Burial

Plus Radiohead, Elbow and Plant and Krauss make the 2008 shortlist

An evening of tunes and pranks from Thom and chums on web show

Up at six this morning, as usual, though the Radiohead album didn't arrive to download until, I think, about ten to seven. I played "In Rainbows" for the first time on the bus coming in to the office, and it was one of those records that seems dramatically suited to sitting in traffic on the A10, watching the commuters. Oh, the alienation!

High-gloss post-punk primed for the world's stadiums; plus Q&A with Kessler and Banks

A nice post from Tunetribe about yesterday's blog on Justice. Not least because he/she seems to have picked some sense out of my gibberish.

HAPPENINGS TEN YEARS TIME AGO April 9 to 15, 1997 Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro dies of ovarian cancer, aged 49. Although a much-respected cult figure in her own right, a handful of Nyro's songs became million-sellers when recorded by others, including Barbra Streisand ("Stoney End"), The Fifth Dimension ("Wedding Bell Blues", "Stoned Soul Picnic") and Three Dog Night ("Eli's Comin'").

Maverick old-timers, Hollywood Noir and cowboys. The news, the gossip and the winners from this year's Cannes Film Festival...

Jarmusch, Cronenberg and Van Sant topline the 2005 Cannes Film Festival

Belated if messy return to form, spread over two short CDs.

Career-spanning survey of Americana masters, including demos and rarities