Album

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"

Latest offering from post-rave ethnological adventurers

Uber-twee quartet who once sold songs to Dawson's Creek join Saddle Creek for second album

Blaxploitation movies were suddenly so hot in 1972 that it was deemed a smart idea to bash out—as the title may have tipped you off—a black vampire chiller. It wasn't. It was horrible, in unintended ways. But Gene Page came up with a very appetising soundtrack, which you could happily stick on between Isaac Hayes' Shaft and Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man without anyone noticing too drastic a drop in class.

Disco punk debut from ex-Stereo Total bassist includes cameo from Gonzales

Belated UK release for the little guy's jazz-gospel extravaganza

Solo albums from James Brown's horn section, produced by George Clinton