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Paul Weller Moonshine
The track that kicks off the best album of Paul Weller's career is an invigorating slice of feelgood UK R&B.
John Grant with Midlake I Wanna Go to Marz
The dreamiest melody of the week, perfect for Grant's childhood sweetshop reverie. Willy Wonka would love it.
The Besnard Lakes Albatross
Atmospheric build up to euphoric guitars and brass, it's the stand out track on their new album Are the Roaring Night, recorded on a mixing desk owned by Led Zeppelin.
Dirtmusic with Tamikrest All Tomorrow's Parties
Velvet Underground classic provides unexpectedly fertile ground for this meeting of Aussie-American indie-rockers and Tuareg desert-bluesmen.
The Fall Bury Pts 1 + 3
Rumbling rock and withering jaundice from Mark E Smith, who is near his best here.
Dolly Parton I Will Always Love You
Dolly's tender original before Whitney Houston's overwrought version.
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