Fully charged: collaborations galore on Icelandic star's wildly enchanting sixth

Double-disc trove of unreleased mid-90s vintage

The music recommender rolls out across formats

Expanded, long-overdue remasters from the prime proponent of song-noir

Bristling skinhead drama sticks the boot into 80s Britain

Kevin Rowland digs out his records on the IOW

Hi, I’m Steve Sutherland and I’ve gatecrashed John's Blog because I’m out in California covering the Coachella Music & Arts Festival for Uncut.Coachella is just over two hours’ drive inland from LA and the Festival, now in its eighth year, has become a favourite with Brit music fans for four good reasons.

Chrissie Hynde and co join the rocker on European stadium tour

Our favourite party band are playing the alternative Glastonbury

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.