Might just have you asking, ''Beyoncé who?''

This daring debut stands head and shoulders above the second-rate dross from their hometown that's vying for your attention

It certainly poses the question as to how much deeper Brewis might have dug if he spent more than a week in perfect isolation

Pivot's music is a fascinating hybrid

Natural should charm any soul fan with the patience to swing to its soft, satiny grooves.

Technical wizardry on keyboards and guitar, ambitious harmonies achieved by unexpectedly accurate boyish backing vocals and a willingness to experient with volume, pace and song structure.

Scars – if they can't be completely removed by surgery, at least they fade in time.

Criticising the Warhols for being arch is like criticizing the Pope for being Catholic.

The world might not yet be familiar with Norwegian hip-hop, but...Madcon are very able ambassadors

An average soul album that neither puts a perfumed foot wrong, nor does anything particularly special.

Fans can rejoice, the rest of us can move along...

Monkey represents a really intelligent and successful attempt to fuse East and West in new ways. And for that alone it is a triumph.

Anyone expecting boundaries to be broken here will be sorely disappointed. Anyone expecting something intriguingly and sometimes maddeningly infectious will be in luck.

Heed the primates and get yourself a copy of this infectious freewheeling number, pronto.

For the faithful amongst us, The Verve are well and truly back.

The tale is in the telling, but is she up to it?

Fans of Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire and Bill Callahan may well enjoy this disc.

As long as people can endure a mixed bag, this one should stay on the decks for a while.

Well done Rishi – I think you've found a successor!