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Johnny Depp in decent Stephen King pic

Awesome rebirth of original Country Queen, produced and arranged by The White Stripes' Jack White

Hawaiian guitarist/pedal-steeler's expertly bottled Pacific breeze

Second album from folk-country Seattle quintet, again produced by Tucker (Laura Veirs) Martine

Tasty offbeat debut from bedroom-dwelling electro-funk fanatics

François Ozon's psychological thriller finds repressed crime writer Sarah (Charlotte Rampling) retiring to her editor's house in France to work on her new novel. Then his wayward daughter Julie (Ludivine Sagnier) arrives, shattering the calm. Sagnier does her best teenage temptress, Rampling's initial disapproval turning to fascination as Julie racks up the notches on her bedpost. Until there's a murder. Quietly clever.

First part of Tarantino's kick-ass grindhouse homage testifies to his awesome directorial development

NY white-funk collective compiled

Run-DMC did more than anyone to bring rock into hip hop in the mid-'80s. Greatest Hits shows the band at their best (the Tipper Gore-baiting "Mary Mary") and worst (the cutesy "Christmas In Hollis"). The purists sneered at the Jason Nevins makeover of "It's Like That",but those warehouse visuals will have turned a new generation of suburban 13-year-olds on to hip hop.

Elegant seventh album from German post-rock/electronic trio