Album

1989 box set rejigged again

Two-CD compilation of best of 1970-76

Chilled follow-up to debut Passo Fundo

Incandescent instrumental rock from Austin, Texas

Confrontational solo artist conceives simultaneous, equally inspired albums

First time on CD for long-neglected folk timepiece from '65

After the superb Mutant Disco and No Wave compilations, stage two of the Ze reissue programme

Life-affirming swan song from Carter Family matriarch

The late Tupac Shakur won't lie down, or be allowed to. This documentary (just released in the US) is struggling to get a UK release, but the album's an impressive mix of grave-robbing and creative necrophilia. Over a foundation of greatest hits, there are three new tracks. Eminem produces "Runnin' (Dying To Live)", which fuses 2Pac and Biggle, while the 8 Mile animal himself raps on "One Day At A Time".

Shambling indie pop may be rather passé these days, but The Pastels have skilfully rebranded themselves and their associates as something akin to naïve artists. Central to this endeavour are Maher Shalal Hash Baz, a sprawling Japanese group who record for the Pastels' Geographic imprint and who pivot on Tori Kudo, a potter and former terrorist currently operating as a kind of whimsical Sun Ra. Recorded in East Kilbride, Blues Du Jour captures Kudo's haphazard troupe at their most accessible and endearing.