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Songs for swingin’ Bobcats! Dylan salutes the magic of Sinatra...

“Phenomenal” (says E Clapton) guitarist fashions an instant classic...

Former Long Rider takes a short trip home...

While the latest issue of Uncut was turning up in the UK last week, I was a long way from “Basement Tapes” frenzy, on holiday in Athens. I saw all the classical sites, accidentally walked into both a Tino Sehgal performance piece and a NATO delegation, and also, true to form, found time to do a little record shopping.

Nonesuch Records are releasing a live album inspired by the Coen Brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis. The record, entitled Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating The Music Of Inside Llewyn Davis, will feature contributions from Jack White, Conor Oberst, The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, Elvis Costello, Joan Baez, Gillian Welch, The Avett Brothers, Carey Mulligan and more.

The band explain how they created their opulent, psychedelic masterpiece, A Kiss In The Dreamhouse

By its very nature, garage rock can be a trashy, erratic business - inevitable given the unbridled spontaneity it privileges. One of the many amazing things about Ty Segall and the ever-expanding circle of artists around him, however, is how they've found a way of adding consistency to the volatile mix of productivity and excitement.

Dan Michaelson is not a particularly prolific Tweeter, but between musing about IKEA hotdogs and the time he DJed in Topshop (playing John Tavener, Laurie Anderson and ESG back-to-back) he found time to re-Tweet a backhanded compliment from a thoughtful soul called @recordshopbloke. “I do like Dan Michaelson's records,” said the bloke, “but sometimes it’s a bit like a mate on the phone going on endlessly about his tragic life.”

The director talks glaciers, No Wave and The Sons Of Lee Marvin

Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin, his solo career and more...