Queens frontman tells about living in Era Vulgaris

Looking back on the reissues of Almost Killed Me and Separation Sunday

The Hold Steady’s first two LPs finally get a UK release

Excellent acoustic mini- from hard-rocking San Franciscans

The Winter tour follows the release of their Autumnsong single

Only days to go till the greatest Rock festival in the UK

The folk hippy joins Joanna Newsom and Robert Plant in the Brecon Beacons

It ends, pretty much, with fireworks and Sinatra, somewhat appropriate, you would think, for a film series that privileges Vegas cool over substance like the Oceans movies do.

To Cargo in East London last night, for the long-awaited UK debut (by me, at least) of Oakley Hall. If you've not come across them before, Oakley Hall are a six-piece from Brooklyn who play a kind of driving, euphoric country psych. The two albums they released last year indicated that they were probably a pretty roistering live band.

The first 7" from new LP Icky Thump available now