999

Blues-influenced US troubadour's best yet

Quality return from icon of rock-chick chic

All-new cover versions from Bay Area power pop Vets

South Korean blockbuster that sank Titanic

Second full-lengther from Liverpool-via-Bradford quintet, its title inspired by a Bulgarian folk ditty

Reformed punk icons' first since 1999's Modern

If Gillian Welch floats your boat, chances are Laura Veirs will, too, though her take on homespun Appalachia is tempered by modernist tendencies. Anyone familiar with 1999's eponymous guitar-and-voice-only debut will be taken aback here, ditching much of its thorny agit-folk for dreamily intoxicating balladry, sawing strings and near-perfect vocal phrasing.

Another foray into the troubled mind of Bill Callahan

Sixteen-track anthology of darkcore Boston trio, including previously unreleased tracks

Magickal creation theory in latest music-backed spoken words from comics king