Album

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

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.

Buzzcocks guitarist goes mod

Second LP from NYC anti-folk scenester

Second from Nick Cave drummer's side project

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

Grammy-winning songwriter reveals his roots

Clever but irritating one-man band from Chicago

Drug-induced jams from Californian rockers

...lies an even gruffer bunch of songs