Kraftwerk

Recently, there seems to have been something of a Krautrock revival, comparable to that time in the early ‘90s when Stereolab, Tortoise and sundry putative post-rockers were assiduously cribbing their old Neu! albums. The appearance of a neat Harmonia live CD, that I blogged about some weeks ago, has been followed by a bunch of very nice records in much the same burbling, kosmische vein.

Murphy’s law: the King of New York’s second classic album

Looking back over the past month and a bit, I think the two records I've played most in the Uncut office have been a new Grateful Dead live set from 1976, and the forthcoming second album from New York's LCD Soundsystem. Not sure what this says about my taste or my state of mind.

The Coen Brothers' classic finally gets the deserved DVD release.

Chris Martin and co go from strength to strength on adventurous third

Hook, Sumner, Morris – and Cunningham – return revived and reinspired in their 25th year

Rewarding diversion into Krautrock, plus bonus live CD

Rewarding diversion into Krautrock, plus bonus live CD

Mini compilation from obscure Glaswegian trio, featuring now not-so-obscure drummer

With her amazing new, mainly instrument-free, album Medulla about to come out, Sarah-Jane speaks to Bjork in Iceland.