This year's Latitude Festival is nearly ready to launch -- with the first headliner being announced exclusively on Uncut.co.uk at 12noon today (March 19)!

Get set for the Uncut's event of the Summer -- you won't want to miss this!

As a general rule, I must admit to finding most of the stuff that goes by the dubious name of “nu-gaze” pretty lame. If there’s a minor boom in bands who revisit the aesthetics of shoegazing, most of them strike me as being awfully conventional, a particularly insipid kind of indie that revolves around weak vocals, predictable effects and a generally fey take on orthodoxy.

Intimate gig marks iTunes Live's third anniversary

In one of those strange coincidences, I happened to buy a new DVD player the other week, and the film I chose to christen it with was The English Patient. It’s one of my favourite films, an unashamedly epic romance played out across the burning sands of Cairo, a self-conscious throwback to the kind of Technicolor splendour you associate with David Lean’s movies.

Director of The English Patient was 54

The Seldom Seen Kid will travel globally

Jack White and co's second album gets a rush release

Radio 4 documentary seeks memories of the Fabs on Saville Row rooftop

Fatal fall suspected for session musician Ola Brunkert