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GROOVE ARMADA
Best Of
Pepper
***

Seeing that Groove Armada play Dublin shows tonight and tomorrow (see listings for details), there are a lot of people out there who'd vote yes when it comes to seeing Tom Findlay, Andy Kato and band live. A DVD featuring a live concert from their recent Lovebox tour should then tick all the boxes for this constituency. Much beloved of advertising creatives everywhere for how such tracks as I See You Baby suit certain campaigns, the Armada's blend of slinky upbeat groovers and reflective moody nuggets is also a big selling point. As with most concerts where there's no budget for fireworks, elephants and other showstoppers, the less committed may find their attention wandering, but the likes of At the River, Chicago and the excellent Richie Havens' tribute Going Back to My Roots may have you clapping along.

www.groovearmada.com - Jim Carroll

RADIOHEAD
The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time
EMI
***

Another medium, another slice of discomfiting collage art which traces the technological fracture of our modern age while parachuting opaque, politically dissenting slogans between rare flickers of humanity. Taking its name from a 1930s collage by John Heartfield (who hacked up and subverted Nazi propaganda during the rise of the Third Reich you see where this is going) and nicking its tone from the unsettling surrealism of Chris Morris's Jam, Radiohead's deeply impersonal compendium splices short films and animations (courtesy of some unexpectedly competent, only slightly self-absorbed fans) and studio footage to music both released and unheard. It's not the kind of fan-club DVD in which you expect Thom Yorke to say when he last used his celebrity status to get something. But he does. "Yesterday," he nods. "I got some free petrol."

'www.radiohead.com - Peter Crawley