The Monkey is nominated for an Ivor Novello

Alex Turner’s troupe return, bigger and funkier

Return of the slack – original line-up’s welcome return

Ex-Uncle Tupelo man comes back fighting

Guest star-studded trip into Gothic Americana by Stoke duo

Eye-poppingly decadent dynastic melodrama with Gong Li

Taut indie take on 'inspiring teacher' movie cliches

As I mentioned, signing off yesterday’s blog, I was just off to an industrial estate somewhere in Acton, west London, for what had been described to me as a ‘public rehearsal’ by Carbon/Silicon, the ‘band’ formed by The Clash’s Mick Jones and Tony James, formerly of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik. I had almost cried off going, but thankfully thought better of what would have been a calamitous decision I would subsequently regretted. It turned out to be a brilliant evening.

First off, thanks to Red 157 for spotting the stupid error in the Queens Of The Stone Age piece I posted here yesterday. It was of course Josh Homme and not Mark Lanegan who sang the original version of "I Wanna Make It Wit Chu" on "Desert Sessions 9&10" - something I would have got right if I'd bothered to check my original review of that album. Apologies.

Sci-fi for ravers! Danny Boyle's psychedelic Space Odyssey