Music Reviews

Various Artists - Tigerbeat 6: Paws Across America 2002 Tour CD

Budget-priced 14-track compilation by Kid 606-style avant-techno types

Eyes Adrift

Nirvana bassist's triumphant return

Virginia MacNaughton - Levers, Pulleys & Engines

Sultry debut from British newcomer with big potential

The Aluminum Group - Happyness

Fifth album of brainy chamber pop from Chicago-based brothers

Dr Robert - Keep On Digging For The Gold

Unreleased work and rarities from ex-Blow Monkey's 1990s output

Various Artists - Gordon Raphael Presents Top Hits Volume 1

This features nine bands showcasing two tracks apiece produced by Gordon Raphael. New York's The...

Crooning Glory

Big easy listening on second full-length album from Sheffield songsmith

Holy Smokes

Two helpings of previously unreleased material from the leading political comedian of his...

Boxstep - The Faces All Look On

Eight-piece Pittsburgh ensemble with epic debut

Mary Lee's Corvette - Blood On The Tracks

Intriguing remake of classic Bob Dylan break-up album from female perspective

Audioslave

Long-mooted supergroup finally release debut

Yann Tiersen - L'absente

He helped Audrey Tautou steal your heart in Amélie, and Tiersen, like that film, evokes the...

Baz - Psychedelic Love

Brought up on the same south London estate as the rampaging So Solid Crew, you might have...

Shuggie Otis - In Session Information

"Strawberry Letter 23" psychedelic soul boy wonder turns '70s session man

My Morning Jacket - Sweatbees

American space cowboys release UK-only EP of early releases

Sizzla - Ghetto Revolution

Babylon burns on reggae superstar's nu-roots stormer

The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee

New instalment of 'alt.folk soap opera'

K - Goldfish

Ex-Beekeeper/Ida songstress' second outing

Casino Versus Japan - Whole Numbers Play The Basics

Probably the most wistful music you'll hear this year is on this debut album by Casino Versus...

Cuban Heals

One of the greatest living exponents of American roots music teams up with leading Cuban rock...

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Editor's Letter

Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut


I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...