Best of September 2004

		Before The Poison - Marianne Faithfull  $26.95 Ever since the compelling and powerful Broken English album (released in 1979) Marianne Faithfull has led an intriguing and wilful (if occasionally flawed) musical life, flirting with numerous collaborators and styles, all with an unusual amount of integrity and undoubted style... More details...

		Antics - Interpol  $17.95 Much is expected of this second release from New York City's Interpol with the last year establishing them as one of "the" bands to watch in 2004... More details...

		Contimental Drift - Audiosauce  $9.95 Wellington-based Miles Tilly aka Audiosauce has been a busy man over the last two years since the release of 'Diversecity', the first Audiosauce album and Capital Recordings' first single artist release, back in July 2002... More details...

		There Will Be A Light - Ben Harper & the Blind Boys of Alabama  $19.95 Sometimes you get records across your desk that just make perfect sense from the word go. This full length collaboration between modern blues/rock/slide master Ben Harper (plus his Innocent Criminals) and gospel's greatest living vocal group the Blind Boys Of Alabama is absolutely inspired... More details...

		High Society - High Contrast  $34.95 Cardiff based Lincoln Barrett has quickly established himself as an innovative and reliable producer of disco and house influenced drum & bass... More details...

		Candi Staton - Candi Staton  $27.95 After beginning her career in the Jewel Gospel Trio, Candi Staton was discovered by Clarence Carter performing at a club... More details...

		Bettye Swann - Bettye Swann  $27.95 This beautifully conceived reissue gives a valuable insight into one of the late sixties best soul singers... More details...

		Hot Fuss - The Killers  $26.95 On first listen you would swear this was a British band, but The Killers actually hail from Las Vegas... More details...

		Showtime - Dizzee Rascal  $27.95 Following up the Mercury Prize winning Boy In Da Corner was always going to be a difficult feat, but Dizzee Rascal (known to his Mum as Dylan Mills) has tackled the task with his usual bravado and charm... More details...

		Three Sinister Syllables - Pro Celebrity Golf & J Glaze  $34.95 The debut album, from Manchester's Chopped Herring label and the anonymously monikered Pro Celebrity Golf & J Glaze, was apparently two years in the making, contains over 250 breaks (used and unused, sampled by the likes of indie hip-hopper's J-Zone, Non Phixion, Ugly Duckling, and the various MF... More details...

		Fabriclive 17 (Aim) - Fabriclive Series  $34.95 If you are already a fan of Andy Turner aka Aim, go no further, this Fabriclive selection is a delightful, if "low key", pearler, described by it's maker as "a kaleidoscope journey through some of my favourite music", that will find plenty of time in your playing equipment, especially this coming... More details...

		A Bothered Mind - R.L. Burnside  $29.95 Ah....a million aoplogies to RL, Fat Possum and those fans who spotted my (ahem) deliberate mistake. The great bluesman is actually very alive and well! Review still stands though - alive or dead I love this album... More details...

		Rubber Factory - The Black Keys  $18.90 On the back of two superb albums ('Thickfreakness' and 'The Big Come Up') this duo from Ohio known as the Black Keys deserve to be huge... More details...