Reviews

The Hacker – The Next Step Of New Wave

Miss Kittin collaborator plots future of electro on his first commercially available mix disc

Roseanne Cash – Rules Of Travel

Her first major album in a decade, featuring Steve Earle, Sheryl Crow and father Johnny

Howe Gelb – The Listener

Solo album from Giant Sand man recorded in Denmark

Vic Chesnutt – Silver Lake

Eleventh LP from Michael Stipe's favourite singer-songwriter

The Yardbirds – Birdland

Seminal '60s rockers spread wings again

The Fall

Fall faves, and compelling collaborations with Badly Drawn Boy, Elastica et al

Sid Vicious – Vive Le Rock

Historic but tragic live shows on two CDs

Funkadelic

Bonkers funk group took R&B into space

Blue Crush

Grittier-than-average surfer-girl romance

The Centre Of The World

It's close to implausible that this graphic vignette about a computer geek falling foolishly for a hooker is co-written by Paul Auster and wife, and directed by Wayne Wang. It's not as insightful as it thinks it is, but it's certainly 'erotic'if you consider Molly Parker one of the planet's most alluring women. And she plays the drums.
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