Reviews

Stadium punk from ambitious LA quartet

Japanese import, recorded in Tokyo last November

Rare unplugged outing for leading Chicago bluesman

Gorgeous, ethereal folk, recommended to Uncut by Devendra Banhart

James Ivory saunters into the 21st century. In Paris

Dodgy reality TV satire featuring Jerry Springer

Seven years in the making, this is Anup Singh's dreamy cinematic tone poem (lots of kites and rivers) based on the life and work of acclaimed Indian film-maker Ritwik Ghatak. Adopting a brave, artistic, and not entirely successful motif, Singh follows two symbolic protagonists, male and female, as they re-enact scenes and themes from Ghatak's seemingly sacred canon.

Deeply cool 1957 musical based on the feckless chancer of the John O'Hara stories. Who else but Frank Sinatra could play the nightclub crooner who's a heel to not only Rita Hayworth but Kim Novak (both of whose singing was dubbed)? Rodgers & Hart songs, some (though not quite enough) smart-ass dialogue, and Frank in full effect.

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

Madonna-delayed follow-up to nouveau-synth landmark