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Patchy selection from the man Quentin Tarantino called "a musical journalist, a chronicler of his time"

Unsatisfactory smattering by genius Memphis quartet/trio, the acme of twisted'70s power pop

Sole creative survivor of Canterbury scene further refines his art on eighth LP

Seventh studio album from inveterate Beach Boys fans

The four-track debut solo EP becomes 157 minutes of music over two CDs, with a bonus DVD

Celebrating the '80s electro-dance era, at least as it was perceived in New York clubs, this mixes period pounders with updated readings from contemporary exponents. Electroclash may not have taken off on cue, but there's a trickle-down situation now. You'll both laugh at and bounce about to Miss Kittin & The Hacker's irreverent "Frank Sinatra", Ladytron's comic "Seventeen" and Felix Da Housecat's "Money, Success, Fame, Glamour".

Re-release of NY punk-funk debut, with bonus disc

Five-CD set featuring four-and-a-half hours of new music recorded in 1970

Raised in rural New Mexico, Dameon Lee—aka Lowlights—gravitated first towards power pop with Albuquerque combo Scared Of Chaka. In 1999, six albums later, he set about beating a more sepulchral trail of his own. Co-produced by Dustin (Rocketship) Reske, this painterly debut is a sad-slow delight. Nothing maudlin about it either. Lee's voice has an autumn-leaf warmth, carried on swirls of organ noise, understated pedal-steel and shadowed by the faint harmonies of Angela Brown.

Fifth album from prolific, acerbic British singer-songwriter