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Clown in a Cornfield

Fun, fast-paced teen slasher

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Anfield

Bruce Springsteen

The Boss drops by with a timely reminder of music’s power to inspire, unite or just soundtrack a hell of a night

Lollipop

Impassioned debut feature hammers as the brick wall of social care bureaucracy

Karate Kid: Legends

Solidly entertaining entry in the Karate Kid series neither innovates or disappoints

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caroline
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A Dizzying Elegy of Noise and Intent

planning for burial

Planning for Burial
It’s Closeness, It’s Easy

More bruises and burns from the Pennsylvania artist

sorry girls

The Glad Cafe

Sorry Girls

The Montreal band are at their swooning, dreamy best on their Scottish debut

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Sports Team
Boys These Days

Third album marks a significant evolution for the London indie band

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Room 2, Glasgow

Earth

The Seattle doom legends tap into the elemental, moving power of music

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O2 Academy, Edinburgh

Pixies

The legendary band are far from resting on laurels

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Tune-Yards
Better Dreaming

The avant-pop duo return with dynamism and soul

Peg ‘O My Heart

Stylistically impressive thriller sadly disappoints with a simplistic and inconsistent narrative

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Jenny Hval
Iris Silver Mist

Scent, Sound, and the Spectre of Absence

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Spacey Jane
If That Makes Sense

Third album from Aussie rockers is a bold leap forward

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Andy Bell
Ten Crowns

Glorious solo album for heart and dancefloor

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Self Esteem
A Complicated Woman

Third album from Rebecca Lucy Taylor is gritty and beautiful

April

Rigorous abortion drama is uncompromising in both its subject matter and its presentation

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Stereo

DeWolff

They’re back…and cheesier than ever

The Ugly Stepsister

A potent antidote to the bland, palatable brand of fairy tale

MIEN

MIEN
MIIEN

The supergroup comes into its own on a surprisingly cohesive second album