Reviews

The Undertones – Get What You Need

Derry power punks return after 21-year absence, sans Feargal

Zoot Woman

Madonna-delayed follow-up to nouveau-synth landmark

Starsailor – Silence Is Easy

Difficult second album syndrome kicks in (despite Phil Spector's assistance)

Aurelie – Desde Que Naci

Quality ambient music

Ban On Wailing

Live redux of Icelandic pop queen's early solo works over four CDs

Paul Haig – Cinematique 3

Ex-Josef K singer and unsung hero of British electronica

A Tribe Called Quest – Hits, Rarities & Remixes

Self-explanatory collection of the love, hope and acceptance Tribe with a bonus DVD of videos from 1990 onwards

Ann Peebles

Memphis soul queen's glory

Pirates Of The Caribbean—The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Depp does Keef in swashbuckling blockbuster

Divine Intervention

Keaton-esque Palestinian comedian Elia Suleiman's sporadically successful and loosely-bound compendium of sketches Divine Intervention features two lovers, from Ramallah and Jerusalem, who pass their romance at an Israeli checkpoint while a surreal world of humorous vignettes pass before them—some of which are sublime (like the Yasser Arafat balloon), others unsophisticated (like the Palestinian ninja who dispatches five Israeli henchmen).
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