Blue bill

I posted this yesterday, but our blogs are misbehaving at the moment and it's seemed to have disappeared. So again: Bruce Springsteen, "Working On A Dream". Apologies for the day-old Obama stuff.

First thoughts on Working On A Dream from the Uncut office

Classic rock legends return for a 'greatest hits' tour of America

Beefheart alumni reunite for another tilt at the cosmic blues

Before we get to the records, a quick reminder that December’s Club Uncut is here already, with Department Of Eagles, Hush Arbors and Mr David Viner comprising what looks like one of our best bills of the year at the Borderline tonight.

Brilliant to bland: beat-poppers collected on six CDs

Post Springfield and before the Goldrush, two nights with Neil and his guitar in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Paul McCartney soars out of his comfort zone

Malian Afro-pop troubadours team up with Damon Albarn and others for this assault on the Western pop market

A slightly tenuous connection, but it’s odd to think that, when the record I blogged about yesterday, “Brighten The Corners”, first came out, Damon Albarn was at the height of his Pavement phase. I remember going to see Pavement in Oxford on that tour (“Westie Can Drum”, “The Killing Moon”. . .) and Albarn was there with Justine Frischmann, looking conspicuously inconspicuous in a baseball cap pulled down low.