Sonic youth

The new Uncut’s only been on sale since the end of last week, but there’s already been a fair amount of correspondence about our cover story on The Byrds. Most of it’s been about our Top 20 countdown of The Byrds’s greatest tracks. You were broadly in agreement with what was included, but many of you wondered aloud at certain omissions – “Chestnut Mare” was particularly missed by many, including me it must be said.

The second day of Dorset's End Of The Road is a scorcher – not bad for the first day of autumn. Van Dyke Parks must be pleasantly surprised, if he's still around.

This huge set of unheard cuts, forgotten by the band, restates the pioneers importance...

Punk's high priestess on poetry, pot and psychedelia

To Café Oto, where a guy who goes by the name of Hitodama is making the sort of brutal avant-noise that a colleague is inspired to describe as “entropic deathwank”.

Legendary New York punk club CBGB could be set to reopen in a new location in the city. The nightspot, which closed in 2006, has been bought by a group of investors who are planning to set up a new annual festival and have also been eyeing up potential new sites, reports the New York Times. The four-day festival is due to kick off on July 5 and take place at around 30 venues across the city, showcasing 300 bands.

The chaotic US band’s “classic lineup” convenes for the first time in over 15 years...

A fine morning thus far, thanks to Julia Holter, Leonard Cohen and, as I type, the new album by Lee Ranaldo, “Between The Times & The Tides”.

'Thank you' show held for 100 people in abandoned bank complex

Musician teaming up with members of Liturgy and Oneida for LP