Tomorrow

I've been meaning to write about the wonderful Marnie Stern album on Kill Rock Stars for a couple of weeks now. I was tipped off about it by one of Uncut's writers, Louis Pattison, who raved to me about it. She's "an extremely proficient one-woman axe hero," he wrote in an email, "a bit like Deerhoof but with better songs and added lead guitar power." Chuck in the battling influences of Sleater-Kinney and Lightning Bolt and damn, he was right.

Mike Scott and co hit the road in support of new LP

Ed and Tom announce a London show ahead of follow-up to 2005's Push The Button

The man Bob Dylan described as America’s “greatest living poet” is coming to the UK

I received an interesting message yesterday from SAm, responding to my preview of the forthcoming Elliott Smith album. "It bothers me a little bit to read, here and elsewhere, Elliott's 'strummed melodies' described as 'simple'," he writes.

The seminal new-wavers are not playing only ATP - phew!

Bob Stanley and co play film score live; backed by a 90-piece orchestra and choir

Mick Jagger to hold a webcast answering your questions live!

Legendary musical innovator to headline alongside newly reformed Crowded House

Just a quick post today, since I'm waiting for a couple of reports on South By Southwest to be filed by Uncut writers. In the meantime, I've been listening to some new stuff from the Vancouver family of bands centred around Black Mountain.