PJ Harvey – let england shake *****
Wye Oak – civilian ****½
Zola Jesus – conatus ****
Rayographs – rayographs ****
Atlas Sound – parallax ****
Emika – emika ****
Trail Of Dead – tao of the dead ****
Kate Bush – 50 words for snow ****
Austra – feel it break ****
Puscifer – conditions of my parole ****
The Duke Spirit – bruiser ****
Joe Lally – why should I get used to it ****
Kasabian – velociraptor! ****
Gang Gang Dance – eye contact ****
Kreidler – tank ****
Gang Of Four – content ****
John Foxx & The Maths – interplay ****
Rainbow Arabia – boys & diamonds ****
EMA – past life martyred saints ****
Tom Waits – bad as me ****
Wire – red barked tree ****
Wild Flag – wild flag ****
Lykke Li– wounded rhymes ****
Mastodon – the hunter ****
Rival Schools – pedals ****
Jah Wobble & Julie Campbell – psychic life ***½
Cat’s Eyes – cat’s eyes ***½
The Horrors – skying ***½
Wild Beasts – smother ***½
Sons & Daughters – mirror mirror ***½
The Joy Formidable – the big roar ***½
Handsome Furs – sound kapital ***½
Veronica Falls – veronica falls ***½
The Twilight Singers – dynamite steps ***½
The Fall – ersatz gb ***½
The Kills – blood pressures ***½
St. Vincent – strange mercy ***
Esben & The Witch – violet cries ***
Mogwai – hardcore will never die, but you will ***
Admiral Black – phantasmagoric ***
Joshua – choices **½
Sixteen Horsepower – yours truly (compilation) ****½
Deftones – covers (compilation) ****
Ladytron – best of 00 – 10 (compilation) ****
The Waterboys – in a special place (demos) ****½
Kinderzimmer Productions – gegen den strich (live) ****
Soundgarden – live on I-5 (live) ***½
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