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I suspect I’ve banged on about Howlin Rain so often now that my admiration for the band is reaching mildly stalkerish levels. Last night’s show at the Scala, though, was a big leap on from this one that I frothed over a few months ago.

I suspect I’ve banged on about Howlin Rain so often now that my admiration for the band is reaching mildly stalkerish levels. Last night’s show at the Scala, though, was a big leap on from this one that I frothed over a few months ago.

First off, thanks to Red 157 for spotting the stupid error in the Queens Of The Stone Age piece I posted here yesterday. It was of course Josh Homme and not Mark Lanegan who sang the original version of "I Wanna Make It Wit Chu" on "Desert Sessions 9&10" - something I would have got right if I'd bothered to check my original review of that album. Apologies.

Newly unearthed recordings and a 1970s gem are collected on a four-disc motherlode of zithery bliss

Celebrate their first time on stage together for five years

With the 50th anniversary of Aladdin Sane almost upon us, it seems a good time to decide where that sits in the order of classic Bowie albums – and rank his entire output, 1964-2016! So here are the songs, films, live albums, ’60s cuts, hairstyles, books and much more from the world of Bowie – including The World Of David Bowie – all reviewed and ranked for your enjoyment.

Croz recalls jamming with Hendrix, being “stupefied” by The Beatles… and the making of High Noon

Korean adventurer Park Jiha is getting new sounds from traditional instruments – and from the air itself – on her latest record, The Gleam

How parenthood, isolation and upheaval have shaped the Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg's past 12 months, leading to their album, The Spur

Anglo-Americans’ novelistic, ‘western gothic’ vision