I hope you had a good Bank Holiday break. I spent a very enjoyable chunk of it reading the new Carl Hiaasen novel – excuse the shameless self-promotion, but you can read an interview I did with Hiaasen over on my blog. But now we’re back in the office, and it’s my pleasure to introduce you all to the new issue of Uncut, which goes on sale tomorrow. We have an exclusive cover story on The Clash, which finds Allan meeting up with Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon for an exhilarating look back at the band’s story; Allan, of course, was a college friend of Joe Strummer and an early champion of the band, and I hope you agree that brings a level of intimacy and additional insight to this brilliant piece. Elsewhere, Andy Gill chats to Mick Fleetwood about his extraordinary life and times in Fleetwood Mac. Jaan Uhelszki spends a evening round at Bill Callahan’s house in Austin, Texas, while I catch up with the enigmatic Mazzy Star ahead of the release of their first album in 17 years. The legendary Tony Joe White answers your questions in An Audience With…, Country Joe And The Fish talk us through the making of their protest classic, “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’-To-Die Rag”, and Billy Corgan talks us at length through the high points of his life in Smashing Pumpkins in our Album By Album feature. In our predictably packed reviews pages, Allan celebrates the return to active service of Roy Harper, and we look at other new releases from Arctic Monkeys, Okkervil River, Elvis Costello And The Roots, Elton John and Just Vernon’s latest project Volcano Choir. In reissues, David Cavanagh gets to grips with Van Morrison’s Moondance: Deluxe Edition, there’s The Beach Boys box set, Roky Erickson and The Band. In Film, I review the James Hunt/Ayrton Senna picture, Rush, Morrissey’s latest live offering and – a big recommendation here – Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, a brilliant American indie in the spirit of Terrence Malick with great performances from Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara and Keith Carradine. In DVD, Jonathan Romney salutes Alain Delon in the stylish New Wave thriller Plein Soleil, while in Books I review Nic Roeg’s memoir. We also report back from unmissable gigs by Steely Dan, Patti Smith and Atoms For Peace in our Live pages. Up front, meanwhile, in Instant Karma!, we preview A Scene In Between – an extensive account of the indie scene during the 1980s – marvel as Paddy McAloon relaunches Prefab Sprout, look forward to a new film about John Fahey, praise the return of Slint and welcome newcomers Factory Floor. And finally… Mark Lanegan selects the music he listens to while cleaning out his shed. As if that wasn’t enough, I should also mention that the latest Ultimate Music Guide is dedicated to Basildon’s finest, Depeche Mode. It’s in the shops now, or you can order it online here. As usual, it features a ton of vintage interviews from the Melody Maker and NME archives as well as brand new reviews of all the band’s albums from the Uncut writing team. Finally, as you might have noticed from recent edition’s the editor’s letter, that we produced a special promotional feature in association with hmv, celebrating six decades of music and movies. We’ve reached the 2000’s now, so I’ll leave you with this playlist of some favourite music and films from that decade… Have a good week! Follow me on Twitter @MichaelBonner. Michael Music The White Stripes White Blood Cells 2001 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OyytKqYjkE Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVpv1e1YoXQ LCD Soundsystem The Sound Of Silver 2007 Lambchop Nixon 2000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4PxY_RPBeM Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2002 The Arcade Fire Funeral 2004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCOfoDnCV_Y Joanna Newsom Ys 2006 Radiohead Kid A 2000 Ryan Adams Gold 2001 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes 20008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQRS40OKNE Films The Departed Directed by Martin Scorsese 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auYbpnEwBBg The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan 2008 City Of God Fernando Meirelles 2002 There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA0qVTFiXX8 No Country For Old Men The Coen Brothers 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ywF_G7jNl0 Moon Duncan Jones 2009 The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GxSDZc8etg Zodiac David Fincher 2007 Mulholland Dr. David Lynch 2001 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Michel Gondry 2004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnSgSe2GzDc