Jason's Pierce's post-Spacemen 3 spacemen. Features early singles unavailable on albums

Early off-cuts from cultish British eccentric

The Darlings of Wapping Wharf Launderette's first full career best-of

Archive trawlers find more unreleased examples of Randy California's muse

Nu-soul, UK style

Dazzling third solo album on border of post-rock and electronica from ex-Fridge magnate Kieran Hebden

No self-disrespecting finger-snapping swinger should be without the music to Clooney's clever directorial debut. Suave as the fella himself, it kicks off with a song written by the movie's hero, Chuck Barris—or at least he claims he wrote it. Of course, he claims a lot of things. His shining pop moment, "Palisades Park" by Freddie "Boom Boom" Cannon, is as kitsch as the night is long.

Early-'90s flavour-of-year follows up multi-million-selling solo debut

First four albums by "crazy motherfucker" turned film star remastered and reissued

Career overview of Britain's most famous white female blues singer (1944-1990)