Duran duran

Keef, Neil Young and Noel show their wares at London axe-fest!

Archdukes of the new new wave return with perfect aplomb

Uncut interviews The Bravery's frontman.

Reissued lost classic from perennial Britpop also-ran

All the 45s from the sublime Scottish duo who briefly threatened to become part of the '80s pop circus

Describing itself as "the evil twin to the ecstatically decadent Boogie Nights soundtrack", the merits of this collection dwarf even Val Kilmer's (it says here) 13-inch penis. Okay, so he was playing porn legend John Holmes. But we don't even want to think about the method acting. Instead, let's explain why this soundtrack is so excellent. It's very simple: most of the songs they've chosen are classics. As opposed to the tired drek clueless movie producers compiling soundtracks usually think are classics (Dido, The Troggs).

The seemingly ageless Chrissie Hynde storms her way through 26 songs on Pretenders Loose in LA EAGLE VISION , recorded at the Wiltern Theater in February this year. The run-in is particularly impressive as she turns the clock back almost a quarter of a century to the band's spectacular debut album with a sequence that includes "Tattooed Love Boys", "Precious", "Mystery Achievement" and the mighty "Brass In Pocket".

Signed to Marshall Records, the Belfast band have proved as resilient as the local basalt

Sussex instrumentalist returns from the wilderness

From the Uncut archives: a tribute to Mali's king of the kora