Fall

Aided by Ryan Adams, Norah moves away from dinner parties, and into her own heart of darkness

Line-up already includes Echo&the Bunnymen, Wire and Billy Bragg

Pete Wentz says 'this is not the election to be cute'

Mark E Smith, and another new line-up

I’ve just finished reading the second bunch of extracts from Mark E Smith’s autobiography in this morning’s Guardian, and I must confess to being a bit disappointed. I guess “Renegade: The Lives And Tales Of Mark E Smith” could have gone two ways: a dense and profoundly untrustworthy surrealist tract that followed on from those vividly impenetrable things he used to write for NME as Roman Totale back in the ‘80s; or a massively extended Smith rant, the contents of which we’ll be generally familiar with after three decades of admittedly entertaining interviews.

The singer is recovering from horse riding accident, UK dates to still go ahead

Erstwhile Test Icicles guitarist Dev Hynes in Americana-tinged change-of-direction

Mickey Quinn is 'Alright' after falling from first floor window in France

I'm watching Dinosaur Jnr. for the first time since their dysfunctional, tuneless, late '90s swansong at London's Astoria. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are about to close today's festival and the Pumpkins due tomorrow. It's set me thinking about what's happened to US alternative rock since its '91/'92 annus mirabilis.

Guest star-studded trip into Gothic Americana by Stoke duo