Belle and sebastian

They appear on Future Pilot AKA's latest

Teenage Fanclub's guitarist and singer chats to Uncut from his Glasgow home.

Even before Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand cited jangling, DiY indie as a touchstone, it had influenced Kurt Cobain (who covered The Vaselines' "Molly's Lips", featured here), the Manics and Saint Etienne. Essentially, indie-pop continued where Postcard records (Orange Juice, Josef K et al) left off a few years earlier (though minus the soul influences).

Big, bright, effervescent Peanuts pop from Brighton sextet

Celebratory indie-folk spirituals from the Canadian Belle & Sebastian

Mini album of Canadian radio sessions from the gay gospel Belle & Sebastian. Sort of

Scottish seven-piece deliver John Peel's favourite album of the year

Classy return to form following 2001's disappointing Argyle Heir

Winsome Australian duo's third album

David Byrne is best known for his work with Talking Heads, Eno, a smash hit last year with X-Press 2, and his label, Luaka Bop. It's less well-known that he co-wrote the score for The Last Emperor (despite the fact it won him an Oscar) and has worked with theatre experimentalist Robert Wilson.