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OJ Law 'Yesterday is a Distant Dream'

Updated: 22 May 2012

Thoroughly steeped in the sun-drenched spirit of 1960s California.

Chairlift 'Something'

Updated: 22 May 2012

Most of the tunes luxuriate in vintage-synth textures in a way radio hits tend not to.

Alexis Bistro Ampang

Updated: 15 May 2012

Alexis is the place for jazz music lovers in KL (second to No Black Tie).

Lana Del Rey 'Born to Die'

Updated: 16 Apr 2012

Del Rey's debut definitely needs a re-edit, but she’s still a promising prospect.

Ferns 'Fairweather Friends'

Updated: 6 Apr 2012

The perfect soundtrack to Malaysia's sleepy summers (if we had summers).

The Black Keys 'El Camino'

Updated: 6 Apr 2012

Something tender turns into a brutal and brilliant maelstrom of hard-hitting beats.

Jamie Woon's 'Mirrorwriting'

Updated: 21 Feb 2012

Layering sounds and styles in the way that only a musician armed with a laptop could.

Coldplay's 'Mylo Xyloto'

Updated: 21 Feb 2012

Not every Coldplay song needs a raft of codanthemic ‘oooh-oohs’.

Björk’s 'Biophilia'

Updated: 26 Jan 2012

Her booming pipes are front and centre, set against her least cluttered arrangements yet.

Foster the People 'Torches'

Updated: 4 Jan 2012

The album has plenty to offer, mostly in a fizzily fun, indie-pop vein.