For The Record: August

Wow, what a month. Starting with a sweat-inducing Best Coast gig and ending with an even hotter Libertines reunion August has been one of the biggest of the year to date with brilliant albums released every single week. Far ahead from the crowd for me though is 'Treats' by Sleigh Bells. Aggressive, bold, anarachic and ultimately a whole load of fun Treats is an instant classic and one to add to Fever To Tell in the pile marked 'Party Starters'.

August's best albums:

Sleigh Bells - Treats (Album of the Month)
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Klaxons - Surfing The Void
Skream - Outside The Box
Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Everything Everything - Man Alive
Count and Sinden - Mega Mega Mega
Wavves - King Of The Beach
Yu(c)k - Weakend (EP)
Los Campesinos - All's Well That Ends (EP)
Sky Larkin - Kaleide

Also reccomended: Maximum Balloon, Magic Kids, Rose-Ellinor Dougall, !!!, Midnight Juggernaughts, Tame Impala.

For The Record: August