There’s been a lot of excitement around the office over the last couple of weeks, with the imminent arrival of the first David Bowie album since what seems like the end of rationing causing a certain giddiness in the Uncut ranks, followed by the actual release of the long-promised new My Bloody Valentine album, a mere 22 years after Loveless.

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Since Judd Apatow inherited the mantle of Hollywood’s king of comedy, one of the criticisms most frequently levied at him involves his willingness to promote those closest to him.

Kurt Vile has announced the release of his fifth solo album, which is set to be called 'Wakin On A Pretty Daze'. The follow-up to 2011's 'Smoke Ring For My Halo', will come out via Matador on April 8. The album was produced by John Agnello. Vile recently told Spin that the record sounds like Fleetwood Mac's 'Tusk'. "It's totally our 'Tusk', but no cheese. Just rock," he said of the album, which features guest appearances from Farmer Dave Scher of Beachwood Sparks and Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint.

Brian Wilson has said that he doubts there will be another reunion of The Beach Boys. Wilson was speaking on Sunday (February 10) at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. When asked about the possibility of a reunion - following last year's 50th anniversary tour dates and the release of a brand new album 'That's Why God Made The Radio' - Wilson told the press room: "No, I don't think so. Doubt it."

Ravi Shankar's posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award was accepted by his daughters at a pre-Grammy event in Los Angeles on Saturday (February 9). Anoushka Shankar, a gifted sitar-player herself, and award-winning singer Norah Jones, accepted the award on behalf of their late father at a ceremony at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in California.

Bruce Springsteen has spoken out about his long mooted autobiography, saying that there doesn't seem to be an 'urgency' to return to writing it.

Fleetwood Mac have announced details of two new dates at London's O2 Arena on their forthcoming UK tour. The band will now play The O2 on September 25 and 27 in addition to the previously announced date of September 24 due to huge demand for the shows. Tickets for Fleetwood Mac's UK and Ireland tour went on sale this morning (February 8) priced between £50 and £140.

Hitchcock arrives, rather inconveniently, two months after the superior BBC/HBO co-production The Girl, which cast Toby Jones as a deadpan, ruthless Hitch and Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedron, the blonde star of The Birds and Marnie who endured his abuse.

Warner Music Group has bought the Parlophone record label for £487 million. Universal Music has sold the home of Blur, Coldplay and Pink Floyd to Warners, who have said that they will be paying in cash for the label, which used to be part of EMI Music. Universal took over EMI in September of last year, but had to sell some of the company's assets in order to take care of concerns about competition, reports BBC News.