Kitsch covers of pop standards

Eight-piece Pittsburgh ensemble with epic debut

Americana cult hero gets down to basics

Fourth album proper from live Philly jazz-rappers

Third album from dancehall king

Typical set by the '80s Bristol sound system that predated Massive Attack, mixed by original DJ Milo

Classic '50s gospel group singing from influential sweet soul man

Big-hearted coming-of-age story

Another dusting-off for the Plastic Ono Band, playing for peace and headlining over Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Yoko climbs out of a bag to shriek along with the atmospheric desperation of "Yer Blues" and "Cold Turkey", and provides the highlight, during "John, John (Let's Hope For Peace)", by throwing Eric Clapton into such confusion he doesn't know what to play.

Brazenly preposterous Manhattan thriller follows clinical psychologist Michael Douglas as he tries desperately to extract the location of a stolen jewel from the mind of trauma patient Brittany Murphy to satisfy the demands of crazed kidnapper Sean Bean. Eminently ludicrous stuff, but wonderfully anchored by Douglas' trademark beleaguered male schtick.