Reviews

Three-CD anthology of East End mystic John Wardle's 26-year career

The young Super Lungs in full effect

Rutles cover among rarities from '80s US daydream pop trio

Royal Trux rise like a filthy phoenix

Ironically titled debut from Brighton-based trio

Previously available only at gigs or on the Internet (along with the similarly acoustic Weed), War Crime Blues is a masterclass in bottleneck guitar and mud-caked Mississippi stomp from this most distinctive of guitarists. There are similarities to contemporaries like Chris Smither in the wounded delivery, but the Texan's style is more aggressive, his accentuated strums—like sudden lightning forks—more akin to the late great Tucson guitarist Rainer Ptacek (see "Ghost Dance" and the title track).

New volume of basement lo-fi by unreconstructed rocker in folk clothing

Typically idiosyncratic but highly welcome return

Polly Harvey and Nick Cave help create her most potent album since Broken English

South Korean supernatural mystery