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Metallica

Metallica are about to unleash their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, on September 12th. While the intense, polished new sound may point toward the future, the cover’s original Metallica logo harks back to the band’s early albums.

You can download “The Day That Never Comes” and “My Apocalypse” from iTunes now, and thanks to the “Complete My Album” feature, get credit for them when you buy the whole album.

Tilly and the Wall

Tilly and the Wall are five people from Omaha, NE who became friends exploring music. The band operates as a collective with five songwriters, each with their own distinct musical voice, whose talents come together to form something extraordinary.

The band is known for their potent combination of sing-song boy-girl vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboard accents, and a tap dancer instead of a drummer, but this is their most sonically experimental album yet. They toyed with more instruments, voices, and bodily percussion than on previous efforts and have begun to forge a new musical path for themselves.

Rating: ★ ★ ★

Katy Perry

Ever since the November 2007 release of the hilarious single “Ur So Gay,”. Katy Perry has been wowing critics and fans alike with her big voice, sassy attitude, and confessional songs.

Her debut album, “One of the Boys”, is a sharp, witty pop-rock gem filled with tales of neurotic ex-boyfriends, crazy road trips with friends and figuring out who you are along the way.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Ting Tings

We Started Nothing is the debut album from The Ting Tings. Tipped in the top three of the BBC’s Sound of 2008 poll at the beginning of the year.

Top album with some real catchy tunes. Buy this if you like Blondie, Hot Chip and CSS. I’ll be playing this album all summer!

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½

Reverend and The Makers

Reverend and The Makers are an up and coming band hailing from Sheffield. They’ve developed a cult following managing to sell out the 1,000 capacity Plug in Sheffield twice, while still unsigned.

With a unique sound that will make you get up and shake your body all over the shop, they are definitely a band worth going to see live.

They have released a few successful singles and are now ready to release their debut album, The State Of Things, on September 17th.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★

Weezer

Weezer’s best albums have mostly been self-titled affairs, with back-to-basics songwriting that is both clever and infectious. Weezer (Red Album) continues this trend with ten solid tracks that are undeniably Weezer. Experimental? Not exactly, but sometimes more of the same is a good thing. Standout tracks: “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived”,”Automatic”.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★

Gabriella Cilmi

Amazing. This should be one of the best selling albums of 2008. From the instantly likeable ‘Sweet About Me’ through a whole range of brilliantly produced songs, ‘Lessons To Be Learned’ is almost entirely brilliant.

Do yourself a favour - get this album - put Gabriella Cilmi on your iPod, then lie back all summer with the volume full blast and put a caterpillar in your soul.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ½

Kate Nash

There’s a bit of a buzz around old Kate Nash, her debut single ‘Foundations’ had a number 2 debut in the top 5 after 3 weeks.

Kate has been causing a storm on the live scene. She was one of Glastonbury’s highlights or 2007 and also played an amazing set at T In The Park.

Her extremely catchy and witty lyrics have been compared with those of her pal Lily Allen.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★