One of the most distinctive voices in pop music fell silent last month - a combination of street toughness and tenderness, a trademark vibrato and raw, unschooled energy. We pay tribute to a legend, while the singer herself, in an unpublished archive interview, holds forth on the Fabs, the Boss and more

The VU as the culmination of New York 1960s avant-garde in Todd Haynes’ diligent new documentary

Varied collection of Arts Council Of England documentaries, 1978–1996

Revelatory footage of Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly Stone and others unearthed after 50 years

Thrilling, enlightening but frustrating survey of the year they killed the ’60s

Fifty years after releasing their first album as Halfnelson, Sparks are finally ready for their close-up. A new documentary, The Sparks Brothers, directed by Edgar Wright, pays tribute to the indomitable, pioneering spirit of music’s oddest couple

The full-spectrum wonder of My Bloody Valentine, remastered and reissued for the final time.

Powerful, lyrical bio-doc of the original germ-free adolescent

Cohen's turbulent '70s charted in the new issue of Uncut

The old groaner relaunches as problematic 21st century protest singer