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Former US president Bill Clinton has revealed that he tried and failed to get Led Zeppelin to reform in 2012. According to a CBS, David Saltzman of the Robin Hood Foundation, which organised the Hurricane Sandy benefit concert in New York, said that he and the film executive Harvey Weinstein had flown to Washington DC to enlist Clinton's help in getting Led Zeppelin on the concert bill alongside The Who, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones.

A rare guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison has arrived in London before it goes up for sale at auction. The custom-made prototype VOX guitar will go on public display at The Stafford London Hotel in London from Thursday (May 9) to Saturday (May 11) before it goes up for sale in New York on May 18 at Julien's Auctions. It was played by Harrison and Lennon during the 1967 Magical Mystery Tour period.

Various malign forces conspired to prevent me from posting this playlist in its rightful timeslot last week; apologies for that. But better late than never, I guess, and some fine new arrivals here from, among others, Duane Pitre, Bitchin Bajas, The Cairo Gang and Houndstooth.

Black Flag have released a brand new song. Scroll down to listen to "Down In The Dirt", which comes ahead of a new album. The song can be downloaded for free via SST Records by clicking here. Ron Reyes, Greg Ginn, Gregory Moore and Dale Nixon are currently putting the finishing touches on an LP, which is set for release later this year.

Since Thee Oh Sees start their UK tour tonight in Liverpool (then Leeds on the 7th, Cardiff (8), London (9), and Camber Sands ATP at some point between the 10th and the 12th), today seems a good time to post this excellent piece about the band by Lou Barlow.

All Tomorrow's Parties have confirmed that their regular weekender events are to come to a close at the end of the year with two final 'End Of An Era' events - including Television playing "Marquee Moon" in full.

Jackson Browne features heavily in Uncut’s piece on the making of the Eagles’ Desperado – in the new issue, dated June 2013 and out now – and here, in this archive feature, originally from August 2010’s Uncut (Take 159), Browne takes us through the creation of his greatest albums. Interview: Bud Scoppa ____________________

Seeing as how Matthew E White and his band are on tour in the UK this week (I’m seeing him play in London tomorrow), it seemed a good time to post the feature about my visit to Richmond a couple of months ago. I’ve put a few links to stuff in here, too, so you can get a taste of the really interesting music coming out of the scene that revolves around White. Long read, this one…

Amy Winehouse is to be the subject of a new documentary from the director of Senna, it has been confirmed. The as yet untitled film will be directed by Asif Kapadia, who directed the 2010 film Senna, about Formula 1 driver, Ayrton Senna. James Gay-Rees, who produced the Banksy documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop is also attached to the project.