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Polica:
SHULAMITH
Late last year, Poliça became
the sort of outfit your
electro-loving mate would
bleat on about endlessly.
Don’t let that put you off.
This second album doubles
down on the promise of
their debut and boasts even
more of what experts like
to term ‘enormous tunes’.
I Need $ encases Channy
Leaneagh’s haunting vocals
in addictively glitchy
percussion, and album
openers don’t come
stronger than 8-bit epic
Chain My
Name.
Pop at its
most
masterful.
JF£10.30
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HergeandThe
Treasuresof
Tintinby
Dominique
Maricq
Dominique Maricq, archivist
at Studio Hergé and Tintin
enthusiast, has put together
an indulgent collection
catloging Belgian cartoonist
Hergé’s life and work. The
book shows the cartoonist’s
dedication to escape reality
by exploring life elsewhere
with journalist Tintin. With
more than 20 removable
archived artworks, sketches
and memorabilia, you’ll
see how
Hergé grew
from a
doodler to
a legend.
SC £30
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theWalking
Dead:Season3
Now several months on
from the group’s escape
from the farm, and Lori
about to give birth, Rick
(Andrew Lincoln) and co
find a new home – the
appealing des res of an
overrun prison. But while
the gang seem to be going
great guns with picking off
the walkers besieging the
place, there are still some
prisoners remaining, leading
to some interesting
additions to the group.
Catch up
before the
new season
hits Fox
on 18
October.
EP £39.99
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PearlJam:
Lightning
Bolt
It’s been five years since
previous album Backspacer,
and the Seattle five-piece
apologise for the wait by
way of rollicking opener
Getaway. Indeed, there
are plenty of romping,
stomping tracks on the
lively Lightning Bolt,
although it’s the slower,
searing instant-classic
Sirens that takes the
man-of-the-match bottle of
bubbly. Just don’t leave it so
long next time, chaps, OK?
JG £13.99
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Southern
CrossTheDog
byBillCheng
Praise has been heaped
generously upon 28-year-
old US author Bill Cheng and
his debut novel, juxtaposing
his work alongside the likes
of Flannery O’Connor and
Cormac McCarthy. While
comparisons to those
masters are a little stretched,
Cheng – heavily influenced
by bluesmen such as Big
Bill Broonzy – builds a
mesmerising sense of time
and place with his tale of
friends and
families’ lives
destroyed by
the 1927
Mississippi
flood. HC
£14.99
l album
PaulMcCartney:New
Much has been made of the fact that, for his 16th solo album, Paul McCartney has
worked with a quartet of young, hip producers, namely: Mark Ronson, Paul ‘Adele’
Epworth, Ethan ‘Kings Of Leon’ Johns and Giles ‘son of George/the Beatles’ Love
album’ Martin. And while the lead-off single and title track – with its patented Penny
Lane swing and effortlessly infectious melody – suggested The World’s Greatest
Living Songwriter was very much in control, elsewhere on the album the young
bucks have been given much more free rein to experiment, making for Macca’s most
sonically interesting record in many, many years. HM£9
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Karl
Pilkington:
TheMoaning
ofLife
Is a man who once tried to
cook sausages in a toaster
really qualified to answer
the world’s most important
questions? Apparently, yes.
His latest series sees him
investigating the things that
matter most – marriage,
kids, money, happiness et al
– via breakdancing clowns,
Ghanaian funerals and
plush weddings. As
funny as before,
but with added
depth. TE
20
October,
9pm,
Sky 1
HD
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Halloween:
35th
Anniversary
What better way to mark
31 October, than by
re-watching the original
and best instalment of
Halloween (apart from
Season Of The Witch,
obviously)? When
Michael Myers returns for
vengeance 15 years
after being imprisoned,
babysitter Laurie (Jamie Lee
Curtis) is in for a big surprise.
Few modern thrillers match
it for suspense. EP £19.99
th e th r i ll o f th e n e w
“you know me, i just
love venetian blinds”
WORDS:howardcalvert,sophiecater,TOMELLEN,JIMIFAMUREWA,jamesgill,EMILYPHILLIPSphotographs:sky
the final member of
britain’s 4x100m team
dropped the baton
“Must keep
thumbs down, must
keep thumbs down”