Caramel Against Me! Beck returns with a mouth-watering

Beck returns with a mouth-watering feast of beats and grooves crafted by himself and his old Odelay accomplices the Dust Brothers

THE McKENZIES show no signs of slowing

and builds upon their idiosyncratic sound which has seen them support The Scientists

and whiffs of early Blur

The record blends soulful grit with sharp guitar hooks

Caramel Against Me! Beck returns with a mouth-wateringThe true cosmonaut of inner space Connan Mockasin with a fantastic 11 track set. The album explores different regions of his galaxy, not just soul but a liquefied brew of blues, funk, ambient and folk with pronounced Oriental and Gallic timbres, all laced with an uncanny air of bliss. Caramel has hints of Scritti Politti's exquisitely stitched soul, or of Prince if the Minneapolis legend had spent time in Canterbury, the learned epicentre of South