The Smith joins My Bloody Valentine and Leonard Cohen at Benicassim

A busy and deeply professional couple of days listening to a backlog of CDs, MP3s, secure streams, dodgy downloads and so on, which involved us having another go at the Coldplay album. Apparently there's some sort of embargo on revealing opinions about "Viva La Vida". One question that occurred to me, however: when was the last time Brian Eno produced a really interesting album? I'm struggling to think of one here, but if you have any suggestions, let me know.

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The former Beatle follows in footsteps of Prince and Ray Davies

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Taking a well-earned break from the MP3s of new Oasis songs that seem to be whizzing around the Uncut and NME offices today, there are a couple of folkish new albums from British singers that I’ve been meaning to write about for a while.

A remote cabin in Wisconsin. Two dead deer for food. A guitar. The result? A classic debut album

The baby of the Wainwright clan grows up with assuredly mature second album