Athenian trio deliver alternative state of the union address on sombre 14th album

In the early '80s, energised by hip hop and electro, New Order produced a string of acts for Factory under their short-lived studio moniker Be Music, the results of which were greeted with indifference on these shores. Quite why is hard to fathom since, as Twice As Nice attests, tracks like "Sakura" by Section 25 and "Motherland" by RFATP were taut, bewitching slices of robo-funk that still excite today. The other producers herein (Arthur Baker, Mark Kamins and Donald "Dojo" Johnson of A Certain Ratio) all had their moments, too.

Roundup of Kentucky country boy's 1986-2003 years

Remastered, repackaged and reissued. Beloved of Trent Reznor, Billy Corgan and Michael Stipe

Glammy tribute to a clothes shop a bit hipper than Primark

Songwriting legend breaks her 'retirement' with hand-picked best-of

A three-CD journey through the English underground of 1967-1975

BECOMING QUEEN

Blanche come here haunted by associations— chiefly leader Dan Miller's with fellow Detroiter Jack White. The pair shared several bands before Jack's vault to fame, and moonlighting Blanchers made up half his Loretta Lynn-backing Detroit supergroup The Do-Whaters. Blanche also supported The White Stripes last year, and bunked with them on this UK trip.

The album that established the late rapper's reputation