New releases on CD & DVD
CD: Squarepusher - Ufabulum
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
In an on-point attempt to shake things up a bit, Artsdesk writer Joe Muggs suggested the new Squarepusher album should be reviewed by someone other than an old raver. There were, unfortunately, no takers so you’re stuck with me… an old raver. Then again, look on the bright side, look at this way - I’m fully qualified! Thus, although I cannot tell whether you’ll enjoy this if you wasted the last decade dredging slowly from The Strokes to Adele, if you revel in the sound of electronic trickery...
DVD: Haywire
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
In one of the DVD featurettes included here, Ewan McGregor puts his finger on what gives this movie its curious air of detachment. Director Steven Soderbergh, says McGregor, is "meticulous" and "like a surgeon", master of every detail from script to sound to shooting set-up. Thus, this story of female super-agent Mallory Kane (Gina Carano), betrayed by her handlers and now out on a remorseless quest for vengeance, is a sleek technical tour-de-force lacking a heart or any discernible emotions....
CD: Saint Etienne – Words and Music by Saint...
Monday, 14 May 2012
If you are old enough to recall the heady excitement of running out of breath as you hurtled to the record store to buy a single on the day of...
Read more...Reissue CDs Weekly: My Bloody Valentine, Loose...
Sunday, 13 May 2012
My Bloody Valentine: Isn’t Anything, Loveless, EPs 1988-1991Kieron TylerEach of these three CDs is essential. My Bloody Valentine’s 1988 Isn’t...
Read more...CD: Willie Nelson - Heroes
Sunday, 13 May 2012
In one productive week in the early Sixties, Willie Nelson wrote "Crazy", "Night Life" and "Funny How Time Slips Away”. In Heroes the original Outlaw...
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CD: Garbage - Not Your Kind of People
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Shirley Manson and co. have plenty to shout about after seven years away Read more... |
DVD: The Complete Humphrey Jennings, Volume Two: Fires Were Started
Friday, 11 May 2012
Britain's greatest wartime documentarist's vision of a nation united against a common enemy Read more... |
CD: Beach House – Bloom
Thursday, 10 May 2012
The new-shoegaze stars struggle to move forward Read more... |
CD: ...and the Native Hipsters - Original Copy
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
A juicy treat for fans of the extremely bizarre Read more... |
CD: Best Coast - The Only Place
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
California duo keep things simple on their sunny sophomore release Read more... |
CD: Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns
Monday, 07 May 2012
Techno escapes retroism and mere functionality Read more... |
CD: Keane - Strangeland
Sunday, 06 May 2012
The Sussex quartet's new offering fails to build on recent form Read more... |
Reissue CDs Weekly: Small Faces
Sunday, 06 May 2012
Spiffed-up editions of the first four albums from one of Britain's finest Read more... |
CD: Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky's Edge
Saturday, 05 May 2012
The classy crooner puts his foot down and turns the volume up Read more... |
DVD: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby/ The Old Curiosity Shop
Friday, 04 May 2012
Two enjoyable, neglected Dickens films, back for the bicentennial Read more... |
CD: Haight-Ashbury 2 – The Ashburys
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Scottish trio infuses the hippy era with darkness Read more... |
CD: Damon Albarn - Dr Dee
Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Britpop legend's Elizabethan opera proves a difficult listen out of context Read more... |
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