Album

Best live band in the world according to Australian Rolling Stone

Inspired world music outing is first album in six years from former Specials frontman Hall

Journeyman blues veteran discovers conscience and musical diversity on 13th album

Graceful debut album from emotionally eloquent Manchester-based guitar band

Michigan neo-metal marauders who once broke The Beatles' box-office record at Shea Stadium

Box set of previously unheard recordings by most famous singer ever

The reissue of Cantrell's 2000 debut is timely following the critical success of last year's When The Roses Bloom Again, and a major US tour with Elvis Costello. John Peel deemed this his "favourite record of the last 10 years and possibly my life", while Costello describes her sound as "if Kitty Wells made Rubber Soul". Nashville-bred, NYC-based Cantrell is steeped in country and bluegrass, but brings a strident grace all her own. Set atop guitars both acoustic and twangy—and soft squeals of steel—her voice is cut-glass pure.

Ny Stalwart Champions Power Pop

Farrell & co are back with a vengeance

Long-lost experiment with, yes, our perceptions of sound