Angel Deradoorian The Expanding Flower Planet [Ex-Dirty Projectors]
Bon Jovi Burning Bridges
Briana Marela All Around Us
Carly Rae Jepsen E·MO·TION
Cocksure Corporate_Sting
Disturbed Immortalized
DRINKS Hermits On Holiday [Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley]
Gardens & Villa Music For Dogs
Ghost B.C. Meliora
Hate Eternal Infernus
Jordin Sparks Right Here, Right Now
Kip Moore Wild Ones
Method Man The Meth Lab
Monogold Good Heavens
Noah Gundersen Carry The Ghost
P.O.D. The Awakening
Paul Smith And The Imitations Contradictions [Of Maximo Park]
Publicist UK Forgive Yourself
Racoon Bandit Close Your Eyes
Radkey Dark Black Makeup
Rivers Of Nihil Monarchy
Road Chief All My Love [Mark McGuire project]
Rob Thomas The Great Unknown
Royal Headache High
Salvador Santana Fantasy Reality
Sarah McQuaid Walking Into White
The Fratellis Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied
The Sword High Country
The White Buffalo Love And The Death Of Damnation
Comment: At first look, this isn’t much but at second look there are some real gems waiting for you on Friday (hopefully, I mean, anticipated). The return of bad boys the Fratellis could go either way but one of the ways it could go is first rate “Chelsea Dagger” Like ravers. Bon Jovi and Rob Thomas are risible in the extreme, and what I’ve heard from each are terrible but I am kinda anticipating how much I can dis them, Ghosts, Jordin -should be good enough. But everything I’ve heard by Drinks (aka Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley) -a sort of UK DIY post-punk bedsit experimental duo make it my pick for the week. Cate Le Bon is a Florence Henderson without the pretension and while she is underselling those pipes here, “Eighteen Teenage Revenge Pair” is something else again.
