and you get yours

SWITCHES
Switches
Nice bouncy indie guitar rock with XTC overtones. Dime a dozen these days but still nice.

AMY WINEHOUSE
Back to Black
This must be the US release. Look, I was the last person who ever expected to become an Amy Winehouse after her pissy, annoying appearance on 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks'. So this is like a double treat. The whole album is genre bending, something for everyone but in a good way, Portishead style soul pop. Type of thing. Which I may have already said. And, again, I may regret saying this, but, yeah, this album is the shit.

THE RAKES
Ten New Messages
At first glance, more not-bad indie guitar rock with XTC overtones. Um, XTC plus Interpol. Of course I've had that feeling before and it just added up to the Killers.

CUT CITY
Exit Decades
More Interpol-ish mopey guitar indie rock. Which is usually my favorite kind. The singer is copping serious amounts of Interpol up in here. Good thing? Bad thing? Indifferent thing?

JESU
Conqueror
Dear Jesu's latest album, 'Conqueror', Have I told you lately I love you?

THE CLOSE
Sun, Burn
I lose interest now.