Superbly acted drama gathers no moss
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Kes
Ken Loach's 1969 masterpiece (based on Barry Hines' novel and produced/co-written by Tony Garnett, later behind This Life and The Cops) remains the template for grim oop north dramas. Its…
The Mendoza Line – The Borderline, London
US indie quintet calm the country and blast the rock
The Vinyl Countdown
Legendary single-a-month scam from indie stalwarts revisited
Mad About The Boy
Never before collected under one (legal) roof, Beach Boy's non-band '60s classics
My Morning Jacket – Sweatbees
American space cowboys release UK-only EP of early releases
Philip Kane – Songs For Swinging Lovers
Former frontman of Avalanche and Ennui does it his way
Various Artists – Beginner’s Guide To World Music
Moderately entertaining introductory selection
Beezewax – Oh Tahoe
Radio-friendly Norwegian beat mavericks raised on R.E.M. and Teenage Fanclub
Erlend Øye – Unrest
Kings Of Convenience man goes electronic on solo debut
Big Brother And The Holding Company
'Frisco hippies who survived the '60s and still go back there for a living
Uneasy Listening
Remastered 24-CD box set of live performances by establishment-baiting avant-noise terrorists
Artie Shaw – Self Portrait
Five-CD anthology from swing-era rebel
Spider
DIRECTED BY David Cronenberg STARRING Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave Opens January 3, Cert 15, 99 mins Over the years, with films like Rabid, Videodrome, Crash and…
Marion And Geoff Series One
Tight script and fantastic acting from Rob Brydon, but what is the actual point of this much lauded two-hour divorcee monologue? In theory it's a comedy, but with not a…
Don’t Say A Word
Brazenly preposterous Manhattan thriller follows clinical psychologist Michael Douglas as he tries desperately to extract the location of a stolen jewel from the mind of trauma patient Brittany Murphy to…
Josh Pearson – Upstairs At The Spitz, London Wednesday December 4 2002
The real fired-up deal-Lift To Experience frontman's acoustic solo debut
This Month In Americana
Stunning two-CD document of last summer's Louisville, Kentucky shows. DVD to follow
Shuggie Otis – In Session Information
"Strawberry Letter 23" psychedelic soul boy wonder turns '70s session man
Dr Robert – Keep On Digging For The Gold
Unreleased work and rarities from ex-Blow Monkey's 1990s output