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Rare footage of Nirvana playing their last ever gig in Los Angeles has been placed online by a film maker close to the band.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was one of the guests to feature on the PJ Harvey edited version of BBC Radio 4's Today programme earlier this morning (January 2).

Beck performed new song 'Wave', taken from his forthcoming album 'Morning Phase', during a performance in Los Angeles on Sunday [November 24]. The US singer-songwriter played live at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in the latest of the song Reader performances. As well as debuting new solo material, Beck was joined by artists including Jarvis Cocker, Jenny Lewis, Childish Gambino, Jack Black and Van Dyke Parks for the show. Scroll up to see Beck perform "Wave" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic now.

I wrote a Throwing Muses feature for the November 2013 issue of Uncut, for which I spoke to all Muses past and present. The key interview, of course, was with Kristin Hersh, which ended up taking place over two lengthy sessions.

The Civil Wars’ Joy Williams explains how making the group’s new album transformed her in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2013 and out now.

Bob Dylan has reportedly changed the line-up of his band mid-tour. Guitarist Duke Robillard, who has been playing with Dylan since April 2013, has been replaced by Charlie Sexton. Robillard, who has also toured with Tom Waits, first played with Dylan on tracks from 1997's Time Out Of Mind album. His arrival on the Dylan tour earlier this year marked the first change to Dylan's touring band since Sexton replaced guitarist Denny Freeman in October 2009.

Keith Richards has admitted that he does not own an iPod and feels that the sound quality of MP3s is leaving fans "short changed". Revealing that he does not own an iPod, Richards says he understands the use of being able to store thousands of songs on one device but that he feels the sound quality is poor in comparison to CDs and records. Speaking to Billboard the guitarist says: "I don't have an iPod. I still use CDs or records actually. Sometimes cassettes. It has much better sound; a much better sound than digital."

The Rolling Stones played a tiny club show in Los Angeles on Saturday night (April 27). The gig took place at The Echoplex in the Echo Park neighbourhood, with most tickets distributed to fans via a ticket lottery which took place earlier in the day at the El Rey venue across town, after the news of the show went online that morning.

The National have unveiled the trailer for Mistaken For Strangers, a documentary film about the band on the road. Click below to watch the clip. The film will receive its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 17. The band will play live following the screening of the film, which was directed by Tom Berninger, brother of the band's frontman Matt Berninger. Matt Berninger produced the film alongside Carin Besser and Craig Charland, and it will open up the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, which runs until April 28.