Album

Belfast cowboy hitches his wagon to legendary jazz label

More cabaret from non-stop electro-neurotics

Down-home comeback by Alabama maverick. Little Feat's Bill Payne guests

Manchester trio deliver second album of wonderfully wistful, perfectly underplayed pop

A future greatest hits compilation from the hip hop producers with the keys to the kingdom

Second wave hip hop pioneers, unfairly best known for donating a little bit of that hip to Aerosmith

Slow-burning second album from Toby Burke's equine three-piece

Hitman who provided lavish productions for Frankie and Tatu oversees cult Scots' fifth album proper

Second album of the year, recorded with just a four-track and a healthy dose of vitriol

Laptop's third album is a synthetic joy from beginning to end. Continuing in the arch electropop vein of Opening Credits and The Old Me Vs The New You, Jesse Hartman's latest illustrates his ability to transcend simple '80s pastiche armed with a world-weary baritone and a clutch of untouchably sexy tunes. With deadpan voiceover and deluded romanticism, the Oakey-cokey melodrama of "Let Yourself Go" is both funny and moving, while "Back In The Picture" and "Testimonial #6" display lurching, Bowie-esque brilliance.