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The best releases from the past calendar month
This not-quite-spring is getting our hopes up, and these records are getting our spirits up. From The Skull Defekts to Insecure Men to Laurie Anderson, here are the albums we’ve loved this month - some we reviewed already, some we missed - plus tracks of the month. And: a request for your help
Not sure we really need Halloween this year (or last year, come to think of it). Still, as the global horror show continues, Brecht is thankfully proven forever right: there will also be singing, about the dark times. And some squelchy rave.