Ready to set their second LP "Our Earthly Pleasures" loose Maximo Park are a band that in this current music climate should have a very bright future indeed. With indie rock ruling the airwaves and chart once again the stars seem to have aligned to allow Maximo Park to take their rightful place among the indie heavyweights. Ever since i heard a demo of "Apply Some Pressure" in late 2004 I became an instant fan of Paul Smiths lyrical talent and vocal delivery. The Bands 2005 album "A Certain Trigger" took the listener on a journey with Smith presenting himself as a very able storyteller. New album "Our Earthly Pleasures" (Released April 2 2007) provides another set of songs bursting with energetic guitars and driving bass and drums, along with the distinctive sound of Lukas Wooller's keyboard. Paul Smiths vocal stylings and lyrics are still as intriguing as ever and cant help but pull in the listener again and again. From opening statement "you've been with me a year to the day" to his final remarks "i love the tiny veins on your back they remind me of the way that porcelain cracks" smith draws you in and gives you a glimpse into his world. Although this album doesnt instantly grab you as a whole on first listen, it provides enough to make you want to go back and listen to it again and its on repeated listens that "Our earthley Pleasures" will provide you with the most enjoyment.It is what many people would refer to as a "grower".Songs such as "Girls Who Play Guitars","Books From Boxes" and "By The Monument" will ensure that Maximo Park go from strength to stength and become one of the premiere commercially successful UK based indie bands of this year giving bands like the Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys a run for their money.

1. Girls Who Play Guitars
2. Our Velocity
3. Books From Boxes
4. Russian Literature
5. Karaoke Plays
6. Your Urge
7. Unshockable
8. By The Monument
9. Nosebleed
10. Fortnight's Time
11. Sandblasted And Set Free
12. Parisian Skies

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Second Solo album from the ever so talented singer/songwriter. Stand out tracks include opener "New York, New York", "Sylvia Plath" and "Wild Flowers", however the whole album provides a showcase of Adam's songwriting ability.

1. New York, New York
2. Firecracker
3. Answering bell
4. La Cienega just smiled
5. The rescue blue
6. Somehow, someday
7. When the stars go blue
8. Nobody girl
9. SYLVIA PLATH
10. Enemy fire
11. Gonna make you love me
12. Wild flowers
13. Harder now that it's over
14. Touch, feel and lose
15. Tina Toledo's street walkin' blues
16. Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd
17. Rosalie come and go

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A much better album than second effort News & Tributes has some classic indie dancefloor tracks on it including "hounds of love" and " Decent Days And Nights"

1. Le Garage
2. Robot
3. A To B
4. Decent Days And Nights
5. Meantime
6. Alms
7. Danger Of The Water
8. Carnival Kids
9. The City Is Here For You To Use
10. First Day
11. He Knows
12. Stupid And Shallow
13. Trying Not To Think About Time
14. Hounds Of Love
15. Man Ray
16. Decent Days and Nights (Radio Mix)
17. Hounds of Love (Radio mix)

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Jose Gonzalez - Veneer

If you've never heard of Jose Gonzalez think about the song in that sony advert with all the coloured balls cascading down the street, although heartbeats is a good introduction to Jose's style of guitar playing and vocal ability their are other songs on this album that are worthy of a mention, such as the brilliant "Crosses" ,"lovestain" and "Deadweight on Velveteen". If you're a fan of excellent guitar playing and hushed lullaby vocals then you'll love this album.

1. Slow moves
2. Remain
3. Lovestain
4. Heartbeats
5. Crosses
6. Deadweight on velveteen
7. All you deliverw
8. Stay in the shade
9. Hints
10. Save your day
11. Broken arrows

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Sigur Ros - Takk

An absolutly breath taking album, i had the pleasure of witnessing their live show at T in the park last year and it was phenomenal, if your into long twisting instrumentals and haunting vocals in a mixture of iclelandic and "Hopelandish" the bands own creation then this album will not dissapoint.

1. Takk...
2. Glosoli
3. Hoppipolla
4. Meo Blodnasir
5. Se Lest
6. Saeglopur
7. Milano
8. Gong
9. Andvari
10. Svo Hljott
11. Heysatan

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Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

The Hotly anticipated sophmore album from Montreal based Arcade Fire doesnt dissapoint,with a clattering cacophony of instruments and Win Butler's distinctive vocal piercing through on every song, those who thought they would not be able to top debut album "Funeral" will have to eat their words as this album surpasses the former and even though its only February announces "Neon Bible" as an early contender for album of the year.

1. Black Mirror
2. Keep The Car Running
3. Neon Bible
4. Intervention
5. Black Wave/ Bad Vibrations
6. Ocean of Noise
7. The Well and The Lighthouse
8. (Antichrist Television Blues)
9. Windowsill
10. No Cars Go
11. My Body Is A Cage

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Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

This has to be one of my favourite albums of all time, from start to finish you wont be dissapointed with a single track, his voice is haunting in places, uplifting in others. A Must for any fans of Singer/Songwriters

1. (Argument with David Rawlings concerning Morrissey)

2. To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high)

3. My Winding Wheel

4. AMY

5. Oh My Sweet Carolina

6. Bartering Lines

7. Call Me On Your Way Back Home

8. Damn, Sam (I love a woman that rains)

9. Come Pick Me Up

10. To Be The One

11. Why Do They Leave?

12. Shakedown on 9th Street

13. Don't Ask For The Water

14. In My Time of Need

15. Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st)

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