Reviews

Classics from pre-stadium bore period

Latest chapters in prestigious rock'n'roll roots series

BFI re-release for classic 1953 French comedy

Released along with four other François Truffaut films, this '77 piece is one you either love or hate. The auteur's autobiographical protagonist roves around Paris, picking up and ditching a stream of women, musing over what constitutes the perfect female ankle, and philosophising like Woody Allen on opium. Old-school; intense.

A booted and suited Cave looks disarmingly like a door-to-door evangelist in this live French show from 2001. The intensity of his earlier work has of late been tempered by a more pensive, hymn-like calm and it's the latter which is to the fore in a set that concentrates on the No More Shall We Part album. Yet it's older material such as "The Mercy Seat" and "Saint Huck" which provide most of the highlights.

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The former Japan man's best work since 1984's Brilliant Trees

Rich, passionate third album from Louisville, Kentucky Young disciples

Heavily-tipped Scouse tunesmiths confirm promise on second LP

Debut from Norwegian popster with numerous guest appearances, including Justine Frischmann and Cerys Matthews