2010’s most highly anticipated new release is here and the good news is that Happiness is a most excellent debut, one that will be remembered for a long time. Over the last few years there have been many tiresome comparisons to new records…

This is The Chems first album since 2007’s We Are The Night. That was all about collaboration but Further is back to basics…

Australian singer Sia releases her third album in summer 2010 but it’s the first to have made a splash internationally…

Europe’s most innovative and interesting pop star is back. And in 2010 we don’t have just one CD to mark Robyn’s return…

There’s a fine line between happy, sunny guitar pop and the irritating ambitions of another bloody indie band. Generally, New Yorkers The Drums stay on the right line of the sunny, happy sound of summer and nowhere better than on…

After the buzz surrounding Scissor Sister’s debut, their second effort Ta-dah largely came and went without much notice. Therefore, it was right to expect that Jake Shears and his band would pull out all the stops to get back to the top of…

Let’s get one thing clear here; many people will not like this monster of a record. The massive progressive edges and spiky, cut-up industrial barbs of the music, more shards of technology than classic musical notes, combined with M.I.A’s…

Looking at Aguilera’s career it’s worth remembering that when the she joined the New Mickey Mouse Club in 1993, appearing alongside her were future stars Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. My have they come a long way. 40 million album sales into her career…

In the mid-90s, brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey recruited Skye Edwards as vocalist and formed the band Morcheeba. The band’s trip hop influenced music relied heavily on the delectable, silky soul vocals of Edwards…

Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan returns after seven years with her signature voice very much in good form. Laws Of Illusion is a lush orchestral set of songs about relationships. What makes it compelling is the emotional tug of the…