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The Yardbirds – Birdland

Seminal '60s rockers spread wings again

The Fall

Fall faves, and compelling collaborations with Badly Drawn Boy, Elastica et al

Sid Vicious – Vive Le Rock

Historic but tragic live shows on two CDs

Funkadelic

Bonkers funk group took R&B into space

Peter Bruntnell – Ends Of The Earth

For a man so steeped in the honeyed hickory grit of Gram Parsons, newcomers to Bruntnell could be forgiven for mistaking his English 'burb origins for Bakersfield, Ca. New Zealand-born, Surrey-raised and westward soul-bound, he finally drew acclaim with 2000's superb third LP, Normal For Bridgwater. Its follow-up is equally fine, studded with guitars (courtesy of 21-year-old James Walbourne and Son Volt's Eric Heywood), faint washes of piano, peals of steel and a forlorn, imagistic delivery and way around a melody reminiscent of Joe Pernice.

Frenzy Reunited

Kristin Hersh

James Luther Dickinson – Free Beer Tomorrow

Thirty years on, Memphis giant releases sophomore solo album

Shipping News – Three-Four

Full-length debut from Louisville lo-fi trio

Cass McCombs – Not The Way

Promisingly dazed US singer-songwriter

Sex’n’Sax Machine

Unmissable reissue of No Wave don's two 1979 albums on one CD
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