Placebo - Meds
By . Published 13 October 2006
a single for the staunch Placebo fan only
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Lupe Fiasco - Daydreamin'
By . Published 13 October 2006Lupe Fiasco, rising star of anti-thug hip-hop, chops out a single that looks set to follow his debut Kick Push onto radio playlists everywhere
Part-time Heroes - Realise EP
By . Published 13 October 2006These two producers have chucked out an enjoyable four-track EP which flashes with moments of inspiration, but never actually catches flame....
Hot Chip: Over and Over
By . Published 13 October 2006Club anthem? More apt as soundtrack to that last spliff of the night before falling asleep àon a weeknight at that!...
The Answer - Under the Sky
By . Published 13 October 2006Their influences are self-evident but The Answer are far from derivative....
The Answering Machine - Oklahoma
By . Published 13 October 2006a generic indie-pop romp, painfully dated and relying on a shop-worn average-guy personality and a four-square beat.
Tina Dico - Give In
By . Published 13 October 2006a facsimile of the emotional ballad, where the record sleeve is more interesting than the CD
Mississippi Witch - Just for Roosevelt
By . Published 13 October 2006Mississippi Witch create a loud, surreal yet surprisingly addictive sound.
Anne McCue - Koala Motel
By . Published 13 October 2006the push to a more accessible sound often swamps her uniqueness and replaces intimacy with radio-friendly blandness.
Oceansize - Music for a Nurse
By . Published 13 October 2006forgettable vocals, unfocused swirls and lonely guitars.
The Restless Natives - Stranded
By . Published 13 October 2006unable to break away from oversimplified, three-chord, unremarkable tunes
Sparklehorse - Don't Take My Sunshine Away
By . Published 13 October 2006a grizzly Super Furry Animals raking up the autumn leaves of Tom Waits
Deaf Stereo - EP1
By . Published 13 October 2006House On Fire is a powerful, almost marching electro-esque song sung with a hint of arrogance
Pete Rock - Underground Classics
By . Published 13 October 2006A chilled, soulful vibe predominates - Pete Rock is a hip-hop purist. Samples are dusty and worn, the scratches understated and funky, rhymes tending towards the slick rather than the...
LeToya - LeToya
By . Published 13 October 2006This is bimbo hell and should be consigned to the flames.
Jamelia - Walk with Me
By . Published 13 October 2006She deserves to take herself more seriously as a female artist and aim higher than pop starlet material and image.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts
By . Published 13 October 2006energetic, melancholic wonder
The Zips - Guitars 4 Hire
By . Published 13 October 2006Grumpy Old Men? Lyrically maybe, but still doing exactly what it says on the tin....
Five O'Clock Heroes - Bend to the Breaks
By . Published 13 October 200640 minutes and 21 seconds of catchy and well crafted if not exactly life changing pop songs....
Penpushers - 'Art Mechanics / Void Engineers'
By . Published 13 October 2006Highly gifted poets, with a breadth and depth of reference and structural skills that trump most MCs in the game, let alone the small pool that is Scotland's hip-hop scene
