I don’t have any tattoos, for many reasons, but one of the best I can think of is that I don’t trust my aesthetic tastes to remain constant. I don’t feel confident that the art I like now will all, necessarily, be the same things that I like a few years down the line.

New Orleans soul prince revisits his doo-wop youth. Keith Richards and Don Was co-produce...

Arctic Monkeys have been confirmed as the latest headliner for this year's Benicàssim festival. The Sheffield band join The Killers and Queens Of The Stone Age on the line-up after they were confirmed to appear late last year. The Sheffield band join The Killers and Queens Of The Stone Age on the line-up after they were confirmed to appear late last year. The other acts confirmed to appear at the Spanish festival between Jul 18-21 today are Azealia Banks, Jake Bugg, Palma Violets, Echo Lake, Splashh and Swim Deep.

Earl Slick, David Bowie's guitarist, has revealed details of The Next Day, the artist's first album in ten years.

The 2013 Academy Award nominations were announced today [January 10]. The full awards ceremony will take place on February 7. The nominations in the key categories are: BEST PICTURE Amour Argo Django Unchained Les Misérables Life Of Pi Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty Beasts Of The Southern Wild Silver Linings Playbook BEST DIRECTOR Amour - Michael Haneke Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin Life Of Pi - Ang Lee Lincoln - Steven Spielberg Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell BEST ACTOR

Quentin Tarantino came to a crossroads in his career when he made Jackie Brown in 1997. Coming after the lary carnage of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, his third film, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, was an unexpectedly poignant and subtle account of middle-aged people doing whatever they have to do to survive. The guns, double-crosses and gangsters were there, of course - but there were other things, too: warmth, character and nuance.

If you’re feeling withdrawal symptoms after the glut of end-of-year charts last month, I cooked this up for the latest edition of Uncut…

Devendra Banhart has revealed the tracklisting and release date for his new album, Mala. His eighth studio album will come out on March 11. Recorded in Los Angeles, Mala will be supported by a tour, details of which will be announced shortly. Banhart has said that the follow-up to 2009's What Will We Be, was made using borrowed equipment and on a vintage Tascam recorder bought in a pawn shop.

Wilko Johnson has revealed that he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. His manager Robert Hoy used the Wilko Johnson Facebook page to make the announcement earlier today, confirming that the musician has decided not to seek treatment. He wrote: "I am very sad to announce that Wilko has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas. He has chosen not to receive any chemotherapy. He is currently in good spirits, is not yet suffering any physical effects and can expect to enjoy at least another few months of reasonable health and activity."

Dave Grohl's Sound City Players supergroup have revealed their all-star line-up. As well as Grohl, the band will comprise Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty, Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett, Alain Johannes, Chris Goss, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk and more.