Ache

But can Pete Doherty cut it as a stadium rocker?

Jack White works on 'unfinished' Hank Williams tracks

Quite a curious, though vaguely welcome, phenomenon in London at the moment, where a few American garage and artpunk bands appear to have been adopted by the sort of fashion scene who normally favour pseudo-transgressive electro over gnarly old rock'n'roll. The belated deification of Les Savy Fav is probably the most obvious manifestation of all this. But the sudden prominence of a sloppy-as-hell garage band from Atlanta is definitely another.

Bruce Dickinson and band announce first ever Stadium date

Baffling sixth album from the Friedberger siblings

Legendary Band drummer/singer returns to country roots with unplugged solo platter co-produced by Dylan fiddler Larry Campbell

Record number of tickets sold yesterday means extra Finnish date now added

Mild frenzy at Uncut today as we put the finishing touches to our end-of-year issue. As a consequence, I've not had a chance to do the full blog, but here's the music we've played in the office. Favourites?

Ashcroft and co's triumphant reunion tour reaches the Roundhouse

Elegant, accessible, anti-corporate triumph