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Ex-Josef K singer and unsung hero of British electronica

Lavish two-CD repackaging for Bowie's 1993 return to form

"Oh, I just don't know where to begin," Elvis Costello swooned in the opening line to his lusciously hummable 1979 hit "Accidents Will Happen". Not strictly true. Elvis Costello has always known precisely where to begin. Knowing when to stop, that's been another kettle of worms. His latest batch of reissues being a case in point. Each has been fattened up for market with a mind-bending welter of bonus tracks, so that Get Happy!!, a 20-track tour de force in the first place, now weighs in at 50 tracks (with Trust at 31 and Punch The Clock at 39, see right).

Guitar-led jazz from large ensemble in multifarious styles

Formerly linked to the late-'90s big beat movement, Barry Ashworth's Dub Pistols have become one of the UK's leading exponents of political dubtronica. Jamaican Studio One veteran (and sometime Massive Attack collaborator) Horace Andy adds guest vocals to opening track "Sound Clash", eclipsed in the surprise stakes only by the appearance on "Problem" of former Specials frontman Terry Hall, making his first outing over a ska beat for decades. Electro, jazz, dancehall, hip hop—everything's here, mashed up in a smoky dub haze.

Artsy, twee, quietly mad label presents three collections of rarities

Standard war pic elevated by Bruce Willis

Cracking comeback compilation includes two stirring new songs

Reissues remind us that Mr Smooth was once an artiste

Next-level drill'n'bass from truculent Pole