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The Pretenders icon is taking part in a future 'Uncut Audience with'

Stereolab, Teddy Thompson and more in our recommended releases round-up

It was back in March that Tropic Thunder first made it onto my radar. I was skimming through a copy of Entertainment Weekly, and found a full-page picture of Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jnr in combat fatigues, rifles at the ready, creeping through the brush in a jungle setting clearly meant to represent Vietnam. What struck me, first, was the idea of these excellent comic actors making a Vietnam spoof could be a brilliant wheeze; secondly, the rather jaw-dropping fact that Downey was in blackface.

Stormy, heavenly and hymnal – it’s like they’ve never been away

The son also rises. A great, Orbison-inspired piece of work

Latest findings from the pan-European pop boffins

Rhinestone Cowboy returns to Capitol. With added Travis!

One-off music sessions are compiled for new release

The original fully signed historic document to go under hammer