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The reunited US college rockers get startling heavy at what may be their final UK appearance

Lou's Velvets and solo works hand-picked for posterity with direct input from interested parties

Saucy street-funk from the dream-life of Riley

Energetic, buoyant contemporary jazz

Second full-lengther from Liverpool-via-Bradford quintet, its title inspired by a Bulgarian folk ditty

Left-field concept album from arthouse diva

Promising debut from Bay Area moodsmith Jason Lakis

New bands resurrecting big tech-house sounds from early to-mid-'90s

From Airplane wannabes to folk-rock deities...

Not as astute or ambitious a satire of "reality TV" as Series 7: The Contenders, but Marc Evans' house-of-horror, shot on webcam, hosts a rattling good scary yarn. If the kids stay in the creaky pad for six months they win a million, but as Davina day looms, things get gory. A superior, if pretentious, genre piece.