Heavy riffage! Mariachi blues! Meg and Jack are back

White talks to Uncut about being half Scottish and making songs with just a box of matches and a screwdriver

Macca powers through Beatles' hits at secret London gig

Folk-rock maestro’s idiosyncratic path takes him to Baghdad and beyond

Public Enemy figurehead Chuck D makes his debut as a commentator on the Fox News Channel in the US. His first broadcast includes his thoughts about the ongoing trial of alleged bomber Timothy McVeigh, OJ Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark's new book, a brawl during a New York Knicks basketball game, Tiger Woods' multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with American Express, and blockbuster movie The Lost World.

And you don't need to attend the show to see it!

Uncut chills out on day three of The Great Escape festival

Forgive the constant references to domestic business at Uncut these past few days, but it's been hard to review much music when we've been in the throes of moving office. We're now firmly established in our luxurious new building just behind the Tate Modern, and have spent the morning trying to understand the new phones and get used to the decor: roughly MODE magazine, redesigned by IKEA, but a damn sight nicer than our old place.

Chaos! Destruction! Ennui! An opulent masterpiece from pop's jaded bohemian

Everything is hotter down South