Album

First studio outing in six years from recently-rejoined Flatlander

Recorded for pennies, her spectral, bewitching '99 debut available again

Monolithic early-years box set

First full review of 39-track follow-up to Stankonia from fractured hip hop duo

Fifth from NYC's own pocket-Spector, Frederick McKinney Cornog

On her ninth studio album Kylie discovers coitus. Again

Hillbilly punk from The Rapture's flatmates

Deluxe two-CD pressing of massively influential '60's country classic

Their major label period. Better than you remember

Cleary's career has included drumming in psych-poppers The Essex Green, stints in The Pants and Famous Potatoes, mandolinist in contra-dance string bands and a 1997 release under the moniker Stupid Club (Made To Feel). Once resident of Austin, he now calls New York home, but sounds Tennessee in spirit. Confused? You should be, but Numbers Add Up sounds like the happy nesting of a restless muse. Tapping into a literate strain of country-folk, his mellow delivery is as easy to swallow as James Taylor's, but glows with lasting warmth.