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At some point in the last few years, Rickie Lee Jones appears to have subtly evolved from the Duchess Of Coolsville into a spiritual, raging poet-figure who comes across like a West Coast counterpart of Patti Smith.

Monkeys are joined by surprise guest for their biggest UK show

Keef, comedy monkeys and Keira’s chin.

Alex Turner’s troupe return, bigger and funkier

I was exchanging emails with one of Uncut's American writers the other day who had just finished a piece for a US mag about The View. He was pretty unimpressed by their record, and went on to have a go at the latest batch of British bands being pushed hard in the States as the next big thing. All of them, he thought, were overhyped and underachieving, with the exception of the Arctic Monkeys. Did I agree, he wondered?

The Cuckoo Club is a swish, luxuriously upholstered private members bar and restaurant, just off Regent Street, where everything that isn’t leather, velvet, silk or glass is gleaming stainless steel, or something that looks like it.

The Sheffield boys add to their awards haul

Everyone's favourite Britpop star returns with uneven, ultimately transcendent solo debut

Uncut.co.uk talk with Chicago based percussionist Glenn Kotche about his solo career, Wilco and more...

Damon Dash produces and Kevin Bacon stars in this sensitive and intelligent story of a recovering paedophile.