Aqua

Melbourne's slacker queen toughens up on expansive full-length debut

An all-star cast pick the greatest cuts from Jagger, Richards and co

Confident confirmation that “O’ Be Joyful” was no fluke...

It's been a busy few days for fans of Wes Anderson.

Joseph Mount and co head to Toe Rag for analogue experiment and mild anxiety...

A pretty amazing week of new arrivals kicked off with the arrival of the beautiful thing pictured above; the Third Man/Revenant Paramount Records box set (Volume One, I should note). Lots to talk about there, not least the 800 tracks, and once I’ve had a deeper and more extensive listen I’ll try and blog about it properly.

Old and new treasures from the folk pioneer...

A new Wes Anderson tribute album is set for release next year. I Saved Latin! is a two-CD collection of songs taken from director Anderson's films, including tracks by bands such as The Rolling Stones, John Lennon, David Bowie and The Velvet Underground. Artists contributing covers include Black Francis and Kristin Hersh. All of the songs included on the album are taken from the soundtracks to Anderson’s films: The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox and Bottle Rocket.

As Mott The Hoople prepare to tour again this month (beginning at Birmingham’s Symphony on November 11), it seems fitting to revisit this archive piece from October 2009 (Take 149). Frontman Ian Hunter fondly remembers all the young dudes, from Bowie and Ronson to Max Wall… Interview: John Lewis

An enthralling look at Father Yod's hippy cult and the psychedelic rock they produced...