State of grace

Brooklyn quintet's sad and uplifting sixth...

Tired final act of lucrative gross-out franchise...

The National have announced the release date and track listing for their upcoming album, Trouble Will Find Me. The band's follow up to 2010's High Violet, Trouble Will Find Me will be released on on May 20, followed by an international tour.

Understated BBC overview reissued...

It’s an odd week to release a film, I guess, as no one’s entirely paying attention. The usual brouhaha surrounding this coming Sunday’s Oscars ceremony has been chewing up a lot of film content in magazines and on websites, while elsewhere the internet seems preoccupied with Star Wars spin-offs, Star Trek and Sin City posters and whether or not Sam Mendes will direct the next Bond film.

Johnny Cash is set to grace a tribute stamp in the United States. The late country singer is to be honoured with a commemorative stamp produced by the United States Postal Service, writes Beyond The Perf. The Cash tribute stamp will be produced as part of the Music Icons series and will feature a photograph taken by Frank Bez during the sessions for 1963's 'Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash'.

It’s been a decade since the words ‘A Walter Hill film’ have graced the screen.

Until I woke up this morning and checked Twitter, I had planned to write something about the new Low album today. The enormously unexpected return of Bowiemania put paid to that; I’ll try again with Low tomorrow, unless in the intervening 24 hours Kevin Shields is finally shamed into pulling his finger out.

In Part 3 of this exclusive interview from Uncut’s October 1999 issue, David Bowie looks back on 30 years of genius, drugs and derangement. Words: Chris Roberts

Pounding folk debut album from Denver, Colorado-based trio...