Oliver Sim Hideous Bastard Black Sleeves

Oliver Sim Hideous Bastard Black SleevesThe debut solo album from Oliver Sim vocalist and bassist of The xx, Hideous Bastard is a deeply self confessional journey of fear and shame inspired by the queer horror films he loves. Oliver is joined by Jamie xx, who produces Hideous Bastard with an elegant touch, and Jimmy Somerville (Bronski Beat), an angel, who takes us to the heavens. Full of surreal pop sounds that escape into the ether and break free, Hideous Bastard is a bold and ambitious

Constructed as an aural travelog through the great rock & roll cities of America -- a journey that was documented on an accompanying HBO mini-series of the same name -- Sonic Highways picks up the thread left dangling from Sound City: Real to Reel

promoted as being written and recorded on the road and initially released to the cartoon band's fan club

3 Lithium 10

de-tuned monster riffs in the very best Black Sabbath/Melvins tradition with emo-esque

" and "Eye Know"

In keeping with Transformers tradition

pianist McCoy Tyner

it's impressive that This Is Acting works as well as it does -- its meta-pop is another reminder of how cleverly Sia brings her experiments into the mainstream

Salamander

Given the proliferation of young and beautiful urban dance-pop divas dominating the radio and music video airwaves in 2005

Engineers: Jim Scott

Gorillaz | Song Machine