He says he 'can't relate' to the band anymore

Lots of goodness to start the year today, not least the new Low and Eternal Tapestry albums. Thanks, too, to David M, who tipped me off yesterday about an Oakland duo called Date Palms. Playing their Myspace right now and feeling it very much indeed.

Mike D says 'Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2' is definitely coming out this Spring

John Lydon hints at another reunion for the punk band

He's putting music to the film adaptation of 'The Boy In The Oak'

Thanks, once again, to all of you who submitted your Top Tens of 2010 to the blog at the end of the year. I’ve now applied the dark mathematics and come up with a Top 50 from them, which provides an interesting - healthy, to be honest - contrast to my own list. The winner was ahead of the pack by a mile, incidentally…

'Baker Street' singer passes away aged 63

Bassist passes away in London

Bassist Nikolai Fraiture says the album is currently being mixed

Happy new year: I trust everyone had some kind of decent break. I read Robert Byron on Tibet (for climatic context, possibly), watched Robinson In Ruins, played a fair bit of Pharoah Sanders and The Watersons, and rediscovered that a body clock wrecked by parenthood can be very useful during an Ashes series.