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Back to bubblegum basics for the Material Girl

Bruce Springsteen cohort and E Street Band keyboardist has died, aged 58

Portishead also come up trumps in the weekly reviews round-up

Brass Monkey(s): Stunning string-laden debut from Magic Alex (and friend).

Magnificent return, reinvention from the Bristol three + indepth Q&A w/Geoff Barrow

Konked out? Exhausted sounding second album from Brighton scamps

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This week's playlist, then. The Dennis Wilson record is a bootleg, incidentally - the expanded "Pacific Ocean Blue", with the first official release of those "Bambu" tracks, is due in the office any minute now. Tonight, I'm going to see Portishead, so I'll endeavour to report back first thing tomorrow morning.

Five-part series of interviews and live performances

Award winning Omid Djalili also added to comedy arena line-up