Album

New Pornographer jumps into classic singer-songwriter stream head first

Succinct and soothing second album by Parisian quartet

Pure pop perfectionists have got a ticket to Ryde and they don't care

Final demos of Alabama's doomed blue-eyed soul boy

Telex chap's 1977 Moog-driven disco mini album

A concept album of sorts, the second solo release from the Mekons founder and Chicago-expat charts the rise and demise of honky-tonker Lofty Deeds as a metaphor for US history. Like all things Langford, though, it's not heavy-handed or portentous, the music rollicking like a midnight special braced against the hard wind of his uniquely British delivery.

Agonisingly slow metal rituals

Six-track EP from rising Nebraskan noiseniks

Kick-ass Kiwis make a blues-rock move with their second album

Oft-forgotten Parisian new-wavers' audacious synth-punk opus