Reviews

A collection of Farlowe's Immediate and best-known recordings

Superb value-for-money three-CD collection

Red-eyed ambient metal droning

Fruity electro covers of obscure punk and hardcore

First album from cult band since 1967

Ex-Swell Map recruits famous mates for career-topping set

Texas Chainsaw creator directs poor horror remake

Johnny Depp gets all Edwardian

Teen drama spotlights two talented newcomers

It all seems so oddly innocent, like a '90s Britpop update of Cliff's Summer Holiday capers. Essentially a glorified tour film, shot between 1991 and 1993, Star Shaped captures Blur at a major crossroads in their career, as they seek to shed the baggy influences of their debut album Leisure and reinvent themselves in response to the rise of grunge and their own ailing popularity in the UK. "The whole thing about pop music is you're ripping off as many people as you possibly can,"an improbably baby-faced Damon Albarn philosophises early on.