Reviews

Fine French ensemble comedy

Double-disc expanded edition of his best '70s solo album

Hip record company attempts to thrust stardom upon unwilling recipient

51-track double-disc comp gathering together hits and rarities

Bristol drum'n'bass godfather goes hectic and eclectic

Sometime bartender, midwife and reverend, O'Connor's true calling may lie as a remarkable interpreter of song. Though recent years have found her adding dewy vocal harmonies for Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire (and Mavis Staples), her solo debut is long overdue. A brace of impressive originals—"My Backyard", "Tonight"—are whispers of classic honky-tonk, but she truly shines on covers of James (Squirrel Nut Zippers) Mathus' "Bottoms" and "Nightingale", twisting each into the kind of lovelorn ballad Alison Krauss would kill for.

Promising debut fresh out of Scunthorpe

Young Bristol folk star shines on

Noirish return to form from veteran art-punk

Texas Chainsaw creator directs poor horror remake