Album

Césaria Évora – Voz D’Amor

Barefoot, chain-smoking and velvetvoiced, the Cape Verdean diva returns

Mellow – Perfect Colors

Oddly English-sounding quirkadelica from Paris

The Fugs – The Fugs Final CD (Part 1)

Return of Ed Sanders' and Tuli Kupferberg's legendary punk-poets

The Von Bondies – Pawn Shoppe Heart

Major label debut produced by Talking Head Jerry Harrison

Robin Scott – Life Class

First release on boutique imprint from synth-pop veteran behind "Pop Muzik"

The Marbles

Best known for their late-'60s hit "Only One Woman" and its identically arranged follow-up "The Walls Fall Down", the Marbles were driven by the sheet metal-bending larynx of Graham Bonnet and the prolific writing of the Gibb brothers, who are responsible for half of the tracks featured here.

Buffalo Stance

Country-rock class from Rolling Stone's one-time "best male vocalist"

Broken Dog – Harmonia

Dreamy lo-fi duo deliver diaphanous career-best

Raiders Of The Lost ARP – 4 Nature

Italian producer's electro-soul odyssey

Smart Bomb

Delightful, dashing debut from Scottish punk-funksters
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