Fall

So Mark E Smith is a DJ, right? He's booked the club for the night, therefore it stands to reason he can play the records. But then this German guy turns up and says he's the DJ, says he's Sven Vath. Whatever should Mark do? Simple: "I flooded the club," he says proudly. That'll show them.

26th album, approximately. 346th new line-up. Still great.

Uncut reports from Milan as the Stones hit the road again less than two months after after the guitarist's life threatening accident....

24 sessions on six CDs: the most successful compendium yet of Mark E Smith’s rabble

Testaments to a tragically obscure talent whose genius flared briefly but brightly

Low-budget doc on skateboarder turned murderer

Noble attempt to shrink three decades of excellence onto two CDs

Capturing the ramshackle chaos and converse musical tautness of new millennium Fall, this professionally filmed gig in Blackburn from September 2002 is a connoisseur's delight of old faves ("Mr Pharmacist") and recent classics ("Two Librans"). A great fan souvenir, blighted only by Mark E Smith's foolish decision to allow some leery Mancoid guest singer to ruin "Big New Prinz".

A young man's struggles with the monastic life

Second from Athens, Georgia quartet led by R.E.M. remixer/Bright Eyes engineer Andy LeMaster