Album

Various Artists – The Ultimate 50s Rockin’Sci-Fi Disc

Seriously hot B-movie schlock'n'roll on a flying saucer tip

MJ Cole – Cut To The Chase

Three years slaving away in a hot studio for UK garage man

The Cansecos

Lo-fi avant-pop from Canadian duo

Bob Sinclar – III

Third long-player from playful Franco-house pioneer

Einstürzende Neubauten – 9-15-2000, Brussels

First official live album from industrial artcore legends

50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin’

Former boxer 50 Cent already has a bloody history, having been stabbed in his studio in 2000 and shortly afterwards shot nine times while sitting in a parked car. There's no sense of community on this unapologetic throwback to straight-assed songs about guns, girls and drugs which has already sold nearly a million copies in America. Musically, the standout is the Dr Dre-produced "In Da Club," which, with its grim, joyless concentration on pleasure echoed by the death knell of its orchestral sample, could be the converse of Nelly's anthemic "Hot In Herre". His macho

The Divine Brown – How The Divine Brown Saved Rock’n’Roll

Noisy rock from south London foursome named after Hugh Grant's BJ buddy

The Beach Boys – Live At Knebworth 1980

46,000 surf fans gather in the grounds of a stately pile and have fun, fun, fun

Various Artists – Down At The Crossroads:The Robert Johnson Connection

Boxed three-disc set exploring the historical context surrounding the '30s country-blues guitarist

Belated CD release of 2001 Internet-only 'comeback' album
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