Sam and dave

Haunting back-porch quirkiness from former Be Good Tanya

Exquisitely bittersweet, pain-blasted country-rock from America's West Coast

Clint's back at his directorial best with a lean, mean adaptation of Dennis Lehane's gripping crime novel

Sole creative survivor of Canterbury scene further refines his art on eighth LP

Soul-searching partners on a trip to Dreamland

"Oh, I just don't know where to begin," Elvis Costello swooned in the opening line to his lusciously hummable 1979 hit "Accidents Will Happen". Not strictly true. Elvis Costello has always known precisely where to begin. Knowing when to stop, that's been another kettle of worms. His latest batch of reissues being a case in point. Each has been fattened up for market with a mind-bending welter of bonus tracks, so that Get Happy!!, a 20-track tour de force in the first place, now weighs in at 50 tracks (with Trust at 31 and Punch The Clock at 39, see right).

Apocalyptic comeback from post-punk doom lords featuring Foo Fighter Dave Grohl on drums

Californian country-folk belle lets the sunshine through on excellent fourth album

The Boss proves he's still rock'n'roll redemption personified

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