Flip Phillips Swing Is the Thing (Verve/Universal) At 85, Flip still delivers the goods. Joe Lovano is a notable guest. 9/10 (LD)

Metal Wood Metal Wood 3 (Maximum Jazz) When these guys catch Medeski Martin & Wood there's gonna be one hell of a scrap. 8 (SC)

The Daylight Lovers One Man Gang 7" (High School Refuse) Snotty and snarling garage punk hellbent on kicking your balls into your throat. 8 (JC) Launch w/ Breastfeeders at Foufs on Monday, April 17

Various Trance Plant (Bonzai/DEP) Melodic, psychedelic tech-trance to toke to from one of Europe's most highly reputed trance labels. 7 (KE)

The Breetles Writerscramp (Permanent Press/Oasis) GBV-style lo-fi pop/rock classicism on the home-taping tip. Like Pollard and co. minus the bombastic grandeur. 7 (RB)

Supergrass self-titled (Parlophone/EMI) Yeah, yeah, but where's that Elastica follow-up? 6 (CY)

Coco Lee Just No Other Way (Sony) Um, if Britney Spears were born to Asian parents, she would probably be Coco Lee. 5 (GD)

Day One Ordinary Man (Melankolic/Virgin) Note to Massive Attack and their Melankolic label: Irishmen can't rap. Just a thought. 4 (CY)

Various Face the Music (Sony) Edwin, Jars of Clay, 54-40? I'm not man enough to face this shit. 3 (RB)

Poison Crack A Smile... and More! (Capitol) Capitol had the good sense to shelve this piece of shit in '94, but then figured the version of "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" was just too good to hold back. Bastards! 2 (JC)

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