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Q presents this month's essential album tracks, downloads and audio/video streams. June's highlights include brand-new anthems from
Coldplay, Primal Scream, Fleet Foxes
and more. Get clicking...
Lovers In Japan (Acoustic)
COLDPLAY
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Viva La Vida acoustic take, exclusively recorded for Q Radio
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Sequestered In Memphis
THE HOLD STEADY
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Craig Finn's ode to doing the nasty in a Tennessee bathroom
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Uptown
PRIMAL SCREAM
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Glittering disco rock - Miss You for the '00s
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Chemtrails
BECK
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Danger Mouse steers Mr Hanson towards heavy '60s-style psychedelia
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Buff Nuff
ROOTS MANUVA
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Alex Turner-inspiring rapper returns
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Soon
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
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Kevin Shield's recently reformed mob at their ear shredding best
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I Will Possess Your Heart
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
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Recent radio session from US indie group
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Give It 2 Me
MADONNA
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Madge employs Pharrell Williams for rave-influenced new track
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Everyone Nose
N.E.R.D
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Toilet-fixated track from William's side-project
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Quiet Houses
FLEET FOXES
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Gorgeous, dreamy Americana
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To America
JOAN AS POLICEWOMAN
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Rufus Wainwright joins Joan Wasser on new album
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Flume
BON IVER
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Justin Vernon relocates from his log cabin to the more conventional surroundings of a radio studio
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Standing Next To Me
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
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Stripped-down live session from Alex Turner and Miles Kane
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Second Chance
LIAM FINN
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Crowded House man's son continues family tradition of melodic pop-rock
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Got Him
SHE & HIM
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After Scarlett Johansson, another surprisingly palatable record from an actress
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Slow
TRICKY
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Threatening Kylie cover
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Slip Slidin' Away
PAUL SIMON
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Gem from recent Simon retrospective
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Sweet Jane
LOU REED
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Joyous live track from The Grumpiest Man In Rock
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Like Herod
MOGWAI
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Prime cut from Scottish post rockers' debut
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It Goes Like This
BLACK AFFAIR
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Former Beta Band front man's new electro-pop project
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Poison Dart
THE BUG FT. WARRIOR QUEEN
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Anti-firearms anthem from Thom Yorke-approved producer
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Trains Boats and Planes
LAURA CANTRELL
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Esoteric country take on Bacharach and David classic
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Feuerprobe
EINE KLEINE NACHT MUSIK
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Twinkly Krautrock meets bubbling acid house
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Everything Is Everything
PAUL HEATON
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Former Beautiful South/Housemartins frontman returns for more disgruntled grumbling
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When We Embraced
MICHAH P HINSON
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Banjo-powered delight from a former bankrupt Christain fundamentalist jailbird
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Chaos
MATTHEW JAY
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Posthumous release from acclaimed young folkie
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Tennessee Valentine
AMY LAVERE
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Rootsy American singer/songwriter/actress/upright bassist
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Morning Light
IDA MARIA
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Cheery pop rock from nutty Norwegian export
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Freeway
AIMEE MANN
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Bittersweet MOR, as performed live on Q Radio
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Cheney's Toy
JAMES MCMURTRY
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Politically-inclined roots rocker targets US Vice President
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Stake Your Claim
ELI 'PAPERBOY' REED & THE TRUE LOVERS
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Foot-stomping, hand-clapping Southern soul
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Love Me Already
BLACK KIDS
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Reggie Youngblood recounts tale of thwarted hormones
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I Will Follow
U2
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Opening track from newly reissued debut
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Waves
THE WATSON TWINS
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Rilo Kiley singer Jenny Lewis' former backing singers
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The Devil's Crayon
WILD BEASTS
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Awe-inspiring, Leeds-based newcomers
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All Fours
WIRE
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Original art school-trained post-punks - still vital after all these years
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California Dreamer
WOLF PARADE
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Montreal indie rockers championed by Arcade Fire's Win Butler
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Shrinking Moon For You
WOODEN SHJIPS
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Way-out American drone rockers in thrall to the fuzzy end of the '60s
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Strings Of The Strings Of Life
DERRICK MAY
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Rave pioneer's signature tune
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Illegal Gunshot
RAGGA TWINS
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London MCs Flinty Badman and Deman Rocker early '90s fusion of reggae, rave and jungle
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Lavenders
ELIZA CARTHY
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String-assisted wonder from twice-Mercury nominated Carthy
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Dream Warrior
DR JOHN AND THE LOWER 911
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The Dr. celebrates his battered hometown with a trademark slab of voodoo blues
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Dear Honey
DUSTY RHODES AND THE RIVER BAND
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Rollicking country gospel from LA newcomers
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Violent & Young
IGLU & HARTLEY
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Californian five-piece summon the spirit of late '80s Chili Peppers
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Dance Wiv Me
DIZZEE RASCAL
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Zinging electro-pop co-written with Calvin Harris
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The Quest
BRYN CHRISTOPHER
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Retro-soul sung by a Brummie bloke with the voice of a Memphis mama
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Don't Come Around Here No More
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
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Petty and band in mid-'80s pomp
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Move
CSS
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Everyone's favourite catsuit-wearing Brazilian party starters ditch the rough edges
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Me Gustas Tu
MANU CHAO
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Highlight of the Franco-Spanish rabble rouser's second album
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You Cheated Me
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT
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Rufus's little sister stitches singer-songwriter strumming to a delightful girl-group chorus
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