All the UK singles collected – and how good they were!

Heavy Traffic! A self-chosen set, over four CDs and 45 years...

Plus band to play London gig this July

Former Oasis singer says he's thinking about his memoirs

He's planning to release a new album this August

Duo will record an entire album in a day

Will Gregory's piece is available to download now

Blur man is among a host of musicians taking part

In one of those funny little coincidences that come along every now and then, I’ve just finished reading the film pages in the next issue. Among them is a very fine review of Francis Ford Coppola’s latest, Tetro. And now, I’ve just watched the trailer for Somewhere, the forthcoming film from Sofia Coppola.

In some circles, it’ll be construed as heretical behaviour: James Blackshaw not touching an acoustic guitar for the duration of an entire album, favouring instead a 12-string electric. For someone who’s been proclaimed, not infrequently here, as some kind of saviour of folk guitar or whatever, it’s something of a shock.