Reviews

Idiosyncratic Liverpudlian's third LP reveals pop direction

Veterans of the Psychic Wars hammer out the soft molten metal stuff

Pick'n'mix four-CD retrospective from original '80s New Popsters, including demos, remixes, rarities and previously unreleased tracks

Crown Prince of ska's classic collection gets reissued with bonus tracks as a prelude to forthcoming new material

Jason Statham in Eurotrash potboiler

Comprising this summer's Hyde Park concert (a rocking preview of the Illumination album that followed) and last year's BBC Later... special of Paul unplugged circa Days Of Speed, this double-header is a timely celebration of the Modfather's continuing success. Both blinding, though the latter set of acoustic Jam and TSC chestnuts (a Noel Gallagher assisted "That's Entertainment" included) is pretty much unbeatable.

Three Hollywood favourites starring the silver-tongued man of style

Elegant chamber music for Mogwai fans

Long-mooted supergroup finally release debut

The Jeff Tweedy-Jim O'Rourke love-in continues