Album

The Who – The Vegas Job

Daltrey and Townshend struggle for the high notes, the mic-throwing and the windmilling are stagey rather than spectacular, and the sound never really comes together as the hits roll on. But it's historic stuff—Entwistle's last show, and also the great Pixelon hoax, the Internet concert that never was.

Iain Archer – Flood The Tanks

Solo album from former Reindeer Section and Snow Patrol collaborator

Camera Obscura – Underachievers Please Try Harder

Scottish seven-piece deliver John Peel's favourite album of the year

Chicago Underground Trio – Slon

High-quality laptop jazztronica from the prolific Chicago-based collective

Joni Mitchell – The Complete Geffen Recordings

Joni's lost '80s, retrieved and repackaged

Brussels Sprouts

Staggeringly diverse re-releases from Belgian label a decade ahead of its time

Undertones – Teenage Kicks: The Story Of The Undertones

John Peel relives The Undertones' brief but brilliant career with the five founding members, friends, helpers and some great old clips. Describing the problems of success, the rift with Feargal Sharkey and the final split, the band defend their reformation with a new singer.

Stone’s Soul Picnic

Big-voiced, deep soul belter. From Devon, obviously

Lisa Gerrard With Patrick Cassidy – Immortal Memory

Profound Celtic-inflected soundscapes from Dead Can Dance singer

Bobby Conn And The Glass Gypsies – The Homeland

Chicago's king of camp cool recovers from major head surgery to mess with everyone's brain
Advertisement

Editor's Picks

Advertisement