 | Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.45 The most beautiful album my ears have ever had the pleasure to be graced by. The harmonies, two-song dynamic and immersive lyrical style makes for compelling listening. 10/10
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 | Microcastle / Weird Era Continued by Deerhunter
Buy new: £5.98 2 discs of experimental misery and bliss that will unravel itself only to the most patient listeners. 9/10
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 | Dear Science by TV on the Radio
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.99 A very diverse selection tracks. Every song is different and expertly crafted. 9/10
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 | Third by Portishead
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.48 A bed of musical distortion and experimentation aid a lyrical tenderness and honesty. The Rip will never leave me. 9/10
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 | VISITER by The Dodos
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £3.90 Unfortunately overlooked, this album is very original and contains some amazing songs. Proof that all you really need to make great music is the best drummer and acoustic guitarist alive. 8/10
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 | Alopecia by Why?
Buy new: £10.88 / Used from: £7.40 Weird and wounderful songs from California's treasured indie folk nasal based hip hop songster 8/10
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 | Fantasy Black Channel by Late of the Pier
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.69 This album is like a big psychedelic vortex of electronic insanity, very entertaining and original stuff (just don't mention the Klaxons to them) 8/10
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 | Antidotes by Foals
Buy new: £9.08 / Used from: £2.97 This almost feels like Foals second album. The choice to discard their most popular singles and instead create a more ambient and collective sound is an admirable one. 8/10
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 | For Emma Forever Ago by Bon Iver
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £14.25 One man, one room, plus a whole lot of feeling. 8/10
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 | Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.78 The most insanely happy album of 2008. Vampire Weekend always manage to make every song a great tribute to life 8/10
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 | Alas I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £5.19 Laura Marling is one of the most genuinely charming solo artists to come out the Indie scene in a long time . Her debut is a soothing listen and contains some great variety. 8/10
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 | The Age of the Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets
Buy used from: £2.48 Proof that shameless bandwagoning can be put to good use in the right hands i.e. James Ford and Alex Turner. 7/10
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 | Intimacy by Bloc Party
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.50 This album is far from perfect, though thankfully it does contain more hits than misses. 7/10
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 | Little Death by Pete & the Pirates
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.95 No-nonsense Brit guitar rock, as simple as it is gratifying. 7/10
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 | Workout Holiday by White Denim
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £3.79 Every track on this album is wild, weird and oddly compelling, you won't have heard anything quite as unapologetically untamed as this. 7/10
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 | Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.96 This band manage to pull off the commendable feat of making 80's pop influences not just a gimmick in mainstream music. 7/10
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 | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust by Sigur Ros
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.33 A much more controlled sound this time around, shame they aren't pushing the envelope as much as they used to though. Still, every established band needs to make a "safe" album. 7/10
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 | Twenty One by Mystery Jets
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £4.00 There's no harm in indulging in a good bit of no-nonsense indie pop every now and again. 7/10
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 | Friendly Fires by Friendly Fires
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00 There's no harm in a bit of electro-pop either. 7/10
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 | Midnight Boom by The Kills
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.80 Short and sweet,. This band know what they are and aren't capable of, and with this knowledge they produce some very satisfying music. 7/10
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 | This Is Not the World by The Futureheads
Buy new: £5.88 / Used from: £2.30 Hrmmm, they still seem to be running on a half-full tank. My advice is get their debut 7/10
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 | Made in the Dark by Hot Chip
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.79 Another album that hides in the shadows of the artists former glories, though there's still some magic here, you're just going to have to share it round this time. 7/10
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 | Box of Secrets by Blood Red Shoes
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.00 A bit flawed, a bit samey, though it can't be denied that this duo have a good sound, just a shame not all of their potential has been realised. 7/10
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 | Accelerate by R.E.M.
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.27 REM finally decide to take a break from their slightly pretentious, slightly self deprecating pop ballads and instead brought us an old school rock album. Forgettable but refreshing all at once 7/10
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 | Nouns by No Age
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.88 Most bands try and be lo-fi by playing very well, then adding all the distortiona and fuzz when mixing, No Age do things the old way and bring out the grunge for real
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