In 1995, Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson released a mostly-forgotten album together called "Orange Crate Art", and I found myself in LA interviewing the pair. It was a pretty unusual trip, ending in Wilson’s front room, where he claimed that his secret was “abstaining from orgasm”,performed “Satisfaction” and an updated version of “Surfer Girl” for me on his grand piano, then offered me $100 to get my ropey dictaphone recordings played on the radio.

Art Uncut campaigners want to put spotlight on Bono and co's 'tax avoidance'

The first disc will be available from next week

Their first new album in five years is set to come out at the end of August

Brilliant documentary of the life – and death – of the Formula One legend...

Swinging troubadour’s foray into Celtic myth and psychedelic daydreams, reborn in stereo...

Kentuckians’ collective sense of identity reinvigorated on sixth LP...

There is something deeply weird about seeing four people onstage at a Low gig. In recent years, it has often seemed as if Alan Sparhawk, in particular, has sought to transcend or subvert people’s expectations of how Low should sound. Surely, though, filling out the sound with a keyboard player is tantamount to sacrilege?

So this is pretty amazing. On yesterday's blog, Paul McLoughlin asked me to put our playlists onto Spotify, and I rolled out my usual excuses. Nick Watt, however, decided to take matters into his own hands, and consequently, Wild Mercury Sound now seems to be on Spotify.

Re-releases coming this summer from Jarvis and the gang