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Self-styled "desert-surf-redneck" rawk from the other side of the tracks

Inordinately well-connected new rapper

One of pop's great female voices turns to standards, with starry guests

Modfather becomes third in celebrity compilation series

Five-CD mid-'60s anthology of The Duke

Greatest hits from their major-label years

Godard salvages shorts collection

Some may have missed the Being John Malkovich director's diverse portfolio. Spearheading a new label dedicated to maverick film-makers, this contains Jonze's rock videos—including Chris Walken's dance number for Fatboy Slim's "Weapon Of Choice"—but the real buried treasure are hilarious vox pops for Oasis' "Stand By Me" that proved too bizarre for the po-faced Mancs to release, a doc on rodeo-based Texas youth culture, and more of Jonze's goofball choreographer from Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" vid.

Ten months, twelve pupils, one teacher, one documentarian and 300 hours of footage are mixed and tweaked to produce 100 minutes of gripping observational drama set in a rural French classroom. Here, the avuncular Georges Lopez instructs his students and dispenses wisdom in equal measure, while his soft baritone rolls from day to day, season to season, like the voice of God.

Debut manifesto from Coalville's best mining rapper. Do not mistake it for a comedy record