At last! The first proper edition of Clever Eleven has hit the shelves! This month provided loads of great indie anthems, with some still-going-strong old-timers inbetween.
Sheffield proves to still be better at music than football, getting three slots in this super squad (3, 6 & 11).

1. The Enemy - You're Not Alone
- With anthemic singles like this (the fourth from the Coventry trio's #1 debut album), you gotta love your enemy.
2. Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
- The Boss lets loose in style.
3. Milburn - What Will You Do (When The Money Goes)
- If The Coral and Arctic Monkeys were to get it off, this is what their offspring would sound like. And I'd take the kid any day.
4. Rogue Wave - Chicago X 12
- Forget Natalie Portman and the over-hyped Shins; THIS is the band that can change your life.
5. Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin
- This powerpop stomper proves that Grohl & co are best when they're not too angry.
6. Little Man Tate - European Lover [New Version]
- Standout track from slightly mundane debut album gets re-recorded for full effect.
7. Hot Hot Heat - Good Day to Die
- The Canadian Strokes add some strings and timpani for their eulogy.
8. Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles
- LA indie brats that have more in common with Smashing Pumpkins than their initials.
9. Hard-Fi - Can't Get Along (Without You)
- Scheduled second single with more than a nod to Motown.
10. The Go! Team - Doing It Right
- Feelgood party cracker from the Brighton six-piece' somewhat messy sophomore effort.
11. Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours
- Sheffield romantic croons about the streets where the great music is created. Or at least 3/11 of it.

This is sort of a test pressing of a planned monthly series of new (or fairly new, anyway) and interesting tunes. "Interesting" here of course meaning "to my liking".

Athlete - Hurricane
Brinkman - Change It
The Coral - Who's Gonna Find Me
Costar - Good Morning Sunshine
Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights
The Hellacopters - The Same Lame Old Story
The Lodger - Watching
Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong
My Vitriol - War Of The Worlds
The National - Mistaken For Strangers
Superfamily - I Could Be A Real Winner

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To maintain the "buzz" before the first proper edition, I've decided to construct the C11 as it probably would have looked like had it been compiled by the end of July. As these eleven show, there were actually quite a lot a great albums released this summer, here represented by an almost 50/50 blend of singery-songwritery acoustic-laden pop and sneeringly majestic indie rock.

The Bravery - Angelina
Cherry Ghost - 4AM
Crowded House - Even a Child
Editors - An End Has A Start
The Enemy - Had Enough
Interpol - No I in Threesome
Kula Shaker - Second Sight
Josh Pyke - Fed And Watered
Josh Rouse - Sweetie
Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
Rufus Wainwright - Going to a Town

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