Reviews

Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time – Keep Going

One-time Tin Tin on mature and thoughtful form

Kim Fowley – Fantasy World

Brand new outing from legendary underground songwriter, producer, talent diviner and LA scenester

Chris Clark – Empty The Bones Of You

Decent second album by Warp's apprentice Aphex

Masked And Anonymous – Columbia

From the all-star fable casting Ole Bob as Jack Fate—"a fallen rock legend well past his prime." They said that, not me. This includes several exotic covers of his songs, from an Italian folk version of "If You See Her, Say Hello" to a Japanese "My Back Pages". "One More Cup Of Coffee" is tackled, amusingly to some of us, by Turkey's recent Eurovision winner, Sertab Erener.

Snow Patrol – Final Straw

Superb third album by undervalued Northern Irish rockers

Suzanne Vega – Retrospective: The Best Of Suzanne Vega

Articulate US storyteller looks back on 20-year career

Marvin Gaye – I Want You (Deluxe Edition)

Oft-dismissed post-Let's Get It On team-up with Leon Ware

Hulk

Ol' Green Skin brought to life with mixed results

Van Gogh

Absorbing portrait of the legendary artist

Ballistic—Ecks Vs. Sever

Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu play secret agents who start out on opposite sides, then realise they should be allies. The script and plot barely make it out of the first dimension, the stunts are contrived and irritating and one can only assume the stars were blackmailed into taking part. A strong contender for worst movie of the year.
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