Best of April 2007

		Yellow House - Grizzly Bear  $29.95 Yellow House sees Grizzly Bear solidifying as a real band - rather than the largely solo vehicle for the songs of Ed Droste, as was the case with the 2004 debut, Horn Of Plenty. Released in the later part of 2006, just slightly too late to register on our "Albums Of The Year" list... More details...

		Myth Takes - Chk Chk Chk (!!!)  $29.95 Genre-bending Pan-American dance-punk ensemble !!! (or "Chk Chk Chk" as they helpfully spell out on the label for you) return with their third LP, which is being hailed as their most accessible yet... More details...

		Ash Wednesday - Elvis Perkins  $24.95 "Do you ever wonder where you go when you die?", asks singer-songwriter Elvis Perkins on his debut album Ash Wednesday - and it's obviously one of his over-arching concerns... More details...

		Because of the Times - Kings Of Leon  $14.95 The southern family Followill - three brothers and a cousin - reunite with producers Ethan Johns and Angelo Petraglia for their third Kings of Leon album, following on from 2004's Aha Shake Heartbreak... More details...

		The Enemy Chorus - The Earlies  $27.95 The Earlies are a quartet with the rather situation of having members spread over two continents – with half of the group living in Manchester and the other residing in Texas... More details...

		Aman Iman - Tinariwen  $27.95 An unusual group, formed in a refugee camp in Libya in 1982. Most of the members were exiled from their home - the West African nation of Mali - as Teurag rebels... More details...

		Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys  $27.95 From the get-go, you can almost hear The Arctic Monkeys asking (in a thick Yorkshire accent), "what's 'sophomore slump' thing people keep banging on about?" - as they follow up one of the biggest albums of 2006... More details...

		Second Hand Planet - Opshop  $19.95 Opshop follow up their platinum-selling 2004 debut, You Are Here impressively. After a few personnel changes, the band is now stripped back to a four-piece and sounding all the better for it... More details...

		Twelve - Patti Smith  $27.95 While Twelve is Patti Smith's first all-covers album, she's remodeled the works of others many times over her lengthy career - her rendition of Van Morrison's 'Gloria' on 1975's Horses is a prime example of Smith turning her skills as a teller of tunes to great... More details...

		23 - Blonde Redhead  $24.95 This New York trio have been quietly doing their thing since the mid-nineties, gaining critical acclaim along the way yet always remaining something of an enigma... More details...