Lots to dig into this week, not least a song to sample from the Hiss Golden Messenger album that I’ve been alluding to for so long. Strong Ronnie Lane vibes there, perhaps. Among some biggish new entries here, some lesser known names to check out, too: Jennifer Castle; 75 Dollar Bill’s weird adaptation of desert blues; the new Blonde Redhead album that increasingly feels like their strongest in an age; and Hurray For The Riff Raff, magnificent on Letterman.
With CSNY's 1974 tour box set due for release in the UK and Europe on July 7, Graham Nash has revealed that they might release another archival project.
Daft Punk are to be the subject of a new TV documentary next year.
French subscription channel Canal Plus have commissioned BBC Worldwide Production France to make a one-hour film about the famously elusive electro duo. It will air in 2015.
Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis says she hopes the placement of Robert Plant and Jack White in consecutive slots on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday might lead to the two appearing together for a one-off collaboration.
Plant plays at 5.30pm on the festival's main stage and White plays at 7.30pm, before Metallica perform their headline slot.
Morrissey will release a new concert DVD in September.
Introducing Morrissey will be available from September 8, and will feature footage from his 1995 tour in support of Vauxhall And I.
It follows on from the recent 20th anniversary re-release of that album, and will contain footage recorded over two nights at Sheffield's City Hall and Blackpool's Winter Gardens. The gigs took place on February 7 and 8.
For anyone with even a passing familiarity with the work of Belle and Sebastian songwriter Stuart Murdoch, God Help The Girl – his debut as a writer and director – will hold few real surprises.
