Extremely loud, snarling and exciting, it takes the duo's signature mash-up of '80s metal, '50s girl-group and '70s arena-rock sensibilities and cranks up the tension to Adderall-overdose levels.
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Sleigh Bells take one of the most confident and surefooted steps forward a band could take for a follow-up album, eschewing the storied sophomore pitfalls in favor of a sharper, fuller sound.
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With Reign of Terror Sleigh Bells proves they've got more than one formula they can tear apart.
Favourite Four: Born To Lose, D.O.A, End of the Line, Comeback Kid
Shrines is a euphoric treat in its own right, made all the more thrilling by its heady potential.
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Purity Ring have pulled off the feat of producing one of the year's most arresting debuts – a Grimm Tales for the 2010s, shrouded in the illusory threads of contemporary club music – while sounding like no-one else but themselves.
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It's a record that effortlessly juxtaposes chopped up electronics and ghostly effects with James' supersweet voice to create eleven strange but simple pleasures.
Definitely one of my favourite and most played albums of the year. 4AD really are signing up gold this year. (Grimes is on their label too) I find their lyrics mesmerising as well as their music.
1991 is all about the bubble-popping lushness of "Van Vogue" and the hall-of-mirrors shimmer of "Liquorice." It's also about the summer, and showing more of Banks than just her breakout hit.
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Manically happy, infectiously danceable and too clever by half, if 1991 does one thing, it proves that Banks's breakout hit, "212," was no fluke.
She may look like a Laurel Canyon throwback, but this goth-pop singer is more like Stevie Nicks in hell or a mini Alanis Morissette
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Actually, she's not quite goth. We're not sure what she is, which is a good sign, because we spend all day, every day trying to come up with pigeonholes for musicians and this time we're flummoxed.
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You don't want to mess with Meg Myers. With her delicate features and flowing hair, it's possible to dismiss this Los Angeles-by-way-of-Tennessee musician as another pretty pop star, but that all changes as soon as you listen to her music.
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With a dynamic sound that reminds us of the love child of Sinead O'Connor and Linkin Park (a pretty great combination, if you ask us), Meg Myers won't stop until she gets her way... or a hit album, whichever comes first. But if her EP is any indication, she'll probably have both before we know it.
Meg Myers has a lot of hype around her right now and there's no question of "Why?" - Her EP (which you can get for free here) is full of flawless tracks which vary in style but she completes each of them with excellence.
Top Three: Monster, After You, Adelaide
Daughter In The Choir is easily the best EP of 2012, Meg Myers is an underdog to watch because she could soon be slaying some of your faves.