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'Godfather of goth' hires former Birthday Party producer Nick Launay for 'urgent' 12th album

Madchester: The Movie, in which Michael Winterbottom proves his versatility knows no bounds. In lesser hands, the juiced-up story of Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays and self-styled pratgenius Tony Wilson could've been scrawny sit-com, but the pace (and the music) makes it zing. Steve Coogan's hilarious as the north-west's answer to Warhol, and it's the first film to feature a joke about the drug dealers of Rhyl.

Southern boy recalls homesick-in-the-city salad days

Groundbreaking proto-rap at white heat

Clint Eastwood's classic final word on the western genre

Elegant chamber music for Mogwai fans

Radio-friendly Norwegian beat mavericks raised on R.E.M. and Teenage Fanclub

Fifth album of brainy chamber pop from Chicago-based brothers

Back to Bob's roots, and then some

Music of unfeasibly large variety of style