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Wire – Send

First new album in 12 years from post-punk legends

Tricks Of The Trad

Glorious fifth album proper from ever-shifting Bostonians reaches down through the years

The Osmonds – Osmond-Mania!

Twenty-eight-track compilation of Utah saints' greatest hits, with sleevenotes by Alan Osmond

Various Artists – Waves II

Filtered French house par excellence

Clem Snide – Soft Spot

Aptly-titled fourth album from woozy New York quartet

This Month In Soundtracks

Though the herd may not acknowledge it, there's a minority of us who, the minute a billion-dollar special effects epic starts doing dizzying digital fairground tricks, lean to wondering whether we shut the fridge door before coming out. Just as the average male can't see household dust, even when it's pointed out, some of us don't get what the fuss is with this CGI lark. So they made someone fly, by cheating, by touching up the evidence. Whoop-ti-doo.

Maximilian Hecker – Rose

German romanticism reborn on former busker's second album

Tindersticks – Waiting For The Moon

The image of a band waltzing on the spot seems to accompany every Tindersticks album. Perhaps it's the curse of a band fortunate to work out a distinctive and effective sound at their inception. Whatever, Waiting For The Moon is the usual impeccably crafted artefact, though it's questionable whether anyone who owns their first two albums needs it in their lives. The aspirations to soul that marked out 2001's Can Our Love...

Chicago

Featherweight US rockers at their commercial peak

JJ Cale – In Session

Belated release of 1979 live session
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