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Underachieving solo debut from ex-Black Crowes wailer

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

Woodstock-era LPs from "Freedom" man

Pop fun from Neko Case's twang-free other band

Rapper-turned-actress hams her way through third album

Their extraordinary evolution as heard through John Peel's Top Gear

What it means to be in a rock band, or have a career, seems to have melted and fused into something older and freer for Jon Langford. The Welsh leader of original Leeds punks The Mekons lives in Chicago these days, and plays with The Waco Brothers, The Sadies and The Pine Valley Cosmonauts too.

Two-CD, 33-track comp of pioneering street funk with emphasis on early years

Lo-fi avant-pop from Canadian duo

Better-than-expected debut from All Saints sisters