MONEY: Suicide Songs
A Manchester band who create some beautiful music. But the singing is not on the money.
Adrian Janes
Yoko and the Oh No’s: Yoko and the Oh No’s
Chicago band draw on classic pop and rock styles in competent debut.
Various Artists: OIM Volume 1
Oakland Indie Mayhem's first compilation.
Slow Down Molasses: Black Burnt Cars
Powerfully blending melody and discord and inspired by pictures of the Paris events in May 1968, Canada’s Slow Down Molasses reflect the tension between ideals and reality, then and now.
The Shoe Birds: Southern Gothic
Mississipi band’s long-delayed debut doesn’t really take flight.
John Brown’s Body: Kings and Queens in Dub
American reggae stalwarts go marching on as their 2013 album is given a successful makeover.