Reviews

Wesley Snipes returns as Blade the Daywalker, scourge of vampires despite being half-vampire himself. This time he's recruited by the Vampire Nation to lead a crack assault team (including the wonderful Ron Perlman) against a new breed of bloodsucker that menaces vampires as well as humans. As stylish as the first flick, but not quite as much fun.

Best-of for uniquely bleak songwriter

Singles and rarities collections from pioneering punk funksters

R&B/psychedelic/rock odyssey charted in 45s

Beguiling collection of sepia-tinged ephemera spanning 1993-2002 from LA songstress, sometime Creekdipper and full-time fairer half of Mark Olson

Brilliant debut, released early 2003, from US roots singer

Return of drum'n'bass, weirdly

Chicago indie jazzers' latest, featuring cover of Bowie's "Sound And Vision"

Prolific UK singer-songwriter dazzles on fifth LP

Dynamic version of the Fosse/Ebb/Kander musical