Album

Thirty-track compilation tracking a quarter-century in the life of Reilly

Soundtrack for 1971 cult alt.western, recorded in self-overdubbing style by former Dylan guitarist Langhorne

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

Captain Beefheart sideman and off-her-Trolley vocalist lay their debut album on the table

New York songwriter goes for Berlin-based makeover on third album

Astonishing 8-track avant-pop unearthed by Animal Collective

Off-kilter art rock from San Diego duo

There's little original Dylan footage and no music in this unofficial bio co-produced by the fanzine Isis. But what we do get is a series of fascinating new interviews—with old school friends and teachers in Hibbing who describe a loner who gave little hint of the extraordinary gifts he was later to develop, early colleagues who played with him in Greenwich Village and leading Dylanologists such as Clinton Heylin and CP Lee. NIGEL WILLIAMSON

Career-spanning compilation of Cohen covers

Having served his apprenticeship with Chico Hamilton, Ron Carter, and Charles Lloyd, Szabo gained wider prominence with 1966's Jazz Raga. The '60s found him producing more commercially oriented material with Jim Keltner and Hal Gordon. Szabo's method—state opening theme, extemporise making full use of drones and false fingerings—is well suited to these cover versions ("Dear Prudence", "Some Velvet Morning"). Although occasionally straying into blandness, this is mostly lounge-psych of the highest order.