I had lunch with Harvey Weinstein once. This was during the Cannes Film Festival, and I was among a group of film journalists invited to one of the swelegant hotels on the Croisette to nibble canapés and listen dutifully while Weinstein unveiled the forthcoming slate for his company, Miramax.

Paul Weller has criticised the spate of "effing talent shows" on TV and claimed he would be "too embarrassed" to appear any of them. Last year, former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher claimed that Weller was a big fan of The X Factor but, in an interview with the Radio Times, the Modfather insisted he was sick of TV singing contests and dismissed them as "Saturday-night viewing for the masses".

Bob Dylan's seminal 1975 album Blood On The Tracks is set to be turned into a film, according to reports. The rights to the LP have been purchased by Brazilian company RT Features, who are now planning to adapt it into an English-speaking flick and are on the lookout for a director to helm the project. AFP reports that RT's chief executive Rodrigo Teixeira said: "As longtime admirers of one of the greatest albums in the history of music, we feel privileged to be making this film.

Damon Albarn has revealed that Blur's Hyde Park gig might be the band's swan song. In an interview with The Guardian, Albarn admitted that the band might call it a day after the show on August 12 to mark the end of the London Olympics. When asked if the band would play live again after Hyde Park, Albarn responded by saying "no, not really". When pushed to reveal whether that really was it for the band, he said: "I think so, yeah."

Leonard Cohen has appeared in a Los Angeles court to give evidence against his former manager Kelley Lynch, who is on trial for making harassing phone calls and violating restraining orders.

My Bloody Valentine are currently working on a brand new album, according to the band's vocalist and guitarist, Kevin Shields. The band haven't released any new material since 1991's Loveless, which followed their 1988 debut, Isn't Anything. Shields revealed the news in an interview with Pitchfork but admitted he couldn't say much about the new release apart from that "I need to finish it!"

As this month’s new Uncut (May 2012, Take 180) features Brian Fallon talking about The Gaslight Anthem’s upcoming new album, Handwritten, we thought it would be fitting to dig out this Uncut feature from January 2010 – in which Fallon tells Jaan Uhelszki how he became a rumbustious, show-stealing international phenomenon, beloved even by The Boss himself. Not bad for a tattooed punk kid whose “mother fed me Born To Run with my Cheerios”…

Soundgarden have debuted their first new song for over 15 years, which is titled 'Live To Rise'. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to hear the track.

Jarvis Cocker has revealed that he has been working on ideas for new Pulp songs.

Pete Doherty has spoken about his reaction to the death of Amy Winehouse and has revealed that he was "wallowing in his own filth" when he heard the news that the 'Back To Black' singer was dead.