Reviews

Run-of-the-mill contemporary Bollywood fare—a riot of colour, violence, heavy-duty tearjerking and song. But its tale of a beautiful young girl, Nandini (Karishma Kapoor), whose marriage sees her uprooted from a comfortable life in Canada back to the poverty of India, is a cut above. There she confronts her tyrannical father-in-law, striking as feminist a blow as Bollywood allows.

Seventh album by Sheffield avant-electro duo, more approachable than their sixth

Coldplay join Echo & The Bunnymen singer on first solo outing since 1992

Hazy 12th album from perennial indie favourites

The proggy tendencies of current underground hip hop have not gone unnoticed. As if to prove the point, here we have four long tracks in true Yes fashion featuring tempo changes extended instrumental sections and bucolic acoustic guitar loops. But in the place of Jon Anderson's shrill squeak, we have Paris-based Canadian MC, DJ and producer Buck 65's soothing, friendly voice in your ear.

Also released this month...

'70s/'80s best-of from Canadian progressive rockers

A welcome missive from the days when pop was savage and sweet

Two CDs of remixes by pretty, playful techno duo

Marvel strikes cinematic gold again with dark and exuberant superhero blockbuster No 3