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Yann Tiersen – L’absente

He helped Audrey Tautou steal your heart in Amélie, and Tiersen, like that film, evokes the passing of French iconographies (Pernod, madeleines, poujadisme) and the culture's quiet assimilation of change, with or without accordions. The slyly sentimental, Nyman-leaning postmodernism of "A Quai" and "Bagatelle" absorbs genres from Rai to post-rock but remains uniquely French. Zazou and Eno, watch your arses.

Dj Me Dj You – Can You See The Music?

Third album of kitsch psychedelic pop comes with DVD

Echoboy – Giraffe

Idiosyncratic Liverpudlian's third LP reveals pop direction

Blue Öyster Cult – A Long Day’s Night

Veterans of the Psychic Wars hammer out the soft molten metal stuff

A Boy’s Own Story

Pick'n'mix four-CD retrospective from original '80s New Popsters, including demos, remixes, rarities and previously unreleased tracks

Prince Buster – Fabulous Greatest Hits

Crown Prince of ska's classic collection gets reissued with bonus tracks as a prelude to forthcoming new material

Grateful Dawg

Enjoyable if lightweight Jerry Garcia doc

Marion And Geoff Series One

Tight script and fantastic acting from Rob Brydon, but what is the actual point of this much lauded two-hour divorcee monologue? In theory it's a comedy, but with not a single laugh in the entire series there's a very real danger for non-pseuds that its supposed greatness will completely pass you by. They won't be running repeats of this at Christmas next year, that's for sure.

Cary On Charming

Three Hollywood favourites starring the silver-tongued man of style

Threnody Ensemble – Timbre Hollow

Elegant chamber music for Mogwai fans
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