There already exists a hefty body of work documenting the adventures of record label bosses from the punk era and beyond – but the accomplishments of Terri Hooley have so far been largely unrecorded.

Rock’s poet-noise iconoclast debuts new underground supergroup...

Phil Spector's wife has called for a fresh appeal over his murder conviction of actress Lana Clarkson. The move comes after Rachelle Spector saw the new David Marnet HBO dramatisation of the case. She believes some of the forensics evidence presented in the film, Phil Spector, will help her prove her husband, played by Al Pacino in the TV movie, did not pull the trigger of the gun which killed Clarkson at his Alhambra, California mansion in 2003.

Eric Burdon’s new album, ’Til Your River Runs Dry, is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut, dated May 2013 and out now – so for this week’s archive feature we thought we’d revisit this piece from Uncut’s May 2009 issue (Take 144), which examines how Burdon and his Geordie bluesmen somehow turned a lengthy folk staple about a brothel into a massive international hit… but don’t mention the royalties… Words: Nick Hasted

Former Czar's emotionally raw second - Sinead sings backing...

Towards the end of the V&A’s terrific David Bowie Is… exhibition, tucked away on a wall next to the handwritten lyrics for “Heroes” and a postcard from Christopher Isherwood, are a set of door keys that have evidently seen better days.

Original Yardbirds members Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja take us through their career in pictures in the latest Uncut, dated April 2013 and out now. Jeff Beck, perhaps the band’s most explosive lead guitarist, took on questions from Uncut readers and famous fans in our March 2010 issue (Take 154), answering queries on haircuts, hot rods and playing with, er, Beverley Craven… Interview: John Lewis __________________________

Reading about the South By Southwest festival tends to produce, in me at least, a mix of empathetic fatigue and terrible envy, and last week’s bombardment of tweets, blogs, news stories was no different.

From Uncut’s January 2010 issue, John Robinson talks to Bert Jansch about LA Turnaround, alcohol and Led Zeppelin

Yo La Tengo are streaming a live, request-only performance today to support a pledge drive for WFMU. WFMU, a New Jersey station whose broadcast range extends to areas of New York and Pennsylvania is the longest running freeform radio station in the United States. It is almost wholly listener supported. The concert will take place between 9 am and 12 pm EST (1 pm to 4 pm in the UK), and is physically being performed in Berlin amid a European tour. For a $100 donation, listeners can make a request.