New releases on CD & DVD
CD: Mary Poppins Returns - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
This is a soundtrack with vast shoes to fill. Frozen, The Lion King and Aladdin may be the best-selling Disney soundtracks but, alongside The Jungle Book, the original 1964 Mary Poppins has the most beloved array of songs.
CD: Jessie J - This Christmas Day
Monday, 10 December 2018
What makes a great Christmas song? There’s an alchemy to finding the winning combination of whimsy and humour, juxtaposed with a healthy slice of Christmas angst. This formula has led us to spin the same handful of pop bangers that endure down the decades, soundtracking generation after generation of tinsel and mince pies.
Eric Clapton - Happy Xmas
Saturday, 08 December 2018
Christmas is traditionally that time of the year when cool rock-dudes like to come over all silly and tinselly. Not Eric Clapton. On this, ...
DVD: The Workshop
Friday, 07 December 2018
Laurent Cantet’s The Workshop (L’Atelier) is something of a puzzle. There’s a fair deal that recalls his marvellous 2009 Palme d’Or winner The Class...
DVD: The Heiresses
Thursday, 06 December 2018
This first feature from Paraguayan director Marcelo Martinessi is a delicate study in confinement, and of how the chance of freedom can bring an...
CD: The Albion Christmas Band - Under the Christmas Tree
As traditional as turkey with all the trimmings |
CD: The Monkees - Christmas Party
Wake up Sleepy Jean, the Monkees are back to spread some Christmas cheer |
CD: The 1975 – A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships
The ambitious pop-rock outfit return with an album that's interesting, but overlong |
CD: My Baby - MOUNAIKI: By The Bright of the Night
Kiwi-Dutch psychedelic funk-rockers finally match their live reputation |
CD: Majken - Young Believer
Unfulfilled promise on Swedish singer-songwriter’s debut album |
CD: Bill Ryder-Jones - Yawn
Fourth album crackles with intimacy and floors with its candour |
DVD/Blu-ray: Columbus
Architecture heals solitary souls in an auteur gem |
CD: Kim Myhr - Pressing Clouds Passing Crowds
The Norwegian guitarist collaborates with poet Caroline Bergvall in an enthralling reflection on transformation |
DVD: The Man from Mo'Wax
Sometimes absorbing, sometimes morose documentary on London's 1990s kingpin of underground instrumental hip hop beats |
CD: Dead Can Dance - Dionysus
Festival music for an ancient God |
CD: Sandra Kerr & John Faulkner – The Music From Bagpuss
Recommended restorative listening from the children's TV classic |
CD: Ed Harcourt - Beyond the End
A surprising turn for the singer-songwriter |
DVD/Blu-ray: Invention for Destruction
A steampunk delight: Karel Zeman's first international success returns |
CD: Josephine Foster - Faithful Fairy Harmony
Country-folk auteur tunes in to the ether |
CD: Cliff Richard - Rise Up
Cliff steps out of the shadows with a new album |
CD: Planet B - Planet B
American duo lay out their politico-punk rock hip-hop stall |
CD: Mumford & Sons - Delta
A decade on from their debut, the British darlings of Americana explore new musical territory |
CD: Imogen Heap - The Music of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The cult alt-pop star's soundtrack finally receives a release |
CD: Liela Moss - My Name is Safe in Your Mouth
Arresting first solo album from the voice of The Duke Spirit |
CD: Sarah Gillespie - Wishbones
An album that reminds us of what a potent force the singer-songwriter can be |
CD: J Mascis - Elastic Days
The wizard of introspection completely fails to peak, and that's the magic |
DVD/Blu-ray: Hitler's Hollywood
Unwrapping the sugar-coated cover-up that was Nazi cinema |
CD: Olly Murs - You Know I Know
The likeable entertainer gives us exactly what you'd expect, with predictably ordinary results |
CD: The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Merrie Land
This modern-day supergroup is a reminder of why supergroups are generally a bad idea |
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