Album

Long-lost experiment with, yes, our perceptions of sound

LA scenemaker makes decent foray towards rock stardom

First three albums from alt.country pioneers remastered with bonus tracks

Very early Hendrix tapes dusted down by his sax mate

Veteran UK shoegazers go global

Glam rock titans with strings attached

Former 10,000 Maniac gal's long-mooted collection of traditional and contemporary folk songs

For those partial to electro-jazz-funk

Dizzee Rascal is the best rapper this country's ever produced, period. His words are as sharp as prime Tricky, his delivery sharper; he's got bags more personality than anybody in the British rap scene. These local comparisons add up to faint praise, though, so how about this: 18-year-old, East London-bred Dizzee Rascal is as good as any MC currently active on Earth. Every UK garage MC brags about how his style's unique, and virtually every MC does it using the same flow and timbre.

Karaoke homages from punk's fourth division