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Essential tracks by the Knife, Future Islands and Motorhead

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Three recent records by artists playing at the Coachella are worthy of pre-festival attention:

The Knife, "Shaking the Habitual" (Rabid Records)

Swedish avant-pop duo the Knife have been releasing records for 15 years, confounding expectations, drawing followers, crafting a strange, visually impressive project of which music is the most prominent of many disciplines. Their videos are a trip, and their performances are legendary. Their most recent album, "Shaking the Habitual," came out in 2013 and landed on many best-of-the-year lists. If you missed it, catch up quick.

A strange, oddly affecting record with skewed rhythms, extended ambient meditations and epic workouts, and the curious singing of lead vocalist Karin Dreijer Andersson and brother-producer-backing vocalist Olof Dreijer, "Shaking" is a tough first (and second, and third) listen. But after adjusting to their musical dialect, the work blossoms.

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Future Islands, "Singles" (4AD)

Last year I had dinner with an operative at 4AD Records who enthusiastically said that the tastemaking indie had just signed Baltimore synthpop trio Future Islands. Before then, the band had teetered on the brink. Charismatic vocalist Samuel T. Herring had other creative opportunities but resolved to fully commit to Future Islands. I'd long been a fan of the band's thrilling live shows, so the 4AD signing was a good portent, one that has paid off with their breakout album sparked by a great performance of "Seasons (Waiting for You)" on "Late Show With David Letterman."

Despite its name, "Singles" isn't a greatest hits collection at least yet. But among its 10 tracks are a few that pack as much potential as "Seasons." The best, "Back in the Tall Grass" and closer "A Dream of You and Me," contain a similar channeling of emotion, one whose lyrics are as confident and borderline cheesy as the glorious "I've been waiting on you!" refrain of "Seasons."

Motrhead, "Aftershock" (UDR)

Art and nuance are fine and all, but there's something to be said for artless, cliche-heavy pummeling, and no other band has punched with as much relentless hard work and ridiculous lyricism as Motrhead, the long-running metal/punk band born in Nottingham, England, and starring the king of the Sunset Strip, Lemmy Kilmister.

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Coachella 2014: Essential tracks from Motorhead, Knife, Future Islands

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Looking to cram this weekend for the upcoming Coachella festival? The below records by artists playing at the annual festival, which begins April 11, are worthy of pre-festival focus:

The Knife, Shaking the Habitual (Rabid Records)

Swedish avant-pop duo the Knife have been releasing records for 15 years, confounding expectations, drawing followers, crafting a strange, visually impressive project of which music is the most prominent of many disciplines. Their videos are a trip, and their performances are legendary. Their most recent album, Shaking the Habitual, came out in 2013 and landed on many best-of-the-year lists. If you missed it, catch up quick.

COACHELLA 2014: 10 rising acts you should know now

A strange, oddly affecting record with skewed rhythms, extended ambient meditations and epic workouts, and the curious singing of lead vocalist Karin Dreijer Andersson and brother-producer-backing vocalist Olof Dreijer, Shaking is a tough first (and second, and third) listen. But after adjusting to their musical dialect, the work blossoms.

Future Islands, Singles (4AD)

Last year I had dinner with an operative at 4AD Records who enthusiastically said that the tastemaking indie had just signed Baltimore synthpop trio Future Islands. Before then, the band had teetered on the brink. Charismatic vocalist Samuel T. Herring had other creative opportunities but resolved to fully commit to Future Islands. Id long been a fan of the bands thrilling live shows, so the 4AD signing was a good portent, one that has paid off with their breakout album sparked by a great performance of Seasons (Waiting for You) on Late Show With David Letterman.

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Despite its name, Singles isnt a greatest hits collection at least yet. But among its 10 tracks are a few that pack as much potential as Seasons. The best, Back in the Tall Grass and closer A Dream of You and Me, contain a similar channeling of emotion, one whose lyrics are as confident and borderline cheesy as the glorious Ive been waiting on you! refrain of Seasons.

Motrhead, Aftershock (UDR)

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Quake hits flooded Solomon Islands

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The flooding has left about 10,000 people homeless in Honiara alone.

The US Geological Survey reported the quake was centred about 30km west of the city of Kirakira, at a depth of 63km.

It believed the likelihood of casualties and damage was low.

At least seven have been killed in floods in the Solomon Islands, making it one of the Pacific's worst disasters of recent times.

About 30 people are believed to be missing, and there have been reports of children's bodies floating down the main river in the Solomons' capital of Honiara.

The floods, from a slow-moving tropical depression threatening last night to turn into a cyclone, have also left more than 10,000 people temporarily homeless in Honiara alone.

They are clustering in 16 evacuation centres in local schools on high ground in the city of 70,000 people, where the police have also been rounding up looters.

Aid workers fear outbreaks of diseases from polluted water.

An old bridge through Honiara's Chinatown has been swept away, carrying a young mother and her baby daughter with it, said the Solomon Times, quoting a witness to the collapse.

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Volume International – Recipe "2014 Soca Music" (We Did It Again Album) "Virgin Islands" – Video

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BATTLEFIELD 4 : NAVAL STRIKE DLC – MTAR-21, SHORTY12G, LOST ISLANDS (1080p HD PC ) – Video

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Battlefield 4 SOTF #04 – Die TED Member | Lost Islands Domination – Naval Strike [PS4] [1080p] – Video

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Britain is 'disappointed' with America over Falkland Islands, finds Commons report

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Banner saying "the Falkland Islands are and will always be Argentinian" (ALAMY)

Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Britain's ambassador to Washington until 2012, admitted to the committee that US position on the Falklands had been "uncomfortable...[and] not what we wanted".

Critics of the Obama administration argue that the current US stance does not even amount to "neutrality" since it calls for talks between Britain and Argentina in defiance of the clearly-expressed will of the Falkland islanders.

Luke Coffey, a former adviser to Liam Fox when he was Defence Secretary and now the Margaret Thatcher Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a Conservative think-tank in Washington, said the US had clearly "abandoned its long held position of neutrality" in the dispute.

"Negotiations over the status of the Falkland Islands is the official Argentine position. Instead of keeping quiet (neutral), under Obama's leadership, the US has started backing Argentina's calls for talks. This is a change from previous administrations and a departure from neutrality," he said.

In other key areas, the report was positive, praising the Coalition government for taking a less supine position towards the US that during the Blair years and supporting William Hague's formulation of the relationship as "solid not slavish".

It also found that the Commons vote against military intervention in Syria last year had not damaged the Special Relationship instead demonstrating the underlying depth and resilience of US-UK ties - a position not universally agreed upon in the Washington foreign policy community.

"I think that's a very optimistic assessment," said Fran Burwell, Director of the Transatlantic Relations Program at the Atlantic Council. "Big events like this feed into the growing perception in Washington that EU nations are no longer ready and willing to do what is necessary."

The committee also fretted about the impact in the US of the promised 2017 referendum on British membership of the European Union if the Conservatives win the next election, warning that the America might start to "hedge" against an exit by deepening ties with other European capitals, to Britain's detriment.

Meanwhile, Argentine President Cristina Kirchner claimed on Wednesday that the Falkland Islands serve as a nuclear base for the Nato alliance in the South Atlantic.

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