I can’t pretend to know why Hot Snakes split up a year or so back, but listening to Night Marchers and, now, Obits, it doesn’t seem likely to have been much in the way of musical differences. Obits, for those of you not quite up to speed with the complexities of US punk rock’n’roll, are the new band formed by Hot Snakes/Drive Like Jehu frontman Rick Froberg after his old bandmates, lead by John Reis, headed off to become The Night Marchers.

Bands announced for Royal Albert Hall charity shows

Sonic Boom tours the UK this month

Bob Marley lager, snowboards, children’s toys and cafes could soon be on the market

’Extra Cheese’ released today via iTunes

Kramer speaks to Uncut on the eve of the album's reissue

Jason Lytle’s first solo LP will be out in May

Former Fairport Convention man announced as Thursday night headliner

Primal Scream and Lydia Lunch mark Alan Vega’s birthday with limited edition release

I suppose, after all these years, I should be able to spot when PJ Harvey is taking the piss. But sometimes, as on the new PJ Harvey & John Parish album, “A Woman A Man Walked By”, the line between bravura self-parody and slightly daft self-indulgence can be hard to identify.