Tipsters: a selection of UK tastemakers select their favourite upcoming releases.(Upfront)

Dorian Lynskey, music critic, The Big Issue

THE STREETS A GRAND DON'T COME FOR FREE (679 RECORDINGS)

"Sonically, it's pretty much the same palette as before, but Mike Skinner has moved the lyric on. The whole album is like a story, not in some rock opera sense, that's so gripping and funny; it builds through the whole album until the last track--which is stunning. It's the only album I've heard where there's a twist at the end that, hopefully, reviewers won't give away"

Jude Rogers, Word magazine

JIM WHITE DRILL THROUGH THAT SUBSTRATE AND TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE (LUAKA BOP)

"White is a very original artist and this is, once again, alt.country with electronic flourishes that works really well on so many levels. Although it's slickly produced, it's very off-kilter with excellent songs; several tracks are simply quite beautiful. It has a fuller and more adventurous sound than his past albums. It doesn't sound like anything else out there at the moment."

Martin Howes, Avid Records, Bournemouth