The Flaming Lips and Wild Beasts have been announced as headliners for this year's End Of The Road Festival. The festival, which takes place on August 29 - 31 at Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset, will also feature sets from Richard Thompson, Mark Kozelek, John Grant, Tinariwen, White Denim and Yo La Tengo.

For a while this week, it looked like I might be able to post a playlist entirely consisting of new entries, at least until I got dragged back into playing the Ryley Walker. But hey, look at all this, not least the clip of Shirley Collins’ first live performance in 30 years, which just showed up.

The reunited Afghan Whigs have released a video ahead of their first new album in 16 years. Scroll down to watch the video for the track "Algiers". It's taken from Do To The Beast, the band's first album since their last album, 1965, which was released in 1998. Do To The Beast will be released on Sub Pop on April 14. Do To The Beast features core members Greg Dulli and bassist John Curley, but it is the first Whigs album that doesn't feature the band's original lead guitarist Rick McCollum.

Jonny Greenwood has accused modern guitar bands of playing their "grandparents instruments".

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is set to play an eight hour long gig based on author Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel, Siddhartha.

Devo's guitarist Bob Casale has died, reports Variety. Devo founder Gerald Casale broke the news on the band's Facebook page

David Crosby has confirmed he underwent heart surgery on Friday, February 14.

What sounded like the roof coming off the house sometime in the early hours of last Sunday morning during what you can only hope was the last of the winter’s great storms woke me with a start, stirring me from a hugely disturbing dream in which I was on Mastermind answering questions in my specialist round on The Vicar of Dibley, Seasons 1-3 (1994-2007).

Bruce Springsteen was joined on stage by Eddie Vedder over the weekend. Springsteen and the E Street Band were performing at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday (February 15). They opened their set with a cover of AC/DC's "Highway To Hell", with Vedder joining in on vocals. Vedder also performed "Darkness On The Edge of Town", the second song of the set, with the band.

The Specials have announced plans for an 11-date tour of the UK and Ireland this coming November. The tour starts at Dublin Olympia on November 3, with dates in Belfast, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester and more to follow, including two dates at London's Roundhouse on November 13 and 14. Tickets go on sale at 9am on February 21. Ahead of the tour, Specials frontman Terry Hall will be DJing at The Wolf House in London's Islington, on March 6, April 3 and May 1. The Specials will play: Dublin Olympia (November 3) Belfast Ulster Hall (4)