Artist: Metric. Album: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Artist: The Hundred In the Hands. Album: This Desert – EP.
So fucking British, so bloody fucking British, but excellent. Grade: A-
Wherein Angelina Jolie transitions from Elizabeth Taylor to Joan Collins. Grade: D
Artist: Katie Melua. Album: The House.
Artist: Vega4. Album: You and Others.
Author Chris Cleave is a well-meaning observer of the human condition but he has a tin ear: His characters speak in clunky, confessional tones—and they don't so much converse as give each other lectures. Meanwhile, the narrative jumps around chronologically in what feels like a contrived attempt at intrigue but results chiefly in the story foundering between Nick Hornby-esque Brit-com and jarring Flannery O'Connor-ish reversals—with melodramatic results.
Artist: Jamie Cullum. Album: The Pursuit.
Artist: Weezer. Albums: Hurley.
Artist: Jukebox the Ghost. Album: Everything Under the Sun.
Artist: Harlem Shakes. Album: Technicolor Health.
Artist: Rosie & The Goldbug. Album: Rosie & The Goldbug.