Reviews

Five-disc box of demos, sessions and lost album

Unlikely comeback from Santa Cruz bohos

French techno star's second solo album

UK hip-hop hope's promising debut offering

Disappointing and mildly indulgent alter ego of Prefuse 73 mastermind

Groovy chunk of synthetic funk from two super-cool Canucks

Third solo LP from Posies co-founder

Restoration-era luvvie-fest hits the right button

Stylish, hyperkinetic thriller set in Budapest

Takeshi "Beat" Kitano goes blond as well as blind to resurrect the long-running samurai avenger, and has more fun with it than original star Shintarö Katsu ever imagined. Outrageously bloody, it's a kind of syncopated slice-'n'-dice. Sure, Takeshi could have done it with his eyes closed—and does-but it's his most satisfying effort since Hana-bi.