Sting

Original spin on '80s revival from Japanese ex-pat

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

Historic but tragic live shows on two CDs

Third album of synthetic teutonica from German chanteuse

A welcome missive from the days when pop was savage and sweet

Brilliant piano trio music from 1981

Another foray into the troubled mind of Bill Callahan

The sequel to Robert Rodriguez's maniacally good Spy Kids, with budding-Bonds Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara up against a rival team of adolescent agents and the monsters of mad scientist Steve Buscemi's fantasy island. Suggesting a Ray Harryhausen movie invaded by the screwball surrealism of a Looney Tunes cartoon, it ups the first film's formula of candy-coloured cool stuff for kids and in-jokes for grown-ups. Quite fantastic.

Riotously infectious debut from fun-fixated Danish duo

Mini LP from Oxfordshire quintet follows 2002's fine Don't Bring Me Down