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The Modfather’s White Album – a sprawling set of folk, alt-rock, electronica and fusion

I couldn’t make it to Howlin Rain’s London show the other night, but my colleague Miles did, and came back impressed and bearing a very neat new CD that he bought at the gig. “Wild Life” has two tracks, lasts for about half an hour, and may provide some succour for Ethan Miller fans who’ve been unnerved by his transition from the flat-out psychedelic gloop of Comets On Fire to the sepia-tinted classic rock of the Rain.

Stylised gangster legend which launched the New Hollywood

Amidst all the presumptuous sniping at Coldplay on yesterday’s playlist blog, someone asked me whether the debut Fleet Foxes album had turned up yet. As it happened, I was just working on a review of that record for the issue of Uncut out at the end of May. It is, you’ll be relieved to hear, pretty fine.

The Beatle has been invited to play free show for thousands in Kiev

Magnificent return, reinvention from the Bristol three + indepth Q&A w/Geoff Barrow

Mick and Keith post a video on Youtube inviting questions

Uncut.co.uk has 3 sets of the HBO series to giveaway! Plus winners of 1-3 revealed...

Improbably, they find a way to get better than ever

Steve Earle, Tom Waits and Paul Weller all shape soundtrack