Brandi Carlisle : thumbs up :) vocal clarity sings well, moving away from the more commercial / genre stuff yields gems, certainly a quality voice.

Hard Fi : part the modern enumeracy of intangiblly similar modern bands, not stand out, probably a few club / pub/ background music anthems in their repetoire, but didnt grab me at my age.

Electrelane : produced allot of music ? band very competent, the female vocalist knows how to move her voice about, but her tone seems constantly off in a disconcerting way, perhaps with enough flogging at it, she’ll come come good like nick cave eventually did and produce something like the boatmans call to make up for a profuse collection of weak albums that sound vocally the same. perhaps mpre than one band member should be singing

The Last Shadow Puppets : Fastpaced regional vocals rock duo, 60’s tone, small scowl thrown in, may appeal to young-uns, topics : women … unsurprising for two handsome young men singers, vocally their quality, music is well produced with 60/70’s filmic score touches, seemingly stolen from westerns or james bond. Unappealing to the mentally jaded or lifeworn.

Santogold : backgound music to a pub / club, stand out numbers you will have heard even wihtout knowing it “L.E.S. Artistes” certainly sticks in the memory for the step vocals, and electro guitar muted setup, reminiscent of other music (the police, 70’s cars, numanesque, though references seem to abound, cleverly original none the less)