Album

Rachid Taha – Tekitoi?

Fifth solo album from French-Arabic Clash fan

Mark Knopfler – Shangri-La

MOR noir on dire Geordie's solo fourth

Har Mar Superstar – The Handler

Minnesotan micro-star forgets the thong and focuses on The Song

East London upstarts' audacious LP

Ramones – Raw

Compilation of live concert footage, TV clips and Marky Ramone's on-the-road video footage from 1979-2002 misses the Ramones' prime. Marky's films are mundane trivia with little character insight. MTV news clips tell the story of Dee Dee's drug addiction and departure only in passing, but alongside their tearful Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame induction, the impressive live footage shows why they outlasted their peers.

Family – BBC Radio Volume One: 1968-1969

How Leicester's favourite freaks became the darlings of the London underground

Ray Manzarek – The Golden Scarab

Best-forgotten '74 solo album from Doors keyboardist

Various Artists – Sean Rowley’s Guilty Pleasures

Innocent nostalgia-fest; highly-charged

Kasabian

Thrillingly antagonistic rock'n'roll. From Leicester

Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté – Guitar Fo

West African guitar legend delivers laid-back, melodic gem
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