That difficult second album

Another fantastic collaborative piece on Stylus: their Non-Definitive Guide To The Follow-Up, which features The Stone Roses, Bush, Elastica, De La Soul, Goldie, Air, The Clash and Weezer amongst others.

Also on Stylus this week:

Dom Passantino hails Eels' triumphant return to form with new double LP Blinking Lights And Other Revelations, crowning it Album Of The Week.

Todd Burns is impressed by The Evens, Ian McKaye of Fugazi and Amy Farina's side project.