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The British Todd Rundgren explores his soft-rock roots

Two Cali guys, one guitar and a raft of hickory-smoked folk in vintage Elektra vein

Startling return from the abyss for LA-based Carlos Ayala

Disappointing return from Creedence lynchpin

Second LP from heavyweight hip hop producers' eccentric joint venture

Bristol drum'n'bass godfather goes hectic and eclectic

This is much better than it has any right to be. Three decades after the Dolls first strutted their dimestore-Stones stuff on New York's wild side, David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain and Arthur Harold Kane shook London's RFH with punchy retakes of classics from their first two platters. When those included "Trash", "Babylon", "Jet Boy" and "Lookin' For A Kiss" , how could they miss? Naturally Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan are missed, but add-on axeman Steve Conte is a slicker player than Junkie Johnny ever was. You can put your arms around this memory.

First in five years from Brooklyn rapper

Mini compilation from obscure Glaswegian trio, featuring now not-so-obscure drummer

Awkward genre-bending from Glaswegian grunge trio