Yeah the new VW album is great. I wasn't so keen on my first listen, but it's grown on me to the point where I love almost every track. I say almost, as Hudson doesn't really do anything for me.

Looking forward to the new Daft Punk album on Monday, and then a couple of weeks later the new Queens of the Stone Age album is out. That is sounding very promising - every new track I have heard so far has been great.

Abra Kadavar - Kadavar
Mind Control - Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats
Murder the Mountains - Red Fang
Infestessimum - Ghost
Seremonia - Seremonia
De Vermis Mysteriis - High on Fire (2012)

Daft Punks album



Superb

Agreed. I wasn't overly keen at first but every time I have listened to it since, it has grown on me more and more to the point where I love almost every track now. The only two I'm still not keen on are Game of Love and Contact. So to come out of a 13 track album loving 11 songs is definitely a success in my book.

Hurry and the Harm by City and Colour is excellent on first listen. Very reminscent of Neil Young.

I would fully advocate Mikal Cronin's MCII. On non stop in the car at present, though one thing is annoying me, who he is reminiscent of.

Black Sabbath - 13 - out today !

Is there anyone out there who actually enjoys listening to The Strokes' latest effort?
What a shadow of their former selves they are now! Saw them live for the first time 2 years ago and to say I was disappointed would be an understatement.

Give it up fellas.

I think it is quite enjoyable... Not the white heat of coolness that was their debut, but still it surpassed my expectations. I don't listen to this kind of guitar rock so much these days, but find I have listened to the album quite a bit in recent weeks. To be honest I found the Yeah Yeah Yeahs album a much bigger disappointment - their first bad record IMO.

Quite a few albums out now from 2013 that I like a lot - James Blake, Deerhunter, Vampire Weekend, The National, Boards of Canada, Sally Shapiro. Have just got hold of the latest Kurt Vile, Camera Obscura and Low but not had chance to listen yet.

I quite liked Angles (some of it anyway) but this I find nothing short of garbage. I don't mind YYYs album, tbh I could take them or leave them in general. Agree on VampireWeekend, looking forward to seeing them in a couple of weeks.

John Newman - Self titled album. Best voice I have heard for years. Amazing.

Wakeys finest.

Loving the new editors album.

If old school rockabilly, with strong hints of Johnny Cash and early Elvis about it, you'd do well to pick up the new album from Mars Attacks. I've had it on constant replay for the last couple of days.

Sorry, but his pronunciation of the word 'now' in the chorus to 'Love Me Again' is enough to make me want to smash his face with a bat. I, need to know naaarrrgghhh. F*** OFF

Mind Control by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. Class.

Nah, that title easily goes to the Cribs!

Top 3 of the year so far:
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (Seeing them again at Leeds Arena in November)
Disclosure - Settle
Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return

Very underwhelmed by Daft Punk's Random Access Memories after all the hype. Can only name the Get Lucky single as a standout and that's because it's been played a million times on the radio. First album great, second album very good but after that they went completely off the boil with Human After All. Random Access Memories hasn't done anything to change that.

Disclosure's "Settle" is outstanding

He's from Yorkshire, its how we say it.

I prefer S&D. Just.

Toro Y Moi the first 3 tracks are addictive as hell, it does tale off but its worth it just for those 3 alone

Settle by Disclosure is pure class

Another Self Portrait. How much better could the already great New Morning have been.