Album

First album in four years from survivors of star-crossed Southern rock behemoth

The Pastels always seem to find their wheelbarrow positively overflowing with acclaim, though some of us have struggled for over a decade to remember what they actually sound like. Here they wibble along, inoffensively enough, through a 25-minute accompaniment to the recent Brit road movie directed by David Mackenzie. It climaxes, if that's not too bold a word (it is), with a Jarvis Cocker collaboration, "I Picked A Flower", a parody of a pop hit which demonstrates that Cocker used up all his parody power a while ago.

Double CD featuring Velvet Underground chanteuse's solo comeback material from early '80s

New compilation in surround sound, plus unreleased Johnny Cash duet

Former Fairground Attraction singer tackles Scottish institution

Fourth album from Hounslow's Britpop perennials

First album in 11 years from Belgian "electronic body music" pioneers

Mini album from Birmingham avant-rockers

Follow-up to 2000's Got It Made from NY-Manc punk-hop crew. Includes that album's TV ad tune "Play Some D"

B.A.D. mainman and Roxy DJ's double-CD tribute to reggae's premier label