D.E.W. East Meets Nick Brignola (Cornerstone) The Toronto-based trio meets a superb baritone player who is currently inactive due to a battle with cancer. 9 (LD)

M. Ward End of Amnesia (Future Farmer) Simple little folk guitar ditties by member of West Coast band Rodriguez. Subtly sinister and nostalgic in words and music. David Lynch material, know what I mean? 8 (LC)

Soundclash self-titled EP (Hovercraft) Turntablist reading jazz charts? These dudes must be from New York. 8 (SC)

Plump DJs A Plump Night Out (Nettwerk) A far cry from their early releases, this full-length album of original and remixed material from the Plump duo features mediocre progressive breaks and stuff. Yawn. 5 (KE)

Various I Hate You: A Brief History of Punk (Sony) Social D and the Beasties make the cut, but Stiff Little Fingers don't? That's not brief, that's inaccurate. 5 (RB)

Various Club Sessions 0.1 (Universal) Right up there with MC Mario. Just-add-water trance (ugh!) tunes from the usual suspects: Sonique, Van Dyk, Alice Deejay, blah, blah, blah... 4 (KE)

Roller On Top of This World (Berlin) Manchester boys slap together wretchedly corny trad Britrock for their debut LP. And it took them five years. Shame. 3 (LC)

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