Listless reunion for avant-garde eggheads

Expansive seventh LP from NYC blues-punk trailblazers

Post-rock visionaries in their prime

Six volumes of highlights from the Sunday night US television show that was the MTV of its day

Lumpen sequel to sci-fi actioner

The legendary New York glam-punk posse return in triumph

Like Damien Jurado or David Ackles, Toronto's Rutledge is a master of gothic understatement. This wintry debut—shrouded in slow-tempo melancholy—is slyly addictive. Against spare backdrops of folk-country guitars, mandolin, piano and the odd banjo, Rutledge sounds weathered beyond his twentysomething years. An array of talent is on hand, not least of which is the reclusive Mary Margaret O'Hara (woefully underused on just one track, "A Letter To Heather"). Otherwise, Rutledge judges the balance perfectly.

Val Kilmer excels in David Mamet's hardboiled political thriller

Legendary 'bootleg' recording of the Velvets on home turf, taped just before Lou Reed went home to mama and then became the godfather of gory glam

1975 album from the late teacher turned crooner