Reviews

Lyle Lovett – Smile

Tenth album from actor, singer and one-time Mr Julia Roberts

Near The Knuckle

Imagine you're combing the racks of your favourite cool record store, one of those sub-High Fidelity dives with a coupla snooty geeks behind the counter and some Sun Ra covers on the wall. You're flipping through the '80s Hardcore section, looking for an ancient Millions Of Dead Cops LP, swimming in Raymond Pettibon graphics, when all of a sudden... What's this? The Finger's We Are Fuck You/Punk's Dead Let's Fuck? Who? What? Musta come from some boondock town in one of the "vowel states"—Ohio or Iowa.

Jackson Browne

Classy reissues from '70s songsmith

Mark Eric – A Midsummer’s Day Dream

Exceptional lost album echoing bittersweet mid-period Beach Boys

Nowhere In Africa

Touching, true saga of wartime Jewish refugees

Manhattan Murder Mystery

We tend to damn Woody Allen's lighter comedies as 'just' comedies: if anyone else had come up with this 1993 nugget, we'd acclaim it as a pearl. Allen and Diane Keaton-telepathic together again—are paranoid that the woman next door's been bumped off; Alan Alda and Anjelica Houston stir the confusion. A wholesome whodunnit, but, chiefly, a hoot.

Rishtey

A pretty convoluted and derivative 2002 Bollywood outing, ranging over several years and telling the story of Suraj and Komal (Anil and Karisma Kapoor), who are estranged following the machinations of the latter's snobbish billionaire father. Heavy-handed melodrama and some risible musical sequences, reminiscent of a raunchy '80s nightmare, try the patience.

Trouble In The Heartland

Legendary director's bleak early classic continues to gain respect

The Screamin’ Stukas – ‘Lotta Rhythm

Rock revelry with a Scandinavian twist

Rock & Roll Animal

Fourth album proves crowning glory of Detroit duo's meteoric career to date
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