Reviews

Fifth album from prolific, acerbic British singer-songwriter

Formerly linked to the late-'90s big beat movement, Barry Ashworth's Dub Pistols have become one of the UK's leading exponents of political dubtronica. Jamaican Studio One veteran (and sometime Massive Attack collaborator) Horace Andy adds guest vocals to opening track "Sound Clash", eclipsed in the surprise stakes only by the appearance on "Problem" of former Specials frontman Terry Hall, making his first outing over a ska beat for decades. Electro, jazz, dancehall, hip hop—everything's here, mashed up in a smoky dub haze.

Orange County proto-hippie cowboys still plying their ornery trade

Roots-based album of covers from poor man's Springsteen

Lavish two-CD repackaging for Bowie's 1993 return to form

Enjoyable, rarities-stuffed collection. Pass the talc

Elegant cast elevates French tragi-comedy

Tub-thumping story of how America conquered the final frontier

Susan Sarandon and Goldie Hawn ham it up energetically in this surprisingly perceptive, punchy comedy about where groupies go when younger rock chicks muscle them out. Hawn wants to keep headbanging in leather, Sarandon's primly settled in beige, Geoffrey Rush is a celibate writer caught in Goldie's slipstream. No more syrupy than Almost Famous.

Michael Cimino's searing Vietnam War epic stands its ground