Fugazi

Tough-guy hardcore from Guelph, Ontario

Self-consciously sensitive US wimp-rock

Eclectic New Yorkers triumph over the punk-funk hype

Third album from NYC-based trio

Stunning punk-prog produced by Rick Rubin, featuring Red Hot Chili Peppers Flea and John Frusciante. Band "sound manipulator" Jeremy Ward, 27, was found dead on May 25

Concept album about sexuality from Nebraska quintet

Grunge kings' best-of is sanitised yet magnificent. Includes previously unreleased track

The quintessential '90s indie band take a creditable tilt at posterity on this two-disc set. Thirteen delightfully silly videos and two live sets provide the bulk, but the real gem is a detailed and affectionate documentary (reminiscent of Fugazi's Instrument) tracing Pavement from shambolic beginnings to nominally slicker stardom, of a kind. For connoisseurs: plenty of lunatic first drummer Gary Young and Stephen Malkmus interviewed in a sauna.