Burial

High-gloss post-punk primed for the world's stadiums; plus Q&A with Kessler and Banks

A nice post from Tunetribe about yesterday's blog on Justice. Not least because he/she seems to have picked some sense out of my gibberish.

HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO April 9 to 15, 1997 Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro dies of ovarian cancer, aged 49. Although a much-respected cult figure in her own right, a handful of Nyro's songs became million-sellers when recorded by others, including Barbra Streisand ("Stoney End"), The Fifth Dimension ("Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic") and Three Dog Night ("Eli's Comin'").

Maverick old-timers, Hollywood Noir and cowboys. The news, the gossip and the winners from this year's Cannes Film Festival...

Jarmusch, Cronenberg and Van Sant topline the 2005 Cannes Film Festival

Belated if messy return to form, spread over two short CDs.

Career-spanning survey of Americana masters, including demos and rarities

Second instalment of Tarantino's "roaring rampage of revenge" is a little heavy on the dialogue