Used from: £7.25 Not on a par with their previous albums but that would have been some feat to replicate. Inspired moments can be found in the likes of No Lucifer and Down on the ground.
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 | Superabundance by Young Knives
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £4.22 An improvement on their debut, much tighter and even the inclusion of strings on turn tail is ok. A very worthy offering that proves that as with Glasvegas British indie music is far from dead.
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 | Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £5.00 I think this one may split opnions but there is actually a lot to like here, full of catchy tunes a little bit like the Strokes, but altogether well worth a listen or two.
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 | You Have No Idea What Youre Getting Yourself Into by Does It Offend You Yeah?
Buy new: £5.38 / Used from: £2.99 Stupid name, try and ignore it
They have been mentioned in the same breath as Klaxons but I think they are better. Dawn of the dead and Epic last song have been on constant repeat for some time now.
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 | In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy
Buy new: £4.97 Ah the 80s. Who would have thought that decade would influence so many musicians of this decade? I think its his voice that mostly does it, again though this is an album packed with cracking songs.
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 | Only By The Night by Kings Of Leon
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £8.73 This is taking me a while to get into
its good but is it in the same league as their first three albums? I dont think so and at the moment it looks like Because of the Times may be their peak.
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 | Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles
Buy new: £5.98 Periodically Im drawn to electronic beeping sounds. Good job there are crystal castles then.
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 | Twenty One by Mystery Jets
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.39 Its certainly patchier than their debut but it does contain at least three gems Flakes, Veiled in grey and Two doors down. Suppose that will have to do for now.
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 | Brain Thrust Mastery by We Are Scientists
Buy new: £9.78 / Used from: £4.74 They may have been wittled down to two members, but this is a fine offering by another band that keep getting better. Lethal enforcer is the song of the year for me.
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 | Replica Sun Machine by Shortwave Set
Buy new: £5.18 / Used from: £5.50 Very retro sounding at times and a real mixture of styles, one of those albums that gets better with each listen. Stand out tracks are the awesome now til 69 + I know & Harmonica.
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 | Station by Russian Circles
Buy new: £9.98 One of the best instrumental albums of recent years.
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 | Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.26 The best Nick Cave album of the year. Seriously though past Nick Cave albums Ive only liked in parts, this is the whole package.
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 | The Age of the Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets
This will be compared to Arctic Monkeys stuff, and people will say its not as good, but I actually quite like it, and it's good to be different.
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 | Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £7.10 Time to pretend carries it a bit, but there are other good tunes that make it a worthy offering.
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 | Glasvegas by Glasvegas
Buy new: £7.97 / Used from: £7.00 When you consider the swathe of generic indie bands out there at the moment, its great that for 10 of them there is one Glasvegas, its a triumph of a record.
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