Album

UK hip-hop hope's promising debut offering

Disappointing and mildly indulgent alter ego of Prefuse 73 mastermind

Groovy chunk of synthetic funk from two super-cool Canucks

Third solo LP from Posies co-founder

Barely six months after the demise of Theatre Of Hate, Kirk Brandon was braving it on stage in Manchester in March 1983 with a new band, name and repertoire. That his audience look mighty perplexed by SOD's brassier tribal goth-dub makes his fearless performance, caught here, even more compelling.

Reissue of Mr Echoplex's 1977 classic

Glammy tribute to a clothes shop a bit hipper than Primark

Twentieth anniversary edition of '80s classic expanded with live songs, sessions and rarities

Dazzling, genre-dodging debut from young American five-piece

Mekons singer from Venus takes on the men from Mars