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Pavement—Slow Century

The quintessential '90s indie band take a creditable tilt at posterity on this two-disc set. Thirteen delightfully silly videos and two live sets provide the bulk, but the real gem is a detailed and affectionate documentary (reminiscent of Fugazi's Instrument) tracing Pavement from shambolic beginnings to nominally slicker stardom, of a kind. For connoisseurs: plenty of lunatic first drummer Gary Young and Stephen Malkmus interviewed in a sauna.

Lonnie Donegan – Rock Island Line: The Singles Anthology

Retrospective becomes elegy for skiffle king who died in November, aged 71

Carole King

Early '70s New York singer-songwriter in retrospect

Madness – Our House

Nutty Boys' best-of and musical tie-in

Joni Mitchell – Travelogue

Joni looks back with a symphony orchestra

Chris Potter – Travelling Mercies

Outstanding tenorist tears it up

Noriko Tujiko – Make Me Hard

Electronic siren songs

Power To The People

Eighth album from rap renegades is a 21-track jumble of new tracks, live performances and fan remixes

Various Artists – The Now Sound Of Brazil

Cool modern Brazilian sounds remixed

London Underground

Dangerous Liaisons director cuts through to the capital's underbelly
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