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    Emily Brinnand: Off to the Isle of Wight this weekend? Here's our guide to the festival and how you can get involved

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    21 Jun 2012: A sophisticated, unpredictable approach to acoustic dance tunes mark Moulettes out among their peers, writes Robin Denselow
  • 3 out of 5
    21 Jun 2012: Linkin Park's last album was a big departure, stylistically, but the surprise has worn off a bit now, writes Dave Simpson
  • 3 out of 5
    cloclo 21 Jun 2012: This biopic of French singer Claude François almost summons the grandeur of a Scorsese personality opera, writes Phil Hoad
  • 21 Jun 2012: Jon Dennis: Step into the confessional and open up to our RR priest
  • 5 out of 5
    21 Jun 2012: French metallers Gojira take the genre to a higher plane of brilliance on their new album, writes Dom Lawson
  • 2 out of 5
    21 Jun 2012: Hints of their original appeal remain, but ultimately the 2012 Smashing Pumpkins are going nowhere, writes Rebecca Nicholson
  • 3 out of 5
    21 Jun 2012: Emily Haines is still an intriguing singer and lyricist, but Metric's music sounds a bit ordinary here, writes Maddy Costa
  • 4 out of 5
    21 Jun 2012: Beachwood Sparks's late-60s/early-70s sound somehow seems more current now than it did 10 years ago, writes Michael Hann
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    Owen Hatherley: The union jack has been rehabilitated as popular culture has gradually reinvented its symbolism

  • 'My fans are very understanding' … Imogen Heap Interactive, 21 Jun 2012:

    Watch Imogen Heap perform live from A Room for London – Artangel's boat installation perched on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall – on Friday 22 June at 7pm. Bookmark this page and join us for the gig on Friday

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    21 Jun 2012: Alexis Petridis: Even when he's singing about cauliflowers, it's hard to deny Lawrence is one of pop's all-time great one-offs
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    Highlights from the second New Band of the Day showcase at the Barfly in London, featuring Kyla La Grange, the Hall of Mirrors, We Were Evergreen, Bobby Tank, Seasfire and Digits

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    Here's a taster of Dirtee TV, a new online lifestyle channel from the Rascal's own record label

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    Competition between Beatles members survived even their split, as this week's playlist shows

  • Lana del Rey and ASAP Rocky 21 Jun 2012: Pair will play golden couple of US politics in video for Del Rey's National Anthem

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