Gallo ron

Worthy heirs to the frazzled psych-punk throne

He tries the Wall of Sound on punk. It's his last for 25 years

Primal Scream and Lydia Lunch mark Alan Vega’s birthday with limited edition release

I posted this yesterday, but our blogs are misbehaving at the moment and it's seemed to have disappeared. So again: Bruce Springsteen, "Working On A Dream". Apologies for the day-old Obama stuff.

First thoughts on Working On A Dream from the Uncut office

Erstwhile freakfolkers go Animal House on awesome ninth album

Their 13th LP, and, luckily, it's rather good

Daniel Craig's James Bond returns for revenge

QUANTUM OF SOLACE HHH DIRECTED BY Marc Forster STARRING Daniel Craig, Matthieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko OPENS October 30 CERT 12A 105 MINS Cumbersome title aside, it would be churlish to underestimate the amount of goodwill directed towards what, for brevity’s sake, we’ll stick to calling Bond 22.

As is always the way, I suppose, I finish one compilation of newish psych acts, then a load more records start turning up. For a good 30 minutes now, my new favourite band has been some shady punks from Long Beach who allegedly travel in “a vegetable oil-powered school bus”, and have a percussionist called, well, Sexual Chocolate.