Album

New York punk trio surpass media hype with cataclysmic debut

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Do It For Love

First new work in six years. Todd Rundgren guests

Strings Of Desire

First solo album in a decade from world's most famous producer

Barbara Morgenstern – Nichts Muss

Third album of synthetic teutonica from German chanteuse

Markus Holler – Achin’ For Summer

'Lost' English power pop album from early '90s featuring Rick "Orgone Box" Corcoran

Bill Monroe – Gotta Travel On:An Introduction To Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys

Kentucky legend's Decca years in a bite-sized chunk

Fleetwood Mac – Live In Boston Volume One

Long lost treasure from Peter Green era

Alan Lomax – American Folk-Blues Train

Three-disc box set of field and studio recordings from Moby's favourite musical archivist

Jon Langford And His Sadies – Mayors Of The Moon

Whichever way you slice it, this is a banker. Langford's recent rollicksome rip-'em-ups with The Waco Brothers are among his most inspired, while Toronto's largely unheralded Sadies, led by brothers Travis and Dallas Good, are modern roots-rock's best kept secret, tripping all switches from surf and chicken-scratch country to garage, psychedelia and Morricone twang.

Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth hold a party in their home studio
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