Album

Radio Mundial – La Raiz

Debut album on Chris Blackwell's new indie label from Nuyorican global adventurers

Powerful first UK album release from Moog-driven Pittsburgh trio

Sharon Tandy – You’ve Gotta Believe It’s…

Lost '60s soulstress' greatest misses

Polly Paulusma – Scissors In My Pocket

Astonishingly mature debut from Britain's brainiest new singer-songwriter

Big Fish – Sony Classical

Danny Elfman looks like winning big awards for Big Fish, his sumptuous score for Tim Burton's best film. His track record—Men In Black, Good Will Hunting, Spider-Man—suggests they might even decide it's his turn for an Oscar. Supporting his work here is a stream of era-evoking pop songs from Elvis ("All Shook Up"), Buddy Holly ("Everyday"), Bing Crosby, The Allman Brothers and Canned Heat. And—perhaps incongruously—a new Pearl Jam track, "Man Of The Hour".

Blonde Redhead – Misery Is A Butterfly

Gilded, accessible sixth album from avant-rock stalwarts

Throbbing Gristle – Mutant TG

Genesis and co get the remix treatment

Indigo Girls – All That We Let In

Ninth studio album from underrated Atlanta twosome

Johnnie Ray – Hysteria: The Singles

Three-CD box lays claim to Ray's status as rock's first star

This Month In Americana

Inflammatory debut from much-vaunted Detroit quintet
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