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Album Review: Paul McCartney and Wings <i>Band on the Run</i>, remastered
Rating: 5/5 Verdict: McCartney's finest solo album, now expanded ... and expanded again
Movie Review: <i>After the Waterfall</i>
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Promising directorial debut but it doesn't get much more depressing than this
Album Review: Swans <i>My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky</i>
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: A brutal but beautiful collection from reformed industrial pioneers.
Album Review: Ladi6 <i>The Liberation Of ...</i>
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Second album from hip-hop soul diva looks to the future
Album Review: Elvis Costello <i>National Ransom</i>
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: Another instalment from rock's most fertile mind.
Album Review: Devils Elbow <i>Sand On Chrome</i>
Rating: 4/5 Verdict: A new and smokin' hot take on country.
Concert Review: Rufus Wainwright <i>Civic</i>
Trick or treat? Rufus Wainwright slowly pads his way to the grand piano.
TV Review: <i>A Night At The Classic</i>
Kiwi stand-up comedy series A Night At The Classic is appointment viewing, says Deborah Hill Cone.
Book Review: <i>Hand Me Down World</i>
Lloyd Jones' new novel will unavoidably face the towering legacy of Mister Pip: international acclaim, a Man Booker short-list placing, awards, local admiration, sales and a degree of controversy.
Book Review: <i>The Weekend</i>
I suppose expecting a writer to match the impact of The Reader, Bernhard Schlink's extraordinary novel of a few years ago, is asking too much of him.
Book Review: <i>Reading On The Farm</i>
If reading is a pleasure and a refuge in this day and age, imagine what a joy it must have been to snatch a few hours alone with a good book for pioneering New Zealanders.
Concert Review: Paul Weller <i>Powerstation</i>
The Modfather overcomes issues with his guitar tech and sound mix to become something worth the wait.
Album Review: Bob Dylan <i>The Witmark Demos</i>
Graham Reid tunes in to the young Bob Dylan before fame, acclaim and the madness hit.