Philip Parfitt
Mental Home Recordings
Melancholic but gently beautiful and ultimately life-affirming second solo album from former The Perfect Disaster frontman Philip Parfitt
Faerground Accidents
Co-Morbid
Long-awaited debut album from Sheffield's psychotic popsters Faerground Accidents, but, which following in the footsteps of the Cure, Suede and Pulp and showing that alternative music can still be original, boundary-pushing and dangerous, proves very much worth the wait
Everlasting Yeah
Anima Rising
Fantastic debut album from the Everlasting Yeah, which formed out of the ashes of That Petrol Emotion will definitely appeal to fans of that group
Betari's Box
Betari's Box EP
Strong five-song debut EP from Sheffield/Oxford-based electro-pop three-piece, Betari’s Box
Luke Haines
Rock and Roll Animals
Potentially terrible but dryly witty and enjoyable concept record from ex-Auteurs and Black Box Recorder front man Luke Haines, which tells of three animals named after Sham 69's Jimmy Pursey, Nick Lowe and Gene Vincent
Goldblade
The Terror of Modern Life
Raw and explosive sixth album from always impressive punk-metal act, Goldblade
Galileo 7
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Fantastic psychedelic garage rock on debut album from Galileo 7, the new band of Allan Corckford of the Prisoners and the Solarflares
Dan Sartain
Lives
Energetic-sounding rock 'n' roll on first album in four years from Alabama-born multi-instrumentalist, Dan Sartain
Chris Olley
A Streetcar Named Disaster
Stripped down and surprisingly accessible first album under his own name from formerfrotnman with abrasive Nottingham-based drone rockers, Six by Sven
Little Man Tate
Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy
Stunning second album and return to form from Sheffield-based group Little Man Tate, who, after a succession of disasters, and despite inevitable Arctic Monkeys comparisons, have returned with a record that owes more to the classic Britpop of Pulp
Goldblade
Mutiny
Engaging and appealing high octane punk on fifth album from dependable Manchester-based outfit, Goldblade
Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Engaging second album of Northern cynicism from Sheffield group the Arctic Monkeys, which succesfully surpasses all of its massive hype
Cravats
Seance
Impressive return to form on first release in over 20 years from reformed avant-garde punks the Cravats, which finds them collaborating with Paul Hartnoll who was formerly with Orbital
Little Man Tate
About What You Know
Infectious and witty indie guitar pop from delightfully unpretentious Sheffield band Little Man Tate
Silent League
Breathe
Promising debut single from New York indie act the Silent Age, whose frontman and pianist Justin Russo also provided the keyboards on Mercury Rev's 'Deserter's Songs'
Inch Blue
Walking Backwards
Nostalgia-friendly Bunnymen and Chameleons-inspired EP from London-based four piece Inch Blue, which sadly brings little new to the field
Culture Industry
Dj Ascetic Loves Himself Badly
Substandard avant garde art punk from London-based four piece, who include PilL, Joy Division and the Velvet Underground amongst their influences
Mint Chicks
Blue Team Go
"Messy, badly recorded, shouty punk-pop " on new 7' from Antipodean noise oiks the Mint Chicks, who last year toured Australia with the White Stripes
Luke Haines And The Auteurs
Das Capital
"Quite stunning" 'Best of' compilation, which finds English maverick genius Luke Haines re-recording some of the songs from his 90's band the Auteurs with the aid of a seven piece string section, and also throwing in three new songs for good measure.
Wire
Send
Far-from-pretty, butspectacular post-punk rock from the much acclaimed Wire, returning with their first new studio album in ten years
Richard Hawley
Lowedges
Excellent collection of "emotion tinged ballads of love...courtesy of Sheffield's very own 'northern' Sinatra", former Longpigs man Richard Hawley
Waco Brothers
New Deal
Sixth album of country-punk from Chicago-based British ex-pats, the Waco Brothers, which makes "a venerable effort to breath new life into the old C&W blue print"
New Christs
We Got This
Eclectic, and unfortunately probable final offering from Australian "Stooges-influenced neo-psychedelic garage rock" group, the New Christs
Coral
Coral
"Contemporary and eclectic" and remarkably "self-assured debut" from the much acclaimed the Coral
Gold Blade
Do You Believe In The Power Of R 'n' R
"Muscular return" to style from the Manchester-based punk group, Goldblade, with their first album since 1998's 'Drop the Bomb
Weezer
Maladroit
Glorious "pop perfection", and second album in a year, from the highly popular and much acclaimed Weezer
Six By Seven
The Way I Feel Today
"Unrelenting combination of raw emotion, noise and imaginative song writing", and possible breakthrough third album from "uncompromising indie-rock outsiders" Six by Seven
I Am Kloot
Natural History
Manchester's 'I am Kloot' have been all too easily pigeon-holed into the nu-acoustic stool-gazing movement along with fellow Mancunian strummers Elbow and Alfie. Perhaps this doesn't do justice to the
Solarflares
Can't Get You Out Of My Mind
The Solarflares release their debut single on Twist records and it was certainly worth waiting for. Will it get any reviews in NME or Melody Maker? Probably not. Will it make the top ten? Definitely n
Solarflares
That Was Then And So Was This
For a while now the signs have been that the SolarFlares would deliver a second long player to surpass their first salvo of garage-pop on 'Psychedelic Tantrum' in October 1999 - a fact born out by t
New Order
Get Ready
The old saying goes 'don't judge a book by a cover'. To judge New Order's latest album by its sleeve artwork would be a costly mistake indeed. For over two decades now Peter Saville has been stylishly
Prisoners
Wisermiserdemelza
It has been well documented that the band were less than happy with what they considered to be the over-produced and slightly thin sound of (their second album) Wisermiserdemelza. However, the 1990 CD
Solarflares
Psychedelic Tantrum
Some of the thirty-somethings among you will be able to remember the wonderful mid 80's garage combo 'The Prisoners' which featured a young James Taylor, now of course of 'James Taylor Quartet' fame.
Prisoners
There Is A Time
Eighteen years have now passed since The Prisoners first appeared on the Medway live circuit as a raw and frantic four-piece. The band, whose influences ranged from 70' s punk to groovy 60's such as