Concise "back to basics" stuff from manifesto terrorists. Now, again, with tunes

Mesmerising debut from lovelorn, folky, Californian band

General mayhem here today: Uncut is moving office on Friday, so we're trying to finish the next issue while battalions of removal men swarm around us, emptying our cupboards and leaving great piles of magazines in their wake.

The pop legend announces 21 date residency

The first time I saw Queens Of The Stone Age, if memory serves, they were playing London's Garage venue just after their debut was released. It's strange, then, that nearly a decade later, they're in front of me at an even smaller venue, the historically sticky 100 Club. In fact, Troy Van Leeuwen is directly in front of me, flicking nonchalantly at his pedals with white strappy shoes.

Billy Corgan will play new material at Paris theatre

The Glasto boss says the Uncut-sponsored festival has some terrific music

Mavis Staples to play the O2 Arena in July

So this lunchtime we tried being responsible and put on a bit of the Crowded House album in the Uncut office, but quite soon we just had to listen to the new Pissed Jeans record instead. It seemed logical, at the time.

The multi-Grammy winner plays here for first time in 3 years