The Replacements played live for the first time in 22 years at the Toronto leg of alt-rock roadshow Riot Fest last night (August 25). Founding members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson were joined in the band's reunion line-up by Josh Freese and Dave Minehan, who'd played in Westerberg's band previously.

Alex Turner has told Uncut that he would have made the new Arctic Monkeys album self-titled, if the group didn’t have “such a ridiculous name”.

The Coen Brothers have released a third trailer for their upcoming film, Inside Llewyn Davis. As I'm sure you know from previous reports, this is their inimitable take on the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s.

Van Dyke Parks talks about “genius” Nilsson in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2013 and out now.

The Alan Lomax Archive has been made available online by the Association for Cultural Equity, the nonprofit organization Lomax founded in the 1980s. According to a report on NPR.org, over 17,400 sound recordings have digitized and posted online by the Association.

David Crosby has spoken about plans for his forthcoming solo album, the long-delayed CSNY 1974 live album and his current relationship with Neil Young.

A luxury Rolls-Royce specially customised for the The Who's late bassist John Entwistle has been put up for auction. The brown-coloured 1980 Silver Shadow was especially converted from a standard saloon into a makeshift estate by a private engineer so Entwistle had room to get his Irish wolfhound dogs in the back. After the late bassist died from a heart attack in Las Vegas in 2002 the vehicle was sold by his family to a Scottish laird who has now decided to put it up for auction.

The Band are to release a new four-CD and DVD collection, titled Live At The Academy Of Music 1971, on October 7 through Universal Music Catalogue. The set consists of four concerts The Band played at New York City’s Academy Of Music in the final weeks of 1971, and feature a surprise guest appearance from Bob Dylan at the New Year's Eve show. Select highlights from the concerts were previously compiled for The Band’s 1972 double LP, Rock Of Ages.

Sub Pop have posted Nirvana's original record contract with the label on Tumblr - click here to see it.

Dentist and Beatles fan Daniel Zuk has said that he plan to clone John Lennon using the DNA from one of the late musician's teeth. Zuk bought Lennon's tooth for £20,000 at auction in 2011. He told The Sun: "If scientists think they can clone mammoths, then John Lennon could be next. To say I had a small part in bringing back one of rock's greatest stars would be mind-blowing."