Album

Rare southern soul sides from disco diva's Muscle Shoals days

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.

Solo album from former Reindeer Section and Snow Patrol collaborator

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

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

Joni's lost '80s, retrieved and repackaged

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

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.

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

Profound Celtic-inflected soundscapes from Dead Can Dance singer