 | Dear Science by TV on the Radio
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.45 The album that saw TVOTR deliver on their potential.
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 | Third by Portishead
Buy new: £8.48 / Used from: £4.48 Dark, uncompromising and astonishing; a remarkable return.
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 | Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.28 Angular, clever and arch. Concise and to the point. Fine stuff.
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 | Rip It Off
Buy used from: £4.90 A scuzzy, riotous low-fi gem. Who needs expensive production?
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 | Mountain Battles by The Breeders
Buy new: £7.18 / Used from: £2.98 A subtly infectious delight. Well worth the wait, as always.
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 | Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £3.75 Cave delivered a third essential release in a row; who'd have expected it. The Seeds on fine form too.
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 | Retribution Gospel Choir by Retribution Gospel Choir
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £4.50 No Low album in 2008, but this filled the gap nicely. Raw and abrasive.
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 | Street Horrrsing by Fuck Buttons
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £19.96 Beautiful, challenging and at times downright scary electronica.
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 | Un Dia by Juana Molina
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.49 Molina delivered another album full of woozy, electronic tinged folk. Deserved far greater exposure.
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 | The Chemistry of Common Life by Fucked Up
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £9.83 It was a cracking year for f**k bands! Ambitious, epic hardcore.
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 | Microcastle / Weird Era Continued by Deerhunter
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.76 Microcastle delivered on the promise of previous effort Cryptograms and some.
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 | Stay Positive (Limited Edition Special Package) by The Hold Steady
Buy new: £7.58 / Used from: £2.49 More of the same from Hold Steady; but when it's this brilliant, who's complaining
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 | Nouns by No Age
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.44 A great big rock noise from Sub Pop's marvellous two-piece.
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 | Workout Holiday by White Denim
Buy new: £7.48 / Used from: £4.72 Funky, sprawling and infectious - rotten sleeve though.
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 | For Emma Forever Ago by Bon Iver
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £14.25 One everyone's end of year it seemed, but rightly so. Haunting and lovely.
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 | CSI: Ambleside by Half Man Half Biscuit
Buy new: £10.48 A national institution - there should be a statue of them on the Wirral.
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 | Dirty Washing by I Ludicrous
Buy new: £7.79 More bands should rejoice in the qualities of the Highland League, no come back...
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