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Bettye Swann

Country-soul class from the vaults

The Frying Game

Damning documentary on American fast-food overkill cuts to the bone

The Red Krayola – Singles

Impressive collection spanning 1969 to now, including unheard material

Burrito Deluxe – The Whole Enchilada

Inoffensive country rock featuring original Burrito Brother Sneaky Pete Kleinow plus Band deity Garth Hudson

Dave Alvin – Ashgrove

Like his contemporary Rodney Crowell, head Blaster Alvin seems to have reached a reflective career intersection. His first all-new LP in six years revisits youthful memories of the titular LA club where he became spellbound by Big Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker. As a result, it's his bluesiest, toughest record since '91's Blue Boulevard.

Various Artists – The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered

Sterling two-disc salute to the (very much alive) godfather of lo-fi

Mac Nuggets

Uncut recounted the tale of Fleetwood Mac's improbable reunion at length in May last year (Take 72). Now come two DVD releases commemorating the resumption of rock'n'roll's longest-running soap opera. Live In Boston is a straightforward concert film shot in September 2003 on their first tour in five years. The band clearly miss Christine McVie, the only member of the classic mid-'70s line-up not to participate, and on one level, they offer up stadium rock of the blandest kind.

Tift Merritt – Tambourine

North Carolina songstress' second LP

Northfork

The epitome of love-it-or-hate-it cinema, Mark and Michael Polish's surreal account of a mid-'50s Montana town about to be submerged by dam waters has absolutely no hook for the viewer other than sheer admiration for the beauty of the landscape, a gutsy disregard for narrative pacing and the detached Lynchian performances. Proudly unique, nonetheless.

Tortoise

Post-rock visionaries in their prime
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