Ache

Detective Kyle Bodine (Ed Harris) meets the unhappily married-to-money Rachel Monro (Madeleine Stowe) and before you can say Body Heat he's dumping the hubby (Charles Dance) in a lake, and his own career along with it. Harris is dependable as ever but Stowe curiously inanimate, leaving China Moon with a central relationship that's about as steamy as a bowl of cold soup.

Solo albums from James Brown's horn section, produced by George Clinton

Deathless proto-ambient dinosaur that punk could not kill returns for 21st-century remake

Two vintage Alastair Sim comedies released as a double-pack. In 1956's The Green Man he plays a political assassin whose plans are interrupted by the arrival of bumbling vacuum cleaner salesman George Cole; in 1960's School For Scoundrels—based on Stephen Potter's One-Upmanship books—he teaches downtrodden nice chap Ian Carmichael how to get the better of dastardly cad Terry-Thomas.

Disco punk debut from ex-Stereo Total bassist includes cameo from Gonzales

Punk compilation selected by Sniffin' Glue editor Mark Perry

Gritty Southern rebel off-loads her emotional freight in a brilliantly paced set

Difficult third album dilemma quashed by slow-burning Madison, Wisconsin quintet

Crescent City outfit expand Tex-Mex base to take in more native Latin grooves

Nu-soul, UK style