The singer stops fans in the street to launch US tour

A grief-stricken couple's marriage degenerates into violence

Compelling three-disc set, with documentary, live shows and more

It came as something of a surprise the other day to discover that it’s been something like eight years since Jim O’Rourke released a new solo album. In the interim, he’s not been entirely quiet, as involvement with Sonic Youth and the Loose Fur project with Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche, as well as sundry other lower-profile activities prove.

Find out the Uncut verdict on Humbug's ten new songs

A self-bootleg? With a “visual narrative” by David Lynch

Drive-By Trucker thumbs his back pages for second solo album

The 30th anniversary tour keeps going!

The Beach Boy to play 'greatest hits' in the Roundhouse

Over the next few weeks, there’s probably going to be a lot of words expended on how much the Arctic Monkeys have radically changed on this, “Humbug”, their third album. There’ll be a lot about the influence of Josh Homme, about the lack of perceived immediate hits and so on. Plenty of more parochial music fans may well see “Humbug” as a Great British band absolving their local cultural responsibilities and becoming seduced with America and the desert rock sound nurtured so assiduously by Homme over the past decade and a half.