 | Return to Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.94 Sublime. Soul, rock,distortion and pre-apocalyptic menace converge on a brilliant record.
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![Drum's Not Dead [CD + DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51f0BlGl6xL._SL75_.jpg) | Drum's Not Dead [CD + DVD] by Liars
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £4.60 The sound of a band again pushing themselves.
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 | The Warning by Hot Chip
Buy used from: £3.49 Contained the single of the year in 'Over and Over'. Behind the electronic blips and beats was a wistful beating heart.
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 | Enter by Russian Circles
Buy new: £4.64 / Used from: £5.76 Post-hardcore, metal and melody collided. Soft yet vicious.
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 | Let's Get Out of This Country by Camera Obscura
Buy new: £8.98 Every band should move to Sweden and create pop like this.
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 | Birdy Nam Nam by Birdy Nam Nam
Buy new: £9.20 / Used from: £8.70 Came out early in the year and blew me away. 'Four french dj's do something dazzling'.
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 | Drowning in a Sea of Love by Nathan Fake
Buy used from: £11.99 Another early riser. Ambient electronica with hints of techno and Boards of Canada.
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 | Gulag Orkestar by Beirut
Buy new: £6.03 / Used from: £6.04 Zach Condon may never have visited the Urals but in Gulag Orkestar he has created an eastern-european masterpiece: with moments of twisted folk and electric doodles to boot.
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 | Silent Shout by The Knife
Buy new: £1.33 / Used from: £5.00 A light blazing through the fog. Dark, menacing and with synths to die for.
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 | Soft Money by Jel
Buy new: £5.64 / Used from: £5.65 Jeffrey 'Jel' Logan finally delivered his full-length debut on Anti-Con and it was ace. Hip-hop for questioning people.
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 | Silver and Fire by M. Craft
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £3.60 A rich narrative and a lovely voice combined on a record which switched between bossanova and folk.
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 | Memories of the Future by Kode 9
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £4.99 I dont buy into crazes but 'dubstep' is good and Kode 9 is part of the reason why.
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 | Writer's Block by Peter Bjorn & John
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.83 Buy it just for 'Young Folks' which stands out amongst all the other pop gems.
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 | Yellow House by Grizzly Bear
Buy new: £5.19 / Used from: £5.20 A creaking house fluttering with strange and forgotten folk tales.
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 | Chosen Lords by AFX
Buy new: £11.52 / Used from: £5.70 A decent amalgamation of the analord EP's released last year. Reminds of Mr James' early ambient days.
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 | This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life by Born Ruffians
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £3.94 If this debut EP is anything to go by, expect big things from this twisted alt-rock band in 2007
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 | Mr. Beast by Mogwai
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.50 Mogwai came back loud and triumphant.
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 | Cansei De Ser Sexy by CSS
Buy used from: £5.36 Sex, electro and more sex.
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 | Altar by Sunn O))) and Boris
Buy used from: £5.44 A lot quieter than I expected but behind the stillness was an ominous cloud of post-rock ritual and incessant drone.
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 | The Loon by Tapes 'n Tapes
Buy new: £5.81 / Used from: £6.11 Hyped but cool.A blurry record that contained a tangle of indie ideas.
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