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Hard-Fi: Once Upon A Time In The West (Atlantic)

Too self consciously clever for its own good

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Múm: Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy (FatCat)

Múm’s first album since the departure of vocalist Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir

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Modeselektor: Happy Birthday! (Bpitch Control)

Welcome back to 90s techno

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Matthew Dear: Asa Breed (Ghostly International)

Nick Cave given an electronic rinsing

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The Mitchell Brothers: Dressed For The Occasion (The Beats)

The Mitchell duo get serious

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DJ Vadim: The Soundcatcher Extras (BBE)

Text Alif Omar If the album’s name sounds familiar to you, that’s because you probably already bought it last year. The Soundcatcher Extras is Vadim’s supplementary material to the album of the same name, hence ‘extras’. But unlike most re-releases, this one is actually worth the dough.

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David Gilmour Girls: Vultures (Pinnacle)

Picking the meat off the dance floor

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The Killers: Sawdust (Universal)

Sawdust gets in your eyes

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Jay-Z: American Gangster (Universal)

The ghetto Donald Trump