Apologies for the deadly silence over here these past two weeks. We haven't run out out of good music worth writing about, of course: the good CDs kept turning up, it's just that I wasn't in the office to play them.

'The McCartney Years' features 40 promo videos and over 2 hours of live footage

Celebrating the Mod's Carnaby Street plaque being unveiled tomorrow

'Hound Dog' single is back in the UK Top 20

Snippet from 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down'

Exclusive to Uncut.co.uk - more gigs - Today: Pixies and Throwing Muses

UNCUT has seen Todd Haynes' film 'I'm Not Here'

Our correspondent at the Venice Film Festival saw Todd Haynes' Dylan film I'm Not There this morning. Here's our exclusive report.

I knew I was heading for trouble at last night’s Hold Steady show at Camden’s Electric Ballroom when I realised that I was so excited by what I was listening to that I was knocking back a pint per song – which meant by rough reckoning that I was soon going to be either behaving outrageously or completely unconscious, unless one of us slowed down.

Love, war and betrayal in a McEwan-penned sensation