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Father-daughter dysfunction in Hollywood, from none other than Sofia Coppola. Intimate and very funny...

Dizzying third long-player from Dream Syndicate mainman’s main band...

The last transcript from our 2010 Uncut Music Award deliberations...

Allan Jones: I’m told this is a work of genius... I must admit that it’s not a record I’ve particularly warmed to myself, or engaged with, but I’m open to being persuaded otherwise.

A couple of weeks ago on his blog, Ethan Miller announced that, after two years of pre-production for an album with Rick Rubin, Howlin Rain would be releasing a new EP to coincide with their forthcoming European tour.

Welsh songstress excels – with the help of Albert Hammond and The Roots...

Following from yesterday's transcript of the Paul Weller debate, here are the Uncut Music Award judges on the Arcade Fire.

Having just finished Peter Matthiessen’s book about (among other things) Nepal, “The Snow Leopard”, it’s been quite nice these past few days to perceive cold and snow as a path to spiritual revelation as much as a physical ordeal. Of course, crawling down the A10 on the Number 76 yesterday morning pretty effectively demolished the romance.

Over the next few days, we'll be posting full transcripts of what the Uncut Music Award judges said about each of the shortlisted eight albums. Today we begin with their comments on the eventual winner; Paul Weller's "Wake Up The Nation".

Just to let you all know, we'll be announcing the winner of this year's Uncut Music Award a week today (Tuesday, November 30, that is). The eight shortlisted records being discussed by the judges are: