Album

Nelly Sweat – Suit

Hip-hop popster gets rich telling girls to bend over

Dino Valente

Psych-folk rarity from Quicksilver Messenger Service man

Chris Farlowe – Handbags And Gladrags

A collection of Farlowe's Immediate and best-known recordings

Charley Patton – The Voice Of The Delta

Superb value-for-money three-CD collection

Isis – Panopticon

Red-eyed ambient metal droning

The Soft Pink Truth – Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Soft Pink Truth?

Fruity electro covers of obscure punk and hardcore

Sky Saxon & The Seeds – Red Planet

First album from cult band since 1967

Nikki Sudden – Treasure Island

Ex-Swell Map recruits famous mates for career-topping set

Spear Of Destiny

Barely six months after the demise of Theatre Of Hate, Kirk Brandon was braving it on stage in Manchester in March 1983 with a new band, name and repertoire. That his audience look mighty perplexed by SOD's brassier tribal goth-dub makes his fearless performance, caught here, even more compelling.

John Martyn – One World

Reissue of Mr Echoplex's 1977 classic
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