3/10 zzzzzzzz. Perhaps the scariest thing about Damon Albarn’s nightmarish cartoon side project, is that it’s been almost two decades since the sinister bounce of

8/10 King Kendrick. “And we hate the po-po/when they kill us dead in the streets fo sho”, runs the line from Kendrick Lamar’s 2014 sophomore

Score: 7/10 – Funk Soul Brother. As someone who remembers first hand the positive impact Jamiroquai had on 90’s music with their first two albums,

Score: 6/10 – The end of the world as we know it. The 14th studio album from Essex synthpop outfit Depeche Mode is unsurprisingly a

Score: 8/10 – happy trails. Immediately recognisable for not being elephants, We Are Elephants are in fact UK south coasters Ed Greenfield (vocals) and Joe

Score: 7/10 – xx-tatic. Right from the opening fanfare of ‘Dangerous’ you can tell that there’s something different happening on The xx’s third LP. Eagle-eared

Score: 5/10 – Ordinary thunderstorms. “Fall in love with me, every day” coos Guy Garvey on “Gentle Storm” – a tune that, much like Elbow’s

Score: 6/10 – The Heartbreak Kid. Never one to hide his emotions away, Ryan Adams has staked a good deal of his career on writing

Score: 9/10 – Animal magic. With each new Bonobo release it’s becoming more and more apparent that Simon Green’s music is aging like a fine

Sure to go down on record as one of the most unbelievably idiotic years on record thanks to the horror trilogy of Brexit, Trump and