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Jarvis Cocker's first acquisition as Editor-at-Large at book publishers Faber and Faber will be a book on the history of British folk clubs. Singing from the Floor by JP Bean, was recommended to Cocker by Richard Hawley.

Jack White has invited fans into his Nashville studio to record themselves on vinyl.

Daft Punk have announced the tracklisting to their forthcoming new album Random Access Memories via Twitter's Vine app. The duo are set to release their long-awaited new album on May 21. The record, which is the follow-up to 2005's Human After All, includes collaborations with synth pioneer Giorgio Moroder and Nile Rogers. A trailer played at last weekend's Coachella Festival in California, which teased the track "Get Lucky" also confirmed rumours that Pharrell Williams and Julian Casablancas will also feature on the LP.

Laura Marling has unveiled a new song, "Master Hunter". Click here to listen to the track, via Spin. The song is taken from her forthcoming album, Once I Was An Eagle. The follow-up to 2011's A Creature I Don't Know, it will be released May 27. It was recorded at the Three Crows Studio owned by Marling's regular producer Ethan Johns, with Dom Monks on engineering duties.

The full line-up for this year’s Great Escape festival in Brighton was announced today and along with it the line-up for the Uncut Stage at the Pavilion Theatre, where we’ll be hosting three nights of great music from May 16-May 18, with four bands each night. It’s probably our strongest-ever Great Escape bill and includes several of my own current favourites, among them Phosphorescent, Allah-Las, Lord Huron and Mikal Cronin, although there’s no one I’d really want to miss.

Ten original drawings of David Bowie from 1994 are among the 390 works being auctioned by Scottish artist Peter Howson OBE. The painter's wife Terry Howson is auctioning the works to raise money for the couple's daughter Lucie, who has Asperger's syndrome, The Times reports. The 10 Bowie drawings are from 1994, when the singer posed for Howson. The pair struck up a friendship after Bowie bought two of his paintings depicting the Bosnian war, where he was an official war artist.

Paul Weller has announced plans to play a special show on Record Store Day at London's Rough Trade East. Weller will take the stage at 8pm on Saturday, April 20 and play a 30 minute set, backed by Pete O’Hanlon and Josh McClorey from The Strypes on bass and guitar and Miles Kane's drummer Jay Sharrock. Weller will also release a double a-side single of new material - Flame-Out! And The Olde Original - for Record Store Day.

The National have unveiled the trailer for Mistaken For Strangers, a documentary film about the band on the road. Click below to watch the clip. The film will receive its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 17. The band will play live following the screening of the film, which was directed by Tom Berninger, brother of the band's frontman Matt Berninger. Matt Berninger produced the film alongside Carin Besser and Craig Charland, and it will open up the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, which runs until April 28.

The full line-up for the Uncut stage at this year's Great Escape festival in Brighton has been confirmed. The festival runs from May 16 - May 18 and Uncut will be taking over the Pavilion Theatre for the duration, presenting four live bands on each night. The complete line-up for the Uncut stage at the Great Escape is: Thursday, May 16 PHOSPHORESCENT LORD HURON DEAN McFEE RED RIVER DIALECT Friday, May 17 MIKAL CRONIN ALLAH-LAS CHARLIE BOYER & THE VOYEURS C JOYNES Saturday, May 18 WOODS