Daughter

A beautiful day, in London at least, and one which inspired me to find some salute-to-the-sun music for heading into work. “Unbroken Chain” and “What Would I Want, Sky?” worked pretty harmoniously as I was crossing Millennium Bridge; just wondering if something akin to spring has changed your listening habits in any way?

Nic Cage at his ludicrous best in enjoyably violent comic-book adaptation...

Courtney Love's band prepare to release 'Nobody's Daughter'

A nice surprise in the post yesterday, when a big box full of their beautiful CDs, records and cassettes turned up from Natural Snow Buildings. Seeing these actual objects for the first time – as opposed to just hearing their rapturous music – confirmed that they were as beautiful as their reputation suggested, further proving the meticulous craft and care with which Mehdi Ameziane and Solange Gularte go about their work.

Rings master brings another best-seller to the big screen

Cash apparently had royal connections to Falkland in Fife

Bristol outfit back to their best, assisted by Damon Albarn, Guy Garvey, TV On The Radio and more.

Quite a good one, this week: I think I can be more or less positive about everything here, actually, with the vague exception of the Yellow Swans live comp, which is a bit too industrial for me (John Cale, as it happens, described them thus: “The Swans’ sound grates on your nerves - like you’ve put your head in a jet engine.” Thumbs up!).

Anna McGarrigle also writes about her sister's passing

Son pays tribute to fans on father's behalf