St. Vincent - Strange Mercy Buy
The Dears - Degeneration Street Buy
Feist - Metals Buy
Japanese Voyeurs - Yolk
Adele - 21
Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys! Buy
Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Buy
The Boxer Rebellion - The Cold Still Buy
Cage the Elephant - Thank You, Happy Birthday Buy
Friendly Fires - Pala Buy
Listening to (or seeing) Friendly Fires is akin to taking a holiday…brings you to sunny beaches and sweaty bodies with birds of paradise in the air and a warm breeze teasing your hair…mashed with frenetic dancing and heart soaring choruses in technicolor pop music…This band (live and on record) is musical Prozac (or MDMA, depends on what you’re into). It is what it is, it’s tongue in cheek and completely over the top, which makes it quite fantastic.
