Album

November 2003's AIDS benefit in Cape Town was made special by the presence of one person. No, not Bono, Beyoncé, Geldof, Gabriel or Ms Dynamite, mightily as they perform. On this showing, the biggest star in the world is currently Nelson Mandela, who inspired the event and gets a cheer 10 times as long and loud as the rest combined. A vital cause, some decent music, a few dodgy stadium rock moments and the world's only living saint.

Jon Langford's perennial discontents make retro modern

Twentieth solo album and full-scale return to form from the artist formerly known as TR-I

Waters' last Floyd album is harrowing and still surprisingly relevant

On-the-road documentary trailing Nashville's own Lazarus Man

High voltage debut from Texas rockers

Nineteenth album from a great American storyteller

Sweet '70s jazz-funk revisited

Third album from Scottish indie four-piece has roughly accurate title

Bruised, beautiful no-wave angst from NY underground