Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can
Laura Marling was discovered on MySpace at a very young age and her first album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, came out when she was only eighteen. The album – despite being shortlisted for the Mercury Prize (losing to The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow) – only made it to 45 on the UK Album Chart and failed to chart in the US.
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Editors - In This Light and On This Evening
In This Light and On This Evening is the third studio album from the British indie band, Editors. Their first two records both went Gold in Ireland and Platinum in the UK, but their second album was the only one to make the US charts…and it never even made the top 100, peaking at 117.
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Florence + the Machine - Lungs
Florence Welch is the first half of Florence + the Machine and the Machine part refers to whoever (or whatever) she decides should accompany her during her musical escapades. She describes herself as being “musically inept,” but that presumably applies to musical instruments because the things she does with her voice are definitely musical.
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Placebo - Battle For The Sun
Battle for the Sun is the sixth studio album from the British band Placebo. Their musical style between albums is quite varied, but lead singer Brian Molko has a very distinctive voice that makes them immediately recognizable.
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IAMX - Kingdom of Welcome Addiction
Becoming X, the first album from the British trip-hop group Sneaker Pimps, featured Kelli Dayton on vocals (she now releases music under the name Kelli Ali), but the subsequent two albums went in a darker direction and founding member Chris Corner took over the singing duties.
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Alessi’s Ark - Notes From the Treehouse
Alessi Laurent-Marke is one of those young girls that put some of her folk songs up on MySpace and got handed a record deal. She is also a female singer-songwriter from the British Isles, and, by default, joins the ranks of artists like Laura Marling, Amy Winehouse, Emmy the Great, Adele, Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Duffy and KT Tunstall.
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Lily Allen says: It’s Not Me, It’s You
Lily Allen is back after three years with her (wonderfully-titled) sophomore release, It’s Not Me, It’s You. Her dark sense of humor is intact and the overly cheesy lyrics are gone on this album…you can tell that she’s matured during her time away. And with the help of Greg Kurstin (from The Bird and the Bee) the music has grown up as well.
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