Trinidadian soca selected by Damon Albarn and his Honest Jon's partners

The adventurous Warp offer prize videos from the likes of Chris Cunningham ("Windowlicker", "Come To Daddy") alongside promos by, among others, fellow Sheffield alumni Jarvis Cocker. Lesser known but equally arresting, Jimi Tenor's "Total Devastation" and John Callaghan's "I'm Not Comfortable Inside My Mind" help make this an intriguing alternative history of one of the UK's most far-sighted labels.

Twenty-four mainly Yank cover versions of Fannies classics

Mid-price reissues from one of the progenitors of intelligent rap

From cross-legged cult to major pop star in three years. The first five albums, plus outtakes and alternate versions

Even before Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand cited jangling, DiY indie as a touchstone, it had influenced Kurt Cobain (who covered The Vaselines' "Molly's Lips", featured here), the Manics and Saint Etienne. Essentially, indie-pop continued where Postcard records (Orange Juice, Josef K et al) left off a few years earlier (though minus the soul influences).

Star-crossed line-up shines on underrated singer's catalogue

Another tasteful Soul Jazz series rolls on

Nineteen Jamaican 'versions' of US soul/funk tunes

Don Letts soundtrack to early-'80s NYC