Miles Kane - Colour of the Trap
Watch out, Beady Eye. Miles Kane is on a quest for 2011's retro crown. Following a hugely successful stint in The Last Shadow Puppets, in a summer where retropop was all the rage thanks to the likes of Mark Ronson, Duffy and Amy Winehouse, there is a slight risk of the former Rascals frontman becoming Britain's next typecast 60s revivalist - but thanks to this year's "Different Gear, Still Speeding", that thorned crown might just be out of reach. With help from the likes of Noel Gallagher, Gruff Rhys and former band-mate Alex Turner, 'Colour of the Trap' is a little bit more than pastiche. Opener 'Come Closer' starts as Kane means to continue: with a stomping one-two drumbeat and cries of "ahh"s and "whoa"s battling for attention - the production pretty impressive (although this is to be expected from Dan Carey, behind work of CSS, Hot Chip and The Kills) and the tune catchy enough to rattle a few cages. 'Rearrange' thro...