Panic Prevention is a carousing missive, egged out of snap ideas and hair-brained admixtures. It shimmies and sways, and generally does that increasingly arbitrary thing that only increasingly arbitrary pop records pull with any panache.  Full text...

Call it old skool, new school or whatever, the reggae influence is crucial, most explicitly on dub-heavy closer "Alicia Quays". A modern folk poet who invokes past heroes as he brings the present to life, Jamie T's next challenge will be to channel this feral and combustible brew into a career.  Full text...

The South London borough of Wimbledon has had a fair few claims to fame over the years - the 'Crazy Gang', Henman Hill, Mike Batt and his pointy nosed furry creatures - but it's been a bit scarce on the ground when it comes to musicians.  Full text...

Thamesbeat minstrel pens a sweary love letter to London town  Full text...

"Panic Prevention" is still an enthralling debut, and one that says infinitely more about the life of young Londoners than any amount of Bloc Party seriousness. Whether the album or its maker will be a footnote or a headline in three years hence, who knows - but for now, this is an important and imperfect snapshot of an era.  Full text...

Panic Prevention contains as many bad tracks as it does good ones and the singles tend to pick themselves.  Full text...

It's like Billy Bragg minus the moralising, not quite the improvement it might seem.  Full text...

Despite it being far from the worst thing you'll hear all year by a long shot, it's a bit too samey, inconsistent and unimaginative to be the best, either.  Full text...