Album

The Waifs – Up All Night

Third album but first British release from Australia's answer to The Be Good Tanyas

Steve Coleman And Five Elements – On The Rising Of The 64 Paths

Low-key sequel to a modern classic

Jeff Beck – Shapes Of Things

Sixties group and session work from Britain's first truly 'modern' guitarist

Canterbury Tales

First four solo albums by overlooked psychedelicist

Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground

Debut album from Popstars victors described by Julie Burchill as the most important group since The Sex Pistols

Ziggy Marley – Dragonfly

Comparisons are unfair. But when eldest son sounds so like father, Ziggy Marley rather invites it. Recorded in Hollywood with various Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dragonfly represents the total Americanisation of reggae. "I Get Out" borrows the riff from "Get Up Stand Up" and sounds like Matchbox Twenty messing around with a reggae rhythm during a soundcheck. "Looking" could be something Eagle-Eye Cherry might have recorded for a Bob Marley tribute. "Lost am I in my memories of my forefathers' legacy," Ziggy sings on "Shalom Salaam". Quite.

Steve Diggle – Some Reality

Buzzcocks guitarist goes mod

Jeffrey Lewis – It’s The Ones Who’ve Cracked That The Light Shines Through

Second LP from NYC anti-folk scenester

The Vanity Set – Little Stabs Of Happiness

Second from Nick Cave drummer's side project

Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum

First two albums from late-'60s Frisco proto-grungesters notorious for being "loudest band on the planet"
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