World of twist

True grit! The desert-bluesers’ fourth is raw, and all the better for it

Frank Miller takes on the city

Neil, Bruce and Blur are joined by stellar supporting cast

A wonderfully odd minor masterpiece

In 2005’s Brick, Rian Johnson played a cute twist on the high school movie genre, importing the tropes of film noir for a murder thriller set in the halls of academe. The Brothers Bloom, last night’s premier at the London Film Festival, is a similarly knowing piece of work. On face value, it’s a movie about two con men brothers, played by Mark Ruffalo and Adrien Brody; but, more than that, it’s also a movie about the act of fiction itself.

The planet’s drollest songwriter shakes hands with his twentysomething self

It is so quiet in the big field by Latitude’s main stage that you can hear the flags that surround the arena fluttering in the breeze. This is Joanna Newsom’s first solo show in an age, she’s palpably, gigglingly nervous, and she’s playing a bunch of new songs. Pretty brave.

Volumes one and three of last year's reissue to be available soon

Sonic chronicle of the Memphis label that nurtured Big Star; plus Q&A with Jinm Ardent, the label's founder

Buck, Mills and Stipe finally head back to Rockville – at speed