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Ah, so this is art rock, Latitude style. Sad to report, it does nothing very much for me. But I guess it's always going to be hard to follow the Hold Steady.

Apologies for late posting, but got carried away round at the Other Stage, there was a nice run of back-to-back bands that it would have been churlish to try and wade back to the press area. Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro were as good as I'd hoped they'd be.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE QUEEN Not strictly the name of a band – they claim not to have one – but rather title of the debut LP by a supergroup of sorts, featuring Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, former Verve guitarist Simon Tong and Afro-beat drummer, Tony Allen.

Temple’s star-filled study of the Clash man’s contradictions

They're looking forward to sharing a stage with Arcade Fire

First major worldwide record company agrees to ditch Digital Rights Management

Full line-up details for the 'not just a music festival' bash here

Babyshambles, Franz Ferdinand and others swap guitars for decks at dance festival

Another guest blogger today, as I put my feet up, listen to an excellent Terry Riley reissue and hand over Wild Mercury Sound to April Long. Like Luke, who did my work for me yesterday, April spent last week at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. And like Luke, she completely let Uncut down by missing Psychedelic Horseshit. Oh well, here's her fine report:

The Magic Numbers and Richmond Fontaine also to play Summer Sundae