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First up, if you’ve been enjoying the Nick Cave business in the new issue of Uncut, something useful showed up on our Twitter feed the other day: a Spotify playlist of our Top 30 Cave tracks compiled by Wavey Davey 001. Thanks for that.

Win Butler's troupe retain the capacity to astonish. But on this mature, melodic and elegant third album the surprise is a welcome one...

Canadians ready new release

Billy Bragg, Field Music and Beirut also play the festival

A startling amount of responsible journalism behind this week’s playlist: we’ve had a bit of a session getting up to speed on a bunch of mainstream 2010 tips; discovered Lil Wayne should’ve probably stuck to hip hop; tried again to stay awake through the Midlake album and generally done our jobs more or less properly, I suppose.

More 2010 goodness this week, kicking off with the fierce new jams from Voice Of The Seven Woods, newly renamed. A glut of stoner spacerock here, actually, with the new White Hills album and a real find, Carlton Melton (thanks, Simon), who record in a geodesic dome in Mendocino County.

The band’s label confirm third album will emerge next year

Whimsical acid folk from Gruff Rhys’ protégée

Autobahn to Tour De France; Scientific principles elicit unscientific pleasures

A teen vampire movie that strips away the cliches. It's exceptional.