Album

Second from rapidly rising NY stars

Ten years in, Colorado five-piece deliver career-defining album

In something of an audacious coals-to-Newcastle move, this formerly London-based quartet upped sticks and headed west to become the darlings of the California alt.country/alt.folk scene, and can currently be found working a second job as Pete Yorn's backing band On Fly The Radar, their second full-length CD release since relocating, they continue to explore loneliness, love and loss, wrapping the sentiments up in unforgettable, harmony-drenched melody.

West African star finally escapes the French pop scene

Cosmic Yorkshiremen return to earth

Debut from raw Lincoln leather lads, seemingly in production since 1938

Recorded last December at the end of the 2003 world tour, it's spooky watching Gary Brooker singing "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" so many years after it scored 1967's summer of love. Yet his voice hasn't altered one iota. A third of the 21 tracks come from their 2003 album, The Well's On Fire. But it's old favourites like "Homburg", "Shine On Brightly" and "A Salty Dog" that command all the attention.

The late thespian's MGM curio from September '67

Another tasteful Soul Jazz series rolls on

Lou Reed's favourite trans-gender chamber-pop troupe's debut