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South London duo head out West to beef up sound for follow-up to The Optimist LP

Sophomore release for London instrumental trio

Schrader returns with lusty temptations of small-screen chancer

Afghans' odyssey puts the asylum-seeker problem into human context

Someone seems to have decided that Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman are a marketable team, and their umpteenth crime thriller together is brought to you by the estimable Carl Franklin. Judd's a perky lawyer whose husband (a wooden Jim Caviezel) may or may not be a mass murderer. Freeman's an amusing drunk, but sadly the plot's the last word in generic, and the 'twists' wear neon signs on their heads.

Northern rock alliance have Love on their minds

Jesse Malin THE BORDERLINE, LONDON TUESDAY JANUARY 21 2003 "Just wait til see you me with my fuckin' band, man," Jesse Malin had said backstage at the Royal Festival Hall, after opening solo and acoustic for Ryan Adams last November. And he wasn't kidding. He's flanked by two razor-sharp dudes who look like they walked out of a remake of West Side Story, but turn out to be bassist Johnny Pisano and guitarist Johnny Rocket. It may just be a trick of the light, but keyboardist Joe McGinty is sporting what looks suspiciously like a black eye.

Accomplished seventh album from Finnish multi-instrumentalist

Fairytale concept album from 1970 that evolved into first feature-length, made-for-TV animated musical

Not especially distinguished albums reissued