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Debut release for Boston trio covering all bases from psych-trance to Miles Davis

Quarter-century of Beeb appearances from the Newhaven rabble-rouser

Reissues remind us that Mr Smooth was once an artiste

"Songs of murder, mob law and cruel, cruel punishment" get the once-over

NY's nerdiest are smarter than The Strokes

A Derbyshire-bred, Manchester-based group formerly known as the Dakota Oak Trio. DOT loiter pleasantly at the dewy, bucolic end of post-rock. Fridge are, perhaps, their closest contemporaries. And just as Kieran "Four Tet" Hebden's solo output outshines his work with Fridge, there's a sense DOT's Dave Tyack and James "Pedro" Rutledge make much better records on their own. Plenty of ramshackle virtuosity, crafty folktronica hybrids and limp singing amongst these 10 tracks, but the earth remains resolutely unshattered.

Live follow-up to 2001's Last Man On Earth with all-star band

Six years and three albums later, FQ is still one big enigma

Eighty-three examples of Stephin Merritt's pop art from 99/2000

Well-presented, bonus-heavy reissues-if only Quo were worth it