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Second album from quirky Belgian star

Classic reissues from John Sebastian's deceptively sweet combo

How New York's hippie hoppers ushered in the philosophical D.A.I.S.Y. Age. And then pronounced themselves Dead

Fine funky follow-up to 2001's Felt Mountain

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth hold a party in their home studio

Scrag ends from Sonny & Cher of Antifolk

Austrian dark-tech recreating classic New Order sound

Lee's lofty adaptation of gritty 24-hour crime novel takes on the shadows of 9/11

Not a genre Uncut features heavily, but the previous volume was one of the biggest-selling soundtrack-related CDs of recent years. It's an excuse to bung together top hits from everything from Grease to Charlie's Angels, but the real reason it's here is because by a fluke it includes, among 40 tracks, a run of about 10 which would make my Desert Island Discs—or 31 Songs, as we're now calling the concept.

Long lost treasure from Peter Green era