Music Review

Nick Bollinger checks out the fourth album from Swedish synth-pop group Little Dragon. Audio

Nick Bollinger takes a listen to the brisk, action-packed new EP from The Phoenix Foundation - Tom's Lunch. Audio

Nick Bollinger casts a critical ear over two new hip-hop releases, and wonders if the historically innovative genre has hit a plateau. Audio

Including Sherpa, Tiny Ruins and Jamaican singer Horace Andy. Audio

Featuring Damon Albarn, The Horrors and Sharon O'Neill. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the latest set of off-the-wall, sometimes slightly subversive, always bangin' songs from Merrill Garbus, a.k.a. tUnE-yArDs. Audio

Indie Cindy is the first new album from The Pixies since 1991's Trompe Le Monde. Nick Bollinger assesses it against vintage Pixies. Audio

Nick Bollinger casts an ear over Brightly Painted One, the second set of slow, quiet songs from New Zealander Hollie Fullbrook, a.k.a. Tiny Ruins. Audio

Nick Bollinger takes a listen to the debut solo album from Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots. Audio

William Dart looks at the new self-titled album from the trio Sisyphus and the work of two of its members Sufjan Stevens and Son Lux. Audio

Featuring Flip Grater, Shocking Pinks and Elton John. Audio

William Dart heads slightly to the jazz side this week and looks at new albums from Dianne Reeves, Neneh Cherry and Norma Winstone. Audio

Nick Bollinger listens to Flip Grater's fourth studio album Pigelle, recorded in Paris. Audio

With two new albums to feature from one of his favourite artists, William Dart looks back at the long career of Van Dyke Parks. The new albums are Songs Cycled and Super Chief. Audio

William Dart looks at the recent releases Morning Phase from Beck and Wise Up Ghost from Elvis Costello and The Roots Audio

William Dart looks at new releases from Mamaku and Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams as well as Bryce Galloway's "tribute" CD to Eagles. Audio

William Dart looks at the career of Rosanne Cash and her new album The River & the Thread. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes. Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews the orchestral electronica of Lo Fang. Audio

William Dart presents his annual sack of Yuletide treats. Audio