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getsorted listen watch Django Unchained Sony Pictures A classic revenge story from Quentin Tarantino featuring a cast headed by Jamie Foxx, Christopher Waltz and Leonardo staff pick DiCaprio. A slave (Foxx) rises up from the oppression under his former master with the help of a German bounty hunter (Waltz) in order to exact justice and free his wife (Kerry Washington) from slavery under a despotic plantation owner (DiCaprio). tune in Kiss my Apocalypse Abbe May Soulful rocker Abbe May, who hails from Australia's south-west, recently released her second album, Kiss My Apocalypse. The album is the result of 18 months in a small Perth studio, creating and experimenting with a drum machine, a mellotron and friend-cum-producer Sam Ford. Abbe's strong vocals, evocative lyrics and distinctive brand of "doom pop" are well in evidence on the new release, billed as 'devoted entirely to the concept of the death of love' – but it's an about-face from the guitar-driven rock of Abbe's much-lauded debut album, Design Desire. This time, guitar riffs have been dropped in place of synthdriven sounds and a low-key feel. "I'm bored with standard rock," she explains. "I'm bored with the standard 'cool'." The dirty, moody, darkly edgy sound of Kiss My Apocalypse puts Abbe May firmly in the category of 'girls with attitude you don't want to mess with'. She may be bored with 'cool' but she certainly knows how to act it. "Pop is sexy when done well – and it's incredibly difficult to do it well if you try too hard," she says, contending that 'artists' can be in denial that they are "basically just entertainers". "Being an entertainer is more meaningful, if you ask me. It's not such a selfish pursuit," she says. And entertaining she is: listen to Abbe May's uniquely captivating new album – especially lead tracks 'T.R.O.U.B.L.E.' and 'Karmageddon' – if you need proof. European Vacation, Ben Salter Ben Salter continues his solo music career after success in music groups such as The Gin Club, Giants of Science, and the Wilson Pickers. His 2011 debut album, The Cat, won Album of the Year at the 2012 Queensland Music Awards, and he returns this year with a new EP, European Vacation, named for a recent extended trip through Europe finding friends and inspiration in unexpected places. The EP crosses between genres like he did countries, and its theme is his journey. Salter starts a new journey this July, touring Australia to promote European Vacation. 4 Great Expectations Universal Victorian-era Britain comes to life in Mike Newell's cinematic retelling of Charles Dickens' tale of love and strife, starring Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham and Ralph Fiennes as escaped convict Magwitch. Orphaned Pip (Jeremy Irvine) is given a chance to rise above his downtrodden beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. As a newly minted London gentleman, he uses his position to pursue his lifelong love: spoilt heiress Estella (Holliday Grainger). The foundations of his new life are shaken, however, when the truth behind his newfound fortune comes to light.