The guitarist could be up for an award for his soundtrack work

The Mark Ronson-produced set could be ready for next Xmas

Erstwhile Test Icicles guitarist Dev Hynes in Americana-tinged change-of-direction

'Shine A Light' will get its first viewing in February

Eels' best of and b-sides compilations celebrate a much underrated talent

You can also check out our first review of ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’

A few of you have been asking for me to write something about the new Drive-By Truckers album and, to be honest, I’ve been putting off doing so for weeks now, playing the record again and again to come to terms with it.

The band will play a short set at Rough Trade East

Eugene Hutz takes time out from film-making with Madonna

With the next issue out of the way, we had a fairly constructive bash through a backlog of new releases today, hence not much here has figured on previous playlists. As usual, please let me know what you've been listening to: further to the Cave Singers tip I mentioned the other day, I've been quite taken with Health, who cropped up in one of your posts the other day.