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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.

The tragic life of pioneer Joe Meek: part comedy, part nightmare

The labour divided, the songs still blessedly odd