This week: New albums from Cage The Elephant, Big Special and Arab Strap. Also: call and response training, evolutionary musicology, a missed opportunity for a Glenn McGrath joke, ranting about misery, misery about ranting, soft acts to follow, Beeso falls for the old deluxe edition banana in the tailpipe, make fun noises, no relation and no leg to stand on.

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