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Here's three records which have been released this month and are worthy of adding to your ipod this month while it's still here.

Arcade Fire: The Suburbs

Already described by some as the band's masterpiece, Montreal's Arcade Fire have moved away from claustrophobic remnants of Joy Division-esque isolation and closer to Coldplay and MGMT's mainstream territory on 2010's The Suburbs.

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Away from the election aftermath...for a moment at least.

Four Lions, a film created by satirist Chris Morris depicting four suicide bombers is hoping to be boycotted at cinemas by the London 7/7 bombings victims families.

Relatives of 7/7 victims including Graham Foulkes argue the comedy is too closely aligned to real events while the film's producers say they "did not mean to cause offence."

Morris - of the BBC's The Day Today and Channel 4's Brasseye fame - has centred the film around the bombers attacking the marathon.

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'Electrospective' - Part One

As the decade approaches its conclusion, there has been much to mull over in music since the Millenium.

ARTIST: Calvin Harris.

ALBUM: Ready For The Weekend.

RELEASED: 14 August 2009.

LABEL: Sony.

GENRE: "Synthpop"/"Electropop"/Dance.

RATING: *****

Radio Five Live's debate hosted by Victoria Derbyshire yesterday asked the question; what is art and is it worth billions of pounds?

Recent cultural additions including the infamous plinth in London's Trafalgar Square and the numerous collections by Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Charles Saatchi for example have lead to thought-provoking discussions as to what can be regarded as art and whether conceptual ideas are really artistic?

ARTIST: Little Boots.

ALBUM: Hands.

LABEL: IAMSOUND.

RELEASED: 8 June 2009.

GENRE: "Electro-pop"/"Dance-pop".

RATING: ****

BBC's Sound of Music 2009 winner justifies her billing.

VICTORIA Hesketh was already well known for her small feet and her cute image before the release of her stage persona Little Boots' album, Hands in June.