Pop

Review: Given the runaway success of her first three albums, BRIT award-winning singer-songwriter Kate Nash took a step back in 2013. Last year she resurfaced with "Agenda", an EPs whose sunny and jangling lead track, "Call Me", showed that Nash was in rude health musically. That track naturally takes pride of place on Yesterday Was Forever, her first album for four years. It's a strong and hugely enjoyable set, all told, with Nash serving up a string of memorable, sing-along songs that variously doff a cap to power pop, indie-dance, alternative rock, synth-pop, heart-felt folk and dancefloor-centric glam rock.

Review: It's been five years since Aussie indie-dance three piece Rufus raced to the top of the Australian album charts with their critically acclaimed debut album, Atlas. Here the album gets a fifth-anniversary vinyl repress. The track list remains the same, allowing newcomers a chance to bask in the riff-heavy, dewy-eyed bounce of "Sundream", the Balearic synth-pop cheeriness of "Tonight" and the slowly building, piano-laden shuffle of album standout "Rendezvous". Elsewhere, the heartfelt, deep synth-pop dreaminess of "Desert Night" and sun-bright rush of "Simplicity is Bliss" are also worth checking. In other words, it's a dreamy, melodious and attractive collection of electronic pop songs informed by nu-disco and soft focus house.