PHOX - PHOXIts a rare thrill nowadays, when listening to the opening few bars of a track, to hear a voice that slices its way through such a riot of colour and effortlessly holds your attention. The smoky jazz vocals from PHOXs Monica Martin provide a heavy, sultry coating to the glittering pop background that slides into clarinet interludes. PHOX were born in Baraboo, where six unlikely musicians kindled their creative streaks, almost as a family. Its with the

Equal Rights (Security Force)

and will be preceded by first single and title track "Lazaretto"

this 18-track compilation will also introduce you to the long-forgotten blue-eyed soul boy Don Brown ('Don't Lose Your Love') and frustrated talents Push

learning and rejecting things

three years after the Leaders of the New School unofficially disbanded

Alton Ellis

as an artist he had the admiration of everyone from philip glass to todd terry

recorded and produced by the band's own Kevin Parker with Death in Vegas's Tim Holmes on the engineer duties

No one sounds like Washington Phillips and no house should be without a copy of this early Mississippi release

with finer details transformed into impressionistic blurs as they whizz around you‰۝ - The Wire

‰Û÷Recurring Dreams‰۪ requires repeat listenings to fully reveal its Bonsai-like qualities

Louis Armstrong & Luis Russell You Run Your Mouth