New releases on CD & DVD
DVD/Blu-Ray: La Vérité
Friday, 22 March 2019
For admirers of Henri-Georges Clouzot or Brigitte Bardot, this Criterion restoration of their rarely seen 1960 collaboration is a must have.
CD: Sleeper - The Modern Age
Thursday, 21 March 2019
While Oasis have so far resisted the temptation of the big pay-off that a Gallagher family reunion would ensure, plenty of other Britpoppers have been considerably less coy about getting back together since the heady days of the 1990s. We’ve already had reunions from Blur (albeit temporarily), Suede, Dodgy and even Shed Seven.
CD: Shy FX - Raggamuffin SoundTape
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Everything about this mixtape oozes confidence. It crams 12 tracks plus interludes – all produced by Andre “Shy FX” Williams – into barely...
DVD/Blu-ray: Bergman - A Year in a Life
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
1957 was a busy year for a very busy director: Ingmar Bergman made two of his most famous films – The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries, several TV...
CD: Lucy Rose - No Words Left
Monday, 18 March 2019
Every so often, an album reminds you that, done properly, the art form is more than just a collection of songs. Barely 35 minutes in length, Lucy...
CD: The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Anton Newcombe is a changed man. Fortunately his music remains the same |
CD: Stephen Malkmus - Groove Denied
Wayward solo set hits the shops two years after its creator wanted it issued |
CD: UB40 - For the Many
The British reggae band release a new Labour of Love |
CD: Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe
An invitation to an inward journey |
DVD: An Elephant Sitting Still
Desolate Chinese masterpiece catches melancholic anomie over 230 mins |
CD: Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1
Smart Power Pop strikes again |
CD: Deafkids - Metaprogramação
Brazilian noisy psychedelicists play a blinder |
CD: Karen O and Danger Mouse - Lux Prima
A great album that could’ve been one of the greats |
DVD/Blu-ray: Freak Show
Overplaying gay, Alex Lawther surprises in Trudie Styler’s high school teen com |
CD: Sigrid - Sucker Punch
You may have heard this one before, but it's worth revisiting |
CD: Snapped Ankles - Stunning Luxury
A great second album from the London band who have a love-hate relationship with today |
DVD/Blu-ray: Stranger in the House
Parodic but compelling 1960s curio, with some superb BFI period extras |
CD: Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs
Quiet confidence and razor-sharp wit on Australian singer's excellent full-length debut |
CD: Dido - Still On My Mind
Dido's distinctive voice soars above a mix of electronica and acoustic guitar |
CD: Hozier - Wasteland Baby!
The Irish troubadour subtly changes the formula - how does it compare? |
CD: Vök - In the Dark
Too-muted second album from downbeat Icelanders |
Blu-ray: Derek Jarman Collection, Vol Two 1987-1994
A very English saint canonised by the BFI |
CD: Our Native Daughters - Songs of Our Native Daughters
A moving, humbling reminder of the horrors of American slavery |
CD: Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Yn Ol I Annwn
The return of the Welsh band revealing doom metal's unexpected potential |
CD: Royal Trux - White Stuff
Purest impurity from the reformed dirty duo |
DVD: The Guilty
Thrillingly tense police procedural that never leaves its one location |
DVD/Blu-ray: Dawson City - Frozen Time
Gold Rush social history seen through revelatory silent cinema documentary |
CD: John Mayall - Nobody Told Me
Them dirty blues should not be too clean |
CD: Susanna & The Brotherhood of Our Lady - Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch inspires a creepy commentary on present times |
latest in today
La forza del destino, Royal Opera review - generous voices,...
When "Maestro" Riccardo Muti left the Royal Opera's...
Pose, BBC Two review - transgender goes mainstream
NYC, 1987. AIDS is ravaging the city, Reagan’s in power,...
Emilia, Vaudeville Theatre review - shouting for change
Emilia Bassano Lanier is not a household name. But maybe she should be. Born in 1569, she was one of the first women in England to publish a book...
Minding the Gap review – profound musings on life
Where would you go for a devastating study on the human condition? The home ...
DVD/Blu-Ray: La Vérité
For admirers of Henri-Georges Clouzot or Brigitte Bardot, this Criterion restoration of their rarely seen 1960 collaboration is a must have. ...
Downstate, National Theatre review - controversial but also...
"Some monsters are real," notes a retribution-minded wife (Matilda Ziegler) early in Downstate, Bruce Norris's beautiful and wounding...
The White Crow review - gripping depiction of the brilliance...
Genius is as genius does, and Rudolf Nureyev made sure...
Mike Nelson, The Asset Strippers, Tate Britain review – exhi...
Mike Nelson has turned the Duveen Galleries into a museum commemorating Britain’s industrial past (pictured below right). Scruffy...
The Bay, ITV, review - Broadchurch goes north
In the 1970s, the Mancunian stand-up Colin Crompton had a famous routine about Morecambe. He characterised Morecambe as “a sort of cemetery with...