1. Neon Neon – Stainless Style

Of course it shouldn’t have worked, the “ha, look, we did an 80s album!!” nod to itself, a concept album about the life of international playboy John Delorean all made on analogue equipment; but pair together Boom Bip and Super Furry Animals front man Griff Rhys then it all makes sense.

‘Stainless Style’ proved you could look to the past and produce something contempory and make it look easy; the synth solo during the Pet Shop Boys influenced’ Belfast’, is pure 80s American cop show,the twinkling keyboard riffs on the pounding ‘Raquel’ are early Depeche Mode whilst the finest track ‘I told her on Alderran’ was a sublime combination of 80s new wave cheesy synth pop and the soaring melancholy of Rhys’ Furry friends.

With excursions into electro and left-field hip also thrown into the equation, ‘Stainless Style’ is a fantastic piece of work which despite being hideously retro, it simply oozes 2008!

2. David Holmes – The holy pictures
3. TV on the Radio – Dear Science
4. Does it offend you, yeah – You Have No Idea What you’re Getting Yourself Into
5. The Black Keys – Attack and Release
6. The Long Blondes – Couples
7. The Kills – Midnight Boom
8. Glasvegas – Glasvegas
9. Santogold - Santogold
10. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Also check - The Charlatans ‘You cross my path’ (yeah, they’ve stopped being rubbish for a bit!), Beck ‘Modern Guilt’, We are scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery, Bloc Party ‘Intimacy’, Primal Scream – Beautiful Future.