New Music

Ted Leo/The Pharmacists, ‘Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead’ (Lookout!)

The Strokes, ‘Room On Fire’ (RCA)

The Thrills, ‘So Much For The City’ (Virgin)

The Shins, ‘Chutes Too Narrow’ (Sub Pop)

The Distillers, ‘Coral Fang’ (Sire/Hellcat)

P.O.D., ‘Payable On Death’ (Atlantic)

Britney Spears, ‘In The Zone’ (Jive)

Basement Jaxx, ‘Kish Kash’ (Astralwerks)

Ryan Adams, ‘Rock N Roll’ (Lost Highway)

Iggy Pop, ‘Skull Ring’ (Virgin) ; David Bowie, ‘Reality’ (Columbia)

Quasi, ‘Hot Shit’ (Touch and Go) ; Mates of State, ‘Team Boo’ (Polyvinyl)

The Rapture, ‘Echoes’ (Strummer/DFA/Universal) ; Various Artists, ‘DFA Records Compilation #1’ (DFA)

The Libertines, ‘I Get Along’ (Rough Trade)

Belle & Sebastian, ‘Dear Catastrophe Waitress’ (Rough Trade)

Elliott Smith, ‘XO’ (Dreamworks)