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Cream—Strange Brew

This includes much of the surviving live footage of Clapton, Bruce and Baker, including extracts from Cream's farewell Royal Albert Hall performance. All three band members are interviewed, and the inclusion of Hendrix's cover of "Sunshine Of Your Love" on Lulu's TV show is a bonus. But while Cream's own songs have stood the test of time well, the extended blues jams sound tedious today.

The Immortal Lee County Killers II – …Love Is A Charm Of Powerful Trouble

Punk blues recorded in a condemned shack

April March – Triggers

Second album from former Ren And Stimpy writer and animator

State River Widening – Early Music

Sophomore release for London instrumental trio

Chicago – Epic

Sometimes you just have to hand it to the mainstream. Chicago is a riot as a big glossy movie (although I can't vouch for the West End production starring some bloke from Eastenders). Kander and Ebb's songs are a sassy splash of satire, much more scathing and cynical than you might've inferred. Queen Latifah edges in among the Tinseltown divas, and numbers like "Razzle Dazzle" and "We Both Reached For The Gun" rasp with wit and pizzazz.

Entrance – The Kingdom Of Heaven Must Be Taken By Storm

Baltimore freak lets it all hang out

Stephen Jones – Almost Cured Of Sadness

Former Baby Bird man delves deeply into his love/hate relationship with television

Hank Williams – Come September

Portrait of a tragic country genius

Show Me The Money

Two CDs of remixes from the eternally bloody-minded Richard D James

TV Sinners

Schrader returns with lusty temptations of small-screen chancer
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