Tom tom club

This week's playlist, then. The Dennis Wilson record is a bootleg, incidentally - the expanded "Pacific Ocean Blue", with the first official release of those "Bambu" tracks, is due in the office any minute now. Tonight, I'm going to see Portishead, so I'll endeavour to report back first thing tomorrow morning.

The band kick off ICA birthday celebrations with one-off show

In the playlist yesterday, I mentioned that James Blackshaw, one of my favourite contemporary guitarists, has a new album out as part of a duo called Brethren Of The Free Spirit. Actually, Blackshaw has two new things in circulation at the moment, and both are excellent.

David Berman also completes sixth album for June release

Singer does the double as single Mercy tops singles chart for a third week

Babyshambles also feature in Rock Against Racism movie

Dave Clark Five frontman dies aged 64

Earlier, I’d been telling someone that when I saw Pete Doherty at a small Soho club called Jazz After Dark, back in January 2006, it had occurred to me, no doubt somewhat fancifully, that this was to some perhaps small but nevertheless vital extent what it might have been like to see the fledgling Dylan in some bar in Greenwich Village, when the 60s were still young.

The legend joins Babyshambles and My Bloody Valentine in Valencia

The Brooklyn band to play Uncut stage at Brighton festival too