Moments with Mauro: Club moral - Gun (2003)

Moments with Mauro: Atomic - In return (2003)

Moments with Mauro: Kreuners - Meisje meisje (2003)

Moments with Mauro: Magnus - Rhythm is deified (2003)

Capsule review: Autumn defense - Circles (2003)

Canyon soft rock with subtle country flavor. That frinction between smoothness and grain. A refined pleasure.

Capsule review: Mauro Pawlowski & the Grooms - Ghost rock EP (2003)

Rock action. Nothing spectral here, all physical. The title track's a good one, but not everything on this EP works. They kept the really great stuff for the album.

Capsule review: Mauro Antonio Pawlowski - Secret guitar (2003)

Intriguing solo acoustic guitar ramblings in an Indian raga style. Mauro's John Fahey album? Once I would have guessed these were completely off the cuff. Now I'm not so sure. There is order in there. Improvisations on a theme.

Capsule review: Shadowgraphic city - Shadowgraphic city (2003)

Calling card for a Mauro / Pascal Deweze / Carol Van Dyck joint tour in early 2003. A compilation of home recordings conceived separately. Carol the exasperated songwriter trying to steer this ship towards normality. Pascal is a folksinger with electronic inclinations, self-absorbed. Mauro test runs the Grooms sound - not as heavy as it would become -, and fills in the gaps with solo electric guitar explorations (avant, bluesy). 'Sit down' a nice surprise.

Capsule review: Somnabula - Swamps of simulation (2003)

He wears a cape! From here on in Mauro's career is a series of projects, each with their own twisted internal logic, for us to decipher. 'I am Somnabula', 9 minutes of hilarious doomrock, is the core of this great diversion. The rest is an aural movie, setting the scene to this nightmare world. Gonzoid.

Capsule review: Any way the wind blows OST (2003)

Just when you think Tom Barman never plays anything but Wham, he hits you with a hip mixtape soundtrack: some jazz, electronica, belpop, oddities. He sneaks in some of his own new music as highlights. He remains a card.

Capsule review: All girl summer fun band - 2 (2003)

Girls, punk pop, K records. That means teenage diaries. That means fun.