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Exclaim Yourself

Many tentacled, notably uninhibited disco punks

Regina Spektor – Soviet Kitsch

Baroque release from NY anti-folknik

This Month In Americana

Overdue reappraisal of bluegrass' wildest old buck

Keith Christmas – Timeless & Strange

Rare recordings from '60s English troubadour

The Fall – A Touch Sensitive: Live

Capturing the ramshackle chaos and converse musical tautness of new millennium Fall, this professionally filmed gig in Blackburn from September 2002 is a connoisseur's delight of old faves ("Mr Pharmacist") and recent classics ("Two Librans"). A great fan souvenir, blighted only by Mark E Smith's foolish decision to allow some leery Mancoid guest singer to ruin "Big New Prinz".

This Month In Americana

Hawaiian guitarist/pedal-steeler's expertly bottled Pacific breeze

Sluts Of Trust – We Are All Sluts Of Trust

Impressive bass-free post-hardcore debut

Throbbing Gristle – The Taste Of TG: A Beginner’s Guide To The Music Of Throbbing Gristle

Introduction to the work of recently reformed art/industrial/electronica collective

The Saddest Trip

Superbly packaged box set of all five Garcia solo discs, plus oodles of outtakes

Cinerama – Get Up And Go

David Gedge tunes his guitar. David Gedge drives to the garage. David Gedge buys a Ginster's sausage roll. That's about the sum of this inadvisable fly-on-the-wall tour documentary following Cinerama, Gedge's post-Wedding Present cinematic grunge-pop ensemble. A shame, since they're a good band with great songs (only last year they got a No 1 in John Peel's Festive 50), but as a visual accompaniment this is utterly depressing.
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