Chic

Chrissie Hynde plots a massive tour to celebrate release of 'Break Up The Concrete'

Chicago rock icons return for a 'fleeting reunion' at All Tomorrow's Parties

Just arrived this morning and straight onto the stereo, a new album from Beirut, that seems to consist of half recordings with a 19-piece Mexican funeral band, and half bedroom synthpop. I’m not sure what the synthpop’s going to be like, but it’s started well.

Uncut's film of the month, Clint Eastwood directs

As promised, the judges' prevarications over the Uncut Music Award shortlist continue today. Here's what they said about the Elbow record. Monday, I'll post the Drive-By Truckers discussions.

I was thinking the other day about live albums, specifically those ones where crowd noise takes over: things, I guess, like Suicide’s “23 Minutes Over Brussels” and that “Black Sabbath Riot” record that came out a few years ago (was it something to do with Alec Empire? I can’t remember).

The band to perform new album in the UK, Europe and US

Malian Afro-pop troubadours team up with Damon Albarn and others for this assault on the Western pop market

4CD set proves he's more changing man than Plodfather

A few weeks ago now, I blogged about the third Brightblack Morning Light, “Motion To Rejoin”. In the interim, I’ve played it to death, decided it’s one of my favourite albums of 2008, and written about it at length for the new issue of Uncut.