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Dirty Pretty Things - Romance at Short Notice

FREED from the shackles of smackhead celebrity, Libertines Carl Barât continues to build on the foundations of his Dirty Pretty debut with a surprisingly mainstream sophomore set. Read

Primal Scream - Beautiful Future

THEY’VE done underground, they’ve done dance. Last time out they were retro-rockers – and now Primal Scream go pop. Read

Natasha Marsh - Amour

THIS is the debut album by fast-rising and outstanding soprano Natasha Marsh who, just a few years ago, graduated with a first in music and drama from Birmingham University. Read

Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge/The Beat Goes On

VANILLA Fudge were arguably the first-ever heavy rock band. Read

Dolly Parton - The Tour Collection

COUNTRY and Western legend Dolly Parton is big in so many ways. Read

Aerosmith - The Very Best Of

IT’S a sign of the times that the arrival of the Guitar Hero: Aerosmith computer game should spark a re-release of the band’s greatest hits set. Read

Various - Southern Rock Uprising

THE success of Kid Rock’s All Summer Long, which samples Lynyrd Skynyrd, has reignited interest in the confederate cause and this compilation, free with the Summer edition of Classic Rock magazine, finds old-stagers Molly Hatchet and Black Oak Arkansas rubbing shoulders with young guns such as Black Stone Cherry, whose Hell And High Water teeters on the edge of heavy rock, and Willie Stradlin’s Living For The Weekend, which injects Bon Jovi pop. Best is Nashville Pussy’s manic southern boogie take on Ike and Tina’s Nutbush City Limits. Read

The 'Scream' are back - get a free flavour of their new album!

Get a taste of the new Primal Scream album... Read

Buddy Rich Big Band - The Buddy Rich Collection

BUDDY Rich was arguably the greatest drummer ever – as a big band, swing drummer he surely had no equal. Read

The Groundhogs - Hogwash

THE Groundhogs were based in the Richmond area of London and formed in 1962 by BT post office engineer Tony McPhee. Read

Judas Priest - Nostradamus

The finale’s called Future Of Mankind. We're all doomed. Read

Debbie Bonham - Duchess

DEBORAH Bonham first got the idea of being a rock star when she watched her brother John drum up a storm with Led Zeppelin, and this is her third album since his tragic death. Read

Patricia Barber - The Cole Porter Mix

DIANA Krall may steal all the headlines but Chicago jazz songbird Patricia Barber sends shivers down your spine. Read

Natty - Man Like I

NATTY is yet another tip for the top in 2008, but this album shows that maybe the hype is not all just hot air. Read

Walter Becker - Circus Money

STEELY Dan mainman Walter Becker didn’t want to rush his second solo album – it’s all of 14 years since he last stuck his head up out of the trench. Read

Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge

Catch her at the Glee Club on July 4. Read

Rusty Truck - Luck's Changing Lanes

"EVER listened to a band and thought: “Hell, I could do that myself”? Read

Royworld - Man In The Machine

NAMED after a Welsh tenpin bowling alley (don’t ask) south coast indie-pop band Royworld have honed their songwriting to near-perfection, one minute recalling Peter Gabriel and the next joyously echoing New Radicals. Read

The Zombies - And Beyond

AMAZINGLY, the hits of the Zombies and their offspring Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent have never been compiled onto one CD before now. Read

Crystal Gayle - Mississippi / These Days

LORETTA Lynn’s youngest sister, Crystal Gayle is one of the most consistently successful country stars ever. Read

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