Suicidal Tendencies
American punk band Suicidal Tendencies' new DVD is a concert film shot at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles shortly before the venue's closure. r. fisher discovers that, while having much to recommend it, it has many of the flaws of other live performance films
Miscellaneous
In 'Soundtrack of Our Lives' series, in which our writers write about the personal impact of music on their lives, r. fisher writes of his Baptist upbringing and how a lifelong passion for music was sparked after hearing Bob Dylan's 'Blowin' in the Wind' at summer camp
Halfway
Polished, but impassionate third album from Brisbane-based guitar/country band, Halfway
A Certain Ratio
Lively and raw-sounding merging of rock, jazz and dub in first album in over a decade from former Factory Records act, A Certain Ratio