From Abbey Road to Zappa, 1969 was an astonishing 12 months for music - but which LP was the best?

Blur guitarist takes his Power Ensemble on tour

See trailer and TWO clips from Uncut four-star rated movie from Superbad director Greg Mottola

20th anniversary double LP to feature unreleased songs

Plus Dame Vera Lynn becomes oldest ever chart topper

I mentioned yesterday’s that I was just off to see The Hold Steady at the Islington Academy and I duly went and they were, as ever, duly brilliant – urgent, incendiary, delirious, a symphonic juggernaut, a hurtling thing, a wholly rousing noise.

The Fab Four's reissues have been in demand since Wednesday's releases

As our recent Uncut playlists probably make clear, we’ve been happily overwhelmed by a glut of Big Star-related material over the past few weeks, beginning of course with the hefty “Keep An Eye On The Sky” boxset.

Double disc Very Best of to coincide with UK live dates

Lots of British artists to play the United Arab Emirates state in November