Editors' Choice for January 2004
Underachievers Please Try Harder
Merge
UNDERACHIEVERS proves the band worthy successors to the indie pop crown held by their countrymen Belle & Sebastian.
Boy in da Corner
XL Recordings/Matador Records
Dylan Mills' highly animated, Mercury Prize-winning debut album took grime to the mainstream.
Underneath the Stars
Compass
She defined what she did well on her first solo album. Since then she's been refining it, and herself, until this unquestionably stands as her best, and each new record becomes an event.