Stephin Merritt brings the noise

Uncut has two clips from 'Distortion' to stream

22 cities revealed, but not when or where

A couple of records I’ve been meaning to blog about for weeks today. One is the new album by Earth, “The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull”, which further confirms Dylan Carlson’s drift away from absolute minimalist metal drone to a kind of slow, but surprisingly melodious desert rock.

Three rough tracks from the new album appear

Steve Earle, Tom Waits and Paul Weller all shape soundtrack

Inspiral Carpets and The Fratellis also lined-up

With the news that their sixth album is complete, we dig out this

Plus - read the first album preview of 'Real Emotional Trash' here

The Alarm's Mike Peters, The Animals and Jah Wobble all confirmed