- ARCTIC MONKEYS – Humbug (not as desert rock as you’d expect…)
- GIRLS – Girls (album) (Elvis Costello-esque vox with some nice lo-fi indie dark pop)
- CIRCLESQUARE – Songs About Dancing & Drugs (Interpol meets Junior Boys in a quiet back alley in Manchester)
- PISSED JEANS – King Of Jeans (lurching, belligerent and intelligent)
- JAPANDROIDS – Post Nothing (One of the better exponents of the new wave/lo-fi shoegaze guitar music that is hitting at the moment. These guys a bit more post-At The Drive In edge though)
Doubtful Sounds 