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Kurt Vile has announced a new EP in collaboration with Sore Eros, Pitchfork reports. The three-track record - called Jamaica Plain - will feature material recorded in the early 2000s, when Vile was still working as a forklift truck driver before he signed a record deal with the Matador label. Created in collaboration with Sore Eros - aka Robert Robinson, who was once a member of Vile's band The Violators - the tracks were recorded in Vile's hometown of Philadelphia and in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

A lost, decades-old interview with John Lennon sees the singer reveal that recording Let It Be was "hell".

Stephen Stills has confirmed that CSNY will perform at this year's Bridge School Benefit concerts. In an interview in the Boston Globe, Stills says, "We’re doing the Bridge School Benefit with Neil at the end of October so I will see everybody then. But we were on the road for 18 months, me and David and Graham, so we’re having a little vacation."

As he releases his new album The Coincidentalist, the legendary Howe Gelb is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature. So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the alt.country guru? How did Calexico end up becoming his backing band? What does he remember about working with PJ Harvey on Giant Sand's Cover Magazine album? What are his memories of the music scene in Tuscon in the late 1970s?

Neil Young has confirmed that Pono - his audio service which will provide listeners with downloads of high-resolution songs made to sound like their initial recordings - will finally launch next year. In a post on his Facebook page yesterday [September 5], Young wrote, "I’m very happy to bring you some good news. All of us at Team PONO have been focused on getting everything right for our early 2014 launch of Pono.

Arcade Fire will be premiering their new track "Reflektor" on Monday of next week. Director Anton Corbijn told The Daily Beast that the band will be unveiling the video for the song on the evening of September 9, saying: "I'm working on a really great song at the moment: Arcade Fire's new single. The song is called 'Reflektor' and you'll be able to see it Monday evening." When asked for more details about the video, he added: "I can't say much more than that, because it's all a surprise. You'll have to watch the TV Monday evening."

Justin Vernon explains that Volcano Choir are “here to stay” in the new issue of Uncut, dated October 2013 and out now.

Mumford & Sons' Marcus Mumford and The Vaccines' vocalist Justin Young have recorded a session together, covering songs by both Bob Dylan and Neil Young.

Noel Gallagher aimed a jibe at Foreign Secretary William Hague from the stage at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards in London last night (September 4) – scroll down to watch a clip.

Jack White has been named as the honorary dean of the Fermatta Music Academy in Mexico City.