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PoLicA: SHULAMiTHLate last year, Poliça became the sort of outfit your electro-loving mate would bleat on about endlessly. Don’t let that put you off. this second album doubles down on the promise of their debut and boasts even more of what experts like to term ‘enormous tunes’. i Need $ encases channy Leaneagh’s haunting vocals in addictively glitchy percussion, and album openers don’t come stronger than 8-bit epic chain my Name. Pop at its most masterful. JF £10.30

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Herge And THe TreASUreS of TinTin By doMiniqUe MAricqDominique maricq, archivist at Studio hergé and tintin enthusiast, has put together an indulgent collection catloging Belgian cartoonist hergé’s life and work. the book shows the cartoonist’s dedication to escape reality by exploring life elsewhere with journalist tintin. with more than 20 removable archived artworks, sketches and memorabilia, you’ll see how hergé grew from a doodler to a legend. Sc £30

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THe WALKing deAd: SeASon 3Now several months on from the group’s escape from the farm, and Lori about to give birth, rick (Andrew Lincoln) and co find a new home – the appealing des res of an overrun prison. But while the gang seem to be going great guns with picking off the walkers besieging the place, there are still some prisoners remaining, leading to some interesting additions to the group. catch up before the new season hits Fox on 18 october. EP £39.99

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PeArL JAM: LigHTning BoLTit’s been five years since previous album Backspacer, and the Seattle five-piece apologise for the wait by way of rollicking opener Getaway. indeed, there are plenty of romping, stomping tracks on the lively Lightning Bolt, although it’s the slower, searing instant-classic Sirens that takes the man-of-the-match bottle of bubbly. Just don’t leave it so long next time, chaps, oK? JG £13.99

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SoUTHern croSS THe dog By BiLL cHengPraise has been heaped generously upon 28-year-old US author Bill cheng and his debut novel, juxtaposing his work alongside the likes of Flannery o’connor and cormac mccarthy. while comparisons to those masters are a little stretched, cheng – heavily influenced by bluesmen such as Big Bill Broonzy – builds a mesmerising sense of time and place with his tale of friends and families’ lives destroyed by the 1927 mississippi flood. hc £14.99

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PAUL MccArTney: neWMuch has been made of the fact that, for his 16th solo album, Paul McCartney has worked with a quartet of young, hip producers, namely: Mark Ronson, Paul ‘Adele’ Epworth, Ethan ‘Kings Of Leon’ Johns and Giles ‘son of George/the Beatles’ Love album’ Martin. And while the lead-off single and title track – with its patented Penny Lane swing and effortlessly infectious melody – suggested The World’s Greatest Living Songwriter was very much in control, elsewhere on the album the young bucks have been given much more free rein to experiment, making for Macca’s most sonically interesting record in many, many years. hm £9

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KArL PiLKingTon: THe MoAning of Lifeis a man who once tried to cook sausages in a toaster really qualified to answer the world’s most important questions? Apparently, yes. his latest series sees him investigating the things that matter most – marriage, kids, money, happiness et al – via breakdancing clowns, Ghanaian funerals and plush weddings. As funny as before, but with added depth. tE 20 October, 9pm, Sky 1 HD

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HALLoWeen: 35TH AnniVerSArywhat better way to mark 31 october, than by re-watching the original and best instalment of halloween (apart from Season of the witch, obviously)? when michael myers returns for vengeance 15 years after being imprisoned, babysitter Laurie (Jamie Lee curtis) is in for a big surprise. Few modern thrillers match it for suspense. EP £19.99

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