a high average. Meanwhile, the sequel to 2007’s me leave” and “I didn’t say a word but still I
Nigeria Special zooms in on the highlife scene, could’ve said much less.” Thankfully they’ve
with that jittery blues aceness supplemented by said plenty more here. Stunning. SW
jazz and rock turns. NG
REAPER IN SICILY *
VARIOUS
THIS MONTH’S
**** We Are The Show! (Search & Destroy)
Pomegranates (Finders Keepers)
Heavy pop-punk quartet proffer Lostprophet-
...And the territories that Soundway don’t get esque chanting and screeching power chords
DVD PICK
round to repackaging for think-they’re-above- aplenty. Yet another riotous ‘anthem’, We Are
’world music’ d-bags is likely to get mopped up The Show!, and by the sounds of it any other
by Finders Keepers. Swinging down through release by these fellas, will fall in the shadow
Eastern Europe and Turkey, the label land in of fellow haughty hairflippers The Blackout,
THE SHINJUKU INCIDENT
Iran for this 16-track unearthing of weird ‘sides’ “ba-bada-ba-ba-baada” proving to be the only
18 (Joy Sales)
from the late 60s and 70s. The tentative steps memorable line. HM
Those expecting this Jackie Chan film to be another dose of martial
towards modernisation, and a fogged view of
arts slapstick are likely to be left disappointed by The Shinjuku
Western culture, is reflected in songs that lean SHE & HIM ****
Incident, his first foray into ‘serious’ acting. With no fighting, laughs
on traditional Persian musical modes while In The Sun (Double Six)
or relief, this is a pretty joyless crime melodrama. **PD
snaking to the beat of the rock and psych of the
Single #1 from Zooey
time. NG
Deschanel and M Ward’s
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
second album is as
15 (Icon)
quirky as the characters
singles
This low budget, minimalist horror about things that go bump in the
Deschanel always plays.
night has been celebrated for its subtlety and restraint. Outside of
Her Debbie Harry-style
the cinema, it loses some of its atmosphere, but this is still terrifying
vocals are echoed as
stuff that makes the genre look easy. ****PD
ALLAN YN Y FAN & DELYTH JENKINS
the song spans country, indie, alt-folk and 80s
***
pop. Imagine Travelling Wilburys, Monsters Of
Lle Arall (Steam Pie) BUNNY AND THE BULL
Folk and Radiohead sharing a stage: strange
Five-track EP from Celtic
15 (Optimum)
but fun. AP
music revivalists. There’s
The feature debut from the director of The Mighty Boosh, Bunny
a lot of harps and a bit
TINIE TEMPAH
And The Bull is a bizarre journey through the life of one Edward
***
of bodhran. It’s a bit like
Hogg, an agoraphobic man tormented by visions of his old friend
Pass Out (Parlophone)
the incidental music from
Bunny. Whimsical and surreal, but ultimately the premise isn’t funny
Comparable with the likes of Dizzee Rascal,
Merlin but with some
enough to sustain its feature length. **PD
Kid Cudi and Tricky, an ex-heavyweight boxing
lovely singing on top. Fea-
champ spouts grimy grinding d’n’b-cum-r’n’b.
tures a well-intentioned but somewhat lacklustre KIPPUR
The usual wordage on youthful hood strife
cover of Ace Of Spades. No it doesn’t. PJ 15 (Optimum)
meets overproduced game console FX; a cheeky
Re-release of the autobiographically inspired war film drawn from
DAISY DARES YOU
number (“got so many clothes I keep ‘em in my
** the director’s experiences serving in the 1973 Yom Kippur war.
aunt’s house”) and perhaps this month’s dirty
Number One Enemy (Sony) Actual plot is thin on the ground, but the film does a decent job of
pleasure? HM
Highly polished tweenage angst-pop from preco-
demonstrating the physicality of war and the gradual disillusionment
cious Essex schoolgirl. Chipmunk turns up close
of its participants. ***PD
to the end and offers an inoffensive slice of rap.
I’m sure if you’re 13 this is probably the best
demos
SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD
record ever made. PJ 18 (Optimum)
George Romero’s latest zombie film is set on a tiny Irish island,
GENERAL FIASCO ***
SUGARBRUTE
where opinion is divided on whether to care for the few zombies that
Ever So Shy (Infectious)
www.myspace.com/sugarbrute
walk the island in the hopes that a cure may be found, or just blow
Super catchy pop-rock from the Irish trio cur-
From Milford Haven, this sextet have gone about their brains out. Its inventive zombie death scenes are funny, and it’s
rently being touted as the next big thing by all
their business quietly to date, but did play one one of the better films in Romero’s series. ***VD
and sundry. It’s actually a very pleasant, bouncy
of the band Sicknote’s presumably mongy and
tune with an incredibly infectious chorus (one of
cheek-chewing Phone In Sick raves about a
ROBSESSED
those you find yourself humming constantly)and
month ago. The nine songs on this CD, which is
PG (Revolver)
very possibly the hype is all true, so kudos to
curiously titled Stop Selling It At Parties, aren’t
A documentary on the feverish obsession of fans of Robert Pattinson,
them. EG
exactly obvious horse sedative shindig material,
who became a poster-boy for bloodsucking teenagers worldwide after
but possess other qualities. The most sardonic
he appeared in the Twilight series of films. If you aren’t a fan of
THE GOLDHAWKS ***
players of postpunk (PiL, The Fall) are toyed
R-Patz, it’s safe to say you won’t enjoy this. At all. **PD
Where In The World (Vertigo)
with amidst wah-wah psychouts, ale-soaked
folky punk and slightly flat baggy guitars. NG
Stadium indie from Bun- I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW
nymen soundalikes with
THE TRIBAL HOOLIGAN
15 (Spirit)
suitably epic production
www.myspace.com/thetribalexperiment
An intriguing documentary about two very different people who
from Gil Norton, one-time share only one characteristic: their obsession with 1980s teen
producer of the Pixies’
“AKA Goatboy” Cardiff-based Tribal Hooligan
pop idol Tiffany. The two discover one another, presumably at the
Doolittle album. It’s solid
clarifies, and few could argue that what dead
director’s encouragement, and decide to meet Tiffany together. What
enough stuff, anthemic
comedian Bill Hicks would have wanted was
follows is fascinating and bizarre. ***PD
in all the right places – imagine U2 covering
for people to steal the alterego from one of his
Here It Comes by Doves and you’re pretty much
routines, 16 years after his passing. Influenced,
CA$H
there. PJ
appropriately, by “lots of music made on drugs,”
he makes rickety breakbeat rave with sloppy
15 (Momentum)
Sean Bean stars in this cheesy thriller about a spiral into ever-
JÓNSI **
acid lines and chubby sub-bass. Not much is
increasing violence and deception – all for the sake of a few bob. The
Go Do EP (Parlophone)
jumping out at me as being great, to be honest,
although it’s unquestionably ‘meant’ to be heard
fast pacing and umpteen twists can’t hide the fact that the plot’s a
Must be great being Nico Muhly. Called in to
at 10,000db through a monster rig. NG
total Ocean’s Twelve rip-off, with forgettable characters and a point-
sprinkle orchestral magic over endless young lessly elaborate conclusion. **DT
male talent. No arrangement skills can save
THE SICK LIVERS
Jonsi’s debut EP though: the Sigur Ros front-
www.myspace.com/thesicklivers THE GREAT KAT: BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED
man spends much time here wibbling through
E (TPR)
an almost folktronica soup that “we can do
Tiny and inexplicable private pleasures part 94:
The Great Kat is an apparently genuinely insane middle-aged
anything”. Hmm. Like a limp handshake,
when a drummer is credited with “stix”. Most of
American woman who plays famous classical pieces in a ‘shred’
covered in piss. WS
The Sick Livers used to be in The Viva Knievils,
who were like a more lager-bellied version of the
metal style. This DVD features see-to-believe video clips from some of
her songs, and an incredibly badly animated cartoon, and lasts about
PEGGY SUE *****
Supersuckers; in many respects, this quartet
15 minutes – HOWEVER at 3am post-jarhouse it will make you a god
Watchman (Wichita)
continue along said path, but do it with a bit
more punk and a bit less pub. Final song is
among your friends. That is a promise. ****NG
Bloody marvellous soulful folk from Peggy Sue,
called St. Pauli, which I can’t really bag on,
formerly Peggy Sue & The Pirates. Brooding
given that I too have spent most of my adult life
vocal harmonies bewitch and beguile as they
wishing I was in Turbonegro. NG
proclaim, “I only came here to watch you watch
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