The great lost Captain Beefheart album finally gets exhumed. So… is it any good?
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Music CD news and reviews
The Darkness – Hot Cakes (Pias/Liberator) CD REVIEW
The new album by The Darkness really sucks.
Frank Zappa/The Mothers Of Invention – Absolutely Free (Zappa Records/Universal) CD REVIEW
With Universal about to issue remastered versions of Frank Zappa’s enormous catalogue, Gary Steel takes up the challenge of reviewing one of FZ’s genius album creations every day. Today’s selection: Absolutely Free.
Sunken Seas – Null Hour (Muzai) CD REVIEW
Dark, damp, leaden drone-rock from Wellington. What next?
St Germain – Tourist (Blue Note/EMI) CD REVIEW
St Germain’s jazzy house hasn’t improved in 12 years, and remastering scarcely helps.
Clark – Iradelphic (Warp/Border) CD REVIEW
Underrated Warp artist Clark turns out another killer, this time with an emotional centre
Dead Can Dance – Spiritchaster (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Silver Label) VINYL LP REVIEW
Gary Steel gets swept up and swirled around in a whirling dervish by Mobile Fidelity’s double vinyl version of a great Dead Can Dance album.
Damon Albarn – Dr Dee (Parlophone/EMI) CD REVIEW
Former Blur and Gorillaz man does something preposterous