Burial

OK we're downloading "King Of Limbs" now, and I think we're going to have a go at liveblogging it as we go. Join in,won't you?

Danny Boyle follows Slumdog with another rather unexpected masterpiece...

The set-up of this piece is a bit out of date, since I wrote it a month ago for the current issue of Uncut. Nevertheless, worth running here I think, not least because I've subsequently discovered Forest Swords' "Dagger Paths" is getting a CD release in the UK on No Pain In Pop.

For some reason – bias, probably – it feels like it can be harder to track down good British underground artists than American ones. My attempts to put together lists of new British bands I like, for whatever reason, can consequently be a bit harrowing. But the likes of Forest Swords are making the process a fraction easier this year. And over the past couple of weeks or so, a couple more have been flushed out.

Previously: 50-35

Members of the public asked to 'Let it RIP!' in honour of the late punk impresario

From the lofty vantage point of SE1, I haven’t heard much buzz from South By Southwest this year, or at least very little in the way of real surprises and completely new discoveries (If you know different, of course, please share).

The revolutionary jazz poet who turned crack addict is finally forced to face his demons.

Fictional story references the Moors Murderers

Potent two-disc set of The Mule’s onstage artistry, drawn from his 2008 tours of America and Europe.