专辑简介来自华盛顿柏林汉姆的四人Indie Pop乐团Death Cab for Cutie成立于1997年，乐队的名字来自英国六十年代末著名迷幻乐队The Bonzo Dog Band的处女作专辑《Gorilla》里的一首歌的名字，他们不愿对此解释过多，只说去听听那首歌就知道了。多数Death Cab for Cutie的歌都像是歌者的自述，他讲的都是生活中的领悟和对未来的美好憧憬。乐队主唱Ben Gibbard说：“我们的歌曲是真诚的，也许我们会为丘比特的冷落而忧心忡忡，也许我们不会把痛苦和听众分享，但是我们只是想唱一些快乐的歌曲与别人分享。”

2004年英伦Trip-hop新贵乐队Zero 7藉首张专辑《Simple Things》中一鸣惊人，着迷于Zero 7音乐的同时，乐迷们也被其中一把懒洋洋却又质感十足的女声深深吸引。这把让人惊艳的女声来自年轻的澳大利亚女歌手Sia（Sia Furler，Sia发音是See-ah）。Sia在Zero 7专辑中的声音听起来有点慵懒，散漫着淡淡的爵士味道，由她献声演绎的Destiny和Distractions两首曲目成为了专辑的两大亮点。随着Zero 7和《Simple Things》在全球火速窜红，Sia的声音也被越来越多的乐迷所熟知。甚至还有乐评将她的歌声与英国电子民谣天后Dido的放在一起比较，形容为“你不能错过的年度最酷的Down-Tempo人声”。

Velociraptor! is the fourth album by the British indie rock group Kasabian, due to be released on 16 September 2011.
Deluxe Edition DVD
Kasabian: Live at The O2 Dublin, 27 November 2009
"Julie & the Mothman"
"Underdog"
"Where Did All the Love Go?"
"Swarfiga"
"Shoot the Runner"
"Cutt Off"
"Processed Beats"
"West Ryder Silver Bullet"
"Thick As Thieves"
"Take Aim"
"Empire"
"Last Trip (In Flight)"
"I.D."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Roll the Dice"
"Fire"
"Fast Fuse"
"The Doberman"
"Club Foot"
"Vlad the Impaler"
"Stuntman"
"L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)"

虽然他们的首张专辑销量与Franz Ferdinand、Keane有一定差距，但是媒体却一点都没有看低他们，这也证明了他们的音乐是有一定水平的。如果说Keane比较贴近流行摇滚，那Kasabian就是音乐顽童了，四个来自莱切斯特的小伙子，对Oasis的极度喜爱在各种采访中都能看的出来。他们的音乐是多样的，也许是因为少年时受到brit-pop、电音甚至hip-hop等各种风格的影响。领跑单曲《CLUB FOOT》里面我们可以见识到Electro-Rock,而在 I.D.里面我们又可以闻到迷幻的味道，到了cut off又转成了hip-hop了，这就是Kasabian，虽然他们并没有带来一场革命，但他们的自信在近年的英伦里是很少见的，这也为英伦摇滚注入了一剂强心剂。音乐权威Q杂志对他们的评语也证明了对这四个小伙子前景的看好。

◎ 創意翻玩復古電子搖滾，2011年燃燒能量照亮世界首張完整大碟
◎ 力邀英國跨界製作新銳Paul Epworth (Adele、Cee-Lo Green)、The Bird And The Bee雙人組之Gregory Kurstin (Ke$ha、Britney Spears) 等金牌製作群協力操盤
◎ 首波主打〈Pumped Up Kicks〉，獲BBC Radio 1的「當週最佳單曲」殊榮，攀上告示牌搖滾榜Top7、另類榜Top2
**專輯內附原文歌詞
隨著科技日新月異，電子合成樂也大舉入侵各樣曲風，並深深影響新世代的創作軌跡，來自加洲的Foster The People，不僅在音樂創作上將時髦的氛圍和電氣旋律串接上線，更沾染著一股迷幻風味，保留獨立製作的精神，揮灑出當今饒富創意的搖擺節奏。
2009年正式成軍的Foster The People，由身兼演唱、鍵盤、鋼琴、合成器、吉他、程式設計、打擊樂等多項技能於一身的Mark Foster領軍，加上打擊樂器主力Mark Pontius、貝斯手Cubbie Fink和兩位志同道合好友，運用公開演出的機會，在他們的創作中增添更多元、更豐富的新復古樂風，請來熟稔吉他、鍵盤、合成器、合音的Sean Cimino及鍵盤、鋼琴、合音的Isom Innis擔綱Live秀客席樂手。靠著網路科技等無國界的特性，上傳自創歌曲獲無數網友好評不斷，也讓Columbia Records聽到Foster The People的新鮮才華。
繼2010年首張同名EP《Foster The People》一戰成名，2011年終於祭出完整錄音大碟《Torches》，力邀英國跨界製作新銳Paul Epworth (Adele、Cee-Lo Green)、The Bird And The Bee雙人組之Gregory Kurstin (Ke$ha、Britney Spears)等金牌製作群和Mark Foster協力操盤，堅強的製作組合，精彩可期，並率先拿下澳洲專輯排行Top9。首波主打〈Pumped Up Kicks〉，獲BBC Radio 1「當週最佳單曲」殊榮，懷舊熱情的低沉貝斯，混搭空心吉他和電子合成樂，歌詞則輝應團名，描寫缺少家庭關愛、孤立且具暴力傾向的年輕世代，是首涵意深厚的佳作，一舉登上告示牌搖滾榜Top7、另類榜Top2；輕巧有趣的〈Call It What You Want〉帶來活潑節拍，讓人一聽就上癮；以民謠混搭電子合成的〈Don’t Stop (Color On The Walls)〉則有熱鬧歡氣氛炒熱氣氛；慵懶嗓音帶來〈I Would Do Anything For You〉琅琅上口的副歌旋律，讓人留下深刻印象；迷離弛放的數首創作，如〈Houdini〉、〈Life On The Nickel〉、〈Miss You〉等，體驗他們以鮮亮Electro/Synthpop外衣，且充滿豐沛創作實力的Foster The People。

iTunes Festival London 2011 Live.

Vinyl LP pressing. 2009 album from the hotly-tipped outfit. Since opening the NME New Noise Tour in '08, White Lies have played well-received festival slots at Latitude, T In The Park, Fuji Rock Japan and a main stage performance at Lollapalooza festival in the US. Recorded at ICP studios in Brussels during the summer of 2008 with acclaimed producers Ed Buller (Pulp, Suede) and Max Dingel (The Killers, Glasvegas), the album will be features the singles 'Death' and 'To Lose My Life'. Polydor.

2008 sophomore album from the Britpop outfit, an awe-inspiring collection of oddball Pop songs. A clear departure from their debut album, these four young men have grown up in more ways than one. Produced predominately by DJ legend Erol Alkan, Twenty One is a huge stylistic and emotional leap forward for the band. This new emotional depth dovetails neatly with the band's raised musical ambition on the steamrollering rhythms of the first single 'Young Love'. 12 tracks. 679.

来自洛杉矶四人全女子乐队Warpaint的Debut Album，她们之前已被NME列为2010年最有前途的新乐队之一。专辑由Tom Biller制作和与Bjork, My Bloody Valentine等大牌合作过的Andrew Weatherall混音。主音Emily Kokal在NME的采访中说”我们建议大家在吞云吐雾后再听我们的专辑 这样才是最棒的”。迷幻朦胧的曲调加上侵略性的吉他，谁会错过这么一只乐队?

The National乐队在发行了2007年大卖的专辑《Boxer》（该专辑包含了奥巴马用作竞选现场配乐的民谣《Fake Empire》）后，The National乐队的成员利用一系列具有攻击性的旋律来提升他们的歌曲音质。这张新的专辑从Bon Iver乐队的Justin Vernon和Sufjan Stevens身上获得灵感。《Blood Buzz，Ohio》和《L.A. Cathedral》是其中两首深受影响的单曲。Dessner说：“专辑里的歌曲大多以庄严高雅的节奏开始，以劲爆激动的旋律结束。现场演唱的效果会很棒”。

◎ 2011年度最佳專輯強勢候選作品，全球樂評一致痴迷推薦
◎ 英國水星音樂獎提名樂隊，第三張邁向極致高峰內省大碟
◎ State、Independent on Sunday、Entertainment.ie滿分讚譽；BBC、Drowned In Sound、NME、musicOMH、Clash、PopMatter、AMG齊聲四顆半星等級好評；Pitchfork 8.2/10搖旗吶喊
◎ 聽著他們性感撩人的枕邊細語，分享他們滿溢氾濫的多愁善感，然後跟著一起沉淪讚嘆
NME：「他們完成一張曠世經典！」
BBC：「本張作品極可能就是2011年度最佳專輯！」
musicOMH：「毫無疑問是今年最出色的專輯之一！」
Clash Music：「一張不能不擁有的專輯！」
Entertainment.ie：「每次聆聽都有新的樂趣，從頭到尾讓人傾心！」
Pitchfork：「毫不妥協，正是他們成功的秘訣！」
The Fly：「適合從頭聽到尾的完整作品！」
The Music Fix：「美麗動人、縈繞不去，讓人沉醉其中！」
Mojo：「證明這個獨特有趣的樂隊正攀向高峰！」
AMG：「他們成軍以來最平易近人且具原創性的作品！」
Uncut：「不僅是他們至今最棒的作品，也是今年最好的專輯！」
本張大碟《Smother》面市後，另類樂壇的前輩們無一不感受到改朝換代的壓力。專輯開場歌曲〈Lion`s Share〉由單調平板的顫音起頭，主唱Hayden Thorpe清亮的嗓音，不久後即追疊而上，稀疏的鋼琴聲此起彼落，三者強弱變幻無常。當你陷入深思神遊之際，也跟著呼吸吐納Wild Beasts滿溢氾濫的多愁善感。
Hayden Thorpe獨樹一格的歌劇式假音唱腔，加上與Benny Little、Tom Fleming、Chris Talbot三位團員的良好默契，讓「瘋狂野獸合唱團Wild Beasts」這組年輕樂隊，在短短幾年內就攀上事業高峰。2007年二月他們獲英國傳奇音樂廠牌Domino Records網羅，同年五月NME雜誌即點名他們為十大最有潛力的新興樂隊之一，他們隔年發行的首張處男專輯《Limbo, Panto》，亦獲外界一致好評。2009年他們趁勝追擊，發表第二張官方大碟《Two Dancers》，除了攻佔Drowned in Sound、The Fly、The Guardian、NME、Q、Pitchfork各大傳媒年終榜單外，還獲2010年水星音樂獎Mercury Prize提名肯定。
前兩張專輯，忠實反映出Wild Beasts的音樂性格—年輕人的熱情、創意與無畏無懼的瀟灑。《Smother》宣告他們已正式邁入人生的另一個階段，你以為那是狂歡後的沉穩內斂，閉眼聆聽後才發現這是性感撩人的枕邊細語，輕柔地述說往往需要更多的自信與智慧。本張專輯中的10首歌曲，總計花了他們六個星期的時間譜寫，他們先在倫敦東區創作，之後再到威爾斯停留約一個月的時間，錄音工作才告正式完成。團員表示，Talk Talk、Beach House、Caribou與Oneohtrix Point Never等樂隊，皆對他們的創作產生若干影響。當專輯播放至結尾曲〈End Come Too Soon〉，你鐵定不難理解，為何眾家音樂媒體，紛紛將本將專輯視為年度最佳專輯首選，主唱、吉他、鋼琴、鼓擊在這首歌曲中顯得異常低調，末段的演奏與人聲吟唱，像是一道耀眼的光芒，而你則像水氣一般瞬間蒸發，僅留下一屋子迴盪不散的痴迷讚嘆。

Special two disc (CD + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) edition housed in special box which includes a DVD that contains a 45 minute behind the scenes documentary, incorporating footage from the 'Laura Marling & Friends' show at the Royal Festival Hall in London last summer. 2010 sophomore album from the British singer/songwriter. I Speak Because I Can is Laura Marling's coming of age album, its 10 songs imbued with a new richness, ripeness and sophistication. It is also an album marked by its quintessential Englishness. For all its American instrumentation, its shades of Crosby Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, its American producer, these songs are no pale Americana interpretation; rather they are tales deeply rooted in England. EMI.

"Video Games" is the debut single by American singer Lana Del Rey, released on October 10, 2011 by Interscope Records in the US, and Stranger Records in the UK. It was named "Best New Track" by Pitchfork on August 3 after the release of an online video on July 1.

Born to Die is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012 by Interscope Records, Polydor Records, and Stranger Records. Del Rey collaborated with producers including Patrik Berger, Jeff Bhasker, Chris Braide, Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Rick Nowels, Robopop, and Al Shux to achieve her desired sound. Their efforts resulted in a primarily baroque pop record, which sees additional influences from alternative hip hop, indie pop and trip hop music.
Contemporary music critics gave Born to Die mixed reviews; some commended its distinctive production, while its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies were a recurring complaint. The record debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies; it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after moving one million units. Born to Die reached the peak position on eleven international record charts, and has sold 8.5 million copies worldwide as of May 2015.
After attaining online success after its initial premiere on June 29, 2011, "Video Games" was released as the lead single from Born to Die on October 17, 2011; it peaked at number 91 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Its follow-up singles "Born to Die", "Off to the Races", "Blue Jeans", "Summertime Sadness", "National Anthem", and "Dark Paradise" performed sporadically across Billboard component charts and international record charts. The Cedric Gervais remix of "Summertime Sadness" was released on July 11, 2013, and became Del Rey's highest-charting single in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Del Rey additionally promoted Born to Die with several televised performances, including a widely criticized appearance on Saturday Night Live. It was reissued on November 9, 2012 as an expanded version subtitled The Paradise Edition, which was packaged with her third extended play Paradise (2012).

St. Vincent, the nom-de-stage of "playful chanteuse [and] fearsome shredder" (NY Times) Annie Clark, releases her second album for 4AD, Strange Mercy. The record's 11 tracks showcase Clark's gift for fusing the cerebral and the visceral, her melodically elegant arrangements packing hefty emotional punches. Clark reunited with producer John Congleton and recorded the album in her hometown of Dallas, TX. Strange Mercy finds St. Vincent redefining the idea of the guitar hero, utilizing the instrument as a pointillist artist might wield a brush.