Album

Belated arrival of American indie duo's second album

Second from Athens, Georgia quartet led by R.E.M. remixer/Bright Eyes engineer Andy LeMaster

Doomed US troubadour with the gentle touch

Disappointing documentary about the making of Zevon's final album

Tenth solo LP from former Police guitarist

Yet another live album from that model of maturity, Library Lou

Eclectic debut from talented Irish auteur

Self-styled English chansonnier tears through 21 of David Bowie's finest

Captain Trips, Bobby Ace and co ring out the old, ring in the new.

Watching the fabbest of all fours in their first US press conference, puffing away on cigs and deflecting inane enquiries, you feel proud to be a Brit. "Sing something for us!" "No, we need money first." Could Justin Timberlake—or Julian Casablancas, for that matter—be half as sarcastic? Imagine waking from a 40-year coma and coming afresh to these extraordinary scenes: four scouse charmers off the plane with their matching suits and Pan Am shoulder bags.