For a man in his mid-‘70s, Tony Allen still has a hell of a lot of reach. In recent years, the legendary Nigerian sticksman-once hailed as the best drummer in the world by Brian Eno-has imparted his Afrobeat influence over artists as diverse as Sébastien Tellier, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Flea.

Although the film is relatively faithful to the book, various missteps in casting, tone, structure and editing leave Horns a barely functional mess of a film.

The word “jangly” seems to come up more often in indie pop reviews than anywhere else, but when it comes to a band like Literature and their new album Chorus, it’s hard to think of a quicker way to sum up their sound.

Man, that Joe Hill has some creepy-ass ideas, and they lend themselves very well to Charles P. Wilson III’s comic book visuals in this companion piece to Hill’s novel NOS4A2.

The polite female vocals, the wispy shoegazing guitars, the sudden transition from oceanic sonics to more pop-based songwriting: it seems like The History of Apple Pie is posturing to be the next Lush.

Coming quickly on the heels of its 2013 predecessor, ABCs of Death 2 maintains the same formula, but steps up its game in several ways.

For the most part, this whole season of Doctor Who has been marked by high points. After several weeks of episodes that so successfully raised the bar, I was unfairly critical of last week’s “Flatline,” which was actually quite good. I’m afraid of falling into the same trap with “In the Forest of the Night,” and that by comparing it to good chunk of excellent episodes that preceded it I might be judging it too harshly. But I don’t think that’s the case.

There are a few revelations and much minutiae to be found in this memoir from Dylan’s longtime tour manager.

For a band whose name and album titles are minimal, JJ traffics in a sound far more expansive. Sure, the title track introducing the album is fairly small in scope, but it gives way to the rolling percussion and strings of “Dynasti” before you know it.