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Today: Editors' Tom Smith's memory of Spiritualized, 2002

Weighed down with stars, King Monkey’s latest remains earthbound

Our correspondent at the Venice Film Festival saw Todd Haynes' Dylan film I'm Not There this morning. Here's our exclusive report.

I was maybe halfway through the entirely improvised new live album by Ghost, when it occurred to me that I might have been fixating on the new psych/folk/freak jams a bit much this past week or so. It was then that I turned to the new album by Beirut, as I have done for the past two or three weeks when I feel the need for tunes, of all things.

High-gloss post-punk primed for the world's stadiums; plus Q&A with Kessler and Banks

New single is at number 2 in the midweek chart, as he finishes up UK tour

Folk-rock maestro’s idiosyncratic path takes him to Baghdad and beyond

Uncut chills out on day three of The Great Escape festival

Gospel queen revisits anthems of the Civil Rights movement

A few nice things arrived in the Uncut office today. One was a big compilation of Finnish psychedelic music from the late '60s and early '70s, which I can't wait to investigate properly. The second was another lavish raid on the Elektra catalogue, this time a 2CD set called "There Is A River" which collects the first three albums (plus outtakes) of David Ackles.