Amidst all the presumptuous sniping at Coldplay on yesterday’s playlist blog, someone asked me whether the debut Fleet Foxes album had turned up yet. As it happened, I was just working on a review of that record for the issue of Uncut out at the end of May. It is, you’ll be relieved to hear, pretty fine.

Tim Burgess also has some drugs advice for Pete Doherty

The Beatle has been invited to play free show for thousands in Kiev

Legendary guitarist swaps Madison Square Garden for the Scala

Home city of Liverpool sets aside an entire day for Beatlemania

Trent Reznor giving away first new SONG since Year Zero

This year's festival Jury is headed by Sean Penn

SADLERS WELLS AND RSC BRING PERFORMANCE TO LATITUDE FESTIVAL -- Heaps of additions to rub shoulders with Sigur Ros, Interpol and Franz Ferdinand -- See who's confirmed for the Literary, Comedy and Music & Film Arenas here.

Heaps of additions to rub shoulders with Interpol and Franz Ferdinand

A busy day for new records yesterday, notable I guess for the arrival on a secure internet stream of the new, Eno-produced Coldplay album, plus a bunch of new tracks from Primal Scream, one of which is weirdly reminiscent of Pulp. In perhaps less headline-grabbing news, Black Taj are a couple of guys from Polvo (you can hear the awesome jam, “Fresh Air Traverse”, here), and the Wild Beasts album is lovely.