Cale john

Two albums by Boston-based duo who subsequently fell in with the Haight-Ashbury crowd

By 1967, rock'n'roll's voracious appetite for new sounds had drawn it unexpectedly close to another countercultural phenomenon: the classical avant-garde. John Cale, a former student of LaMonte Young, was introducing minimalist drone to The Velvet Underground. Paul McCartney was becoming diverted by the musique concrète and collagist techniques that would eventually result in "Revolution 9".

Enjoyable blues/R&B romps courtesy of ex-Stones bass player

Forceful first full album from intense rock trio

Doyens of orchestral disco celebrate 35th birthday with best album for aeons

Tucson's finest bring their unique compression of American musical styles to DVD with a London concert recording

Hawaiian guitarist/pedal-steeler's expertly bottled Pacific breeze

Inflammatory debut from much-vaunted Detroit quintet

Ex-Velvet revisits the dark places of his astonishing solo career

Not the perky Scots foursome but the lovelorn Scots singer, once of criminally overlooked Suede labelmates Goya Dress