Sonic youth to support band at their 'end of reunion tour' show

In the two or three years since Ariel Pink put out an album, it seems that a lot of undergroundish American music has fallen under the thrall of his curious discography. From hypnagogic pop to chillwave, and all faintly daft genres in between, Pink’s music has become a kind of touchstone for bands who specialise in distressed, strung-out lo-fi renderings of the mainstream music of their youth or beyond (focusing on the ‘80s, as a rule).

Amiable, girl-powered sports flick from Drew Barrymore...

Polanski takes on Robert Harris’ anti-Blair satire...

First disappointment from the Gervais/Merchant axis...

Watch new video tribute to McLaren online now

Just voice and piano. Not as simple as it sounds...

Rock’s most eccentric romantic rides on...

And for their next trick... Lovably weird adventures in psychedelia from the shape-shifting Brooklynites.

Slightly depressing as it is to plug a designated day on which people should buy music in a shop, a probably unnecessary reminder that Record Store Day is this coming Saturday. Quickly flicking through the listings, one highlight: Rough Trade East have Michael Rother signing copies of a new Neu! 12-inch, which is presumably from the “Neu! ‘86” part of the forthcoming boxset.