I spent a chunk of the weekend reading Bad Monkey, the new novel by Carl Hiaasen - one America's great crime writers. After a rather fallow period recently, the book feels very much like Hiaasen is back to full strength.

A number of thoughtful readers have written recently to remind me it will be the 10th anniversary in September of Warren Zevon's death, not that I was likely to forget.

Billy Corgan has told Uncut that he regrets not quitting Smashing Pumpkins when drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was sacked in 1996.

The Replacements played live for the first time in 22 years at the Toronto leg of alt-rock roadshow Riot Fest last night (August 25). Founding members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson were joined in the band's reunion line-up by Josh Freese and Dave Minehan, who'd played in Westerberg's band previously.

Alex Turner has told Uncut that he would have made the new Arctic Monkeys album self-titled, if the group didn’t have “such a ridiculous name”.

The soul legend's stunning career charted through is ever-evolving 45s...

The Coen Brothers have released a third trailer for their upcoming film, Inside Llewyn Davis. As I'm sure you know from previous reports, this is their inimitable take on the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s.

Van Dyke Parks talks about “genius” Nilsson in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2013 and out now.

From Uncut’s July 2008 issue (Take 134): the group’s songwriter and frontman talks us through his mighty back catalogue

Biopic of Deep Throat star...