Guardian Music — Draftees were at a loose end as the US prepared to pull out of Vietnam – and expressed their frustrations in raucous funk bands performing covers of songs such as Backstabbers and Smiling Faces SometimesIn 1971 the US was pulling troops out of Viet... more info

Discobelle.net — DJ Shadow “Scale It Back” from Ewan Jones Morris on Vimeo. more info

Guardian Music — Ruby Lounge, ManchesterFrom the back of a busy Ruby Lounge, you can just about see the iconic sight of a tambourine being held aloft on stage. Only when the songs subside, and it's possible to peer through gaps in the crowd, is there much sight of el... more info

Altsounds — New York DJ & producer duo The Knocks will release their new single 'Brightside' on 28th November before playing a host of UK support dates with DJ Shadow in November and December. Based out of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, The Knocks are Be... more info

Stereogum — The video for “Scale It Back,” DJ Shadow’s new collaboration with Little Dragon, opens with a vaguely creepy guy who explains that, to memorize a deck of playing cards, he creates a story in his head by assigning an image to each pair of cards.... more info

Stereogum — Lateef The Truthspeaker is half of the great underground rap duo Latyrx and part of the Solesides crew, the great late ’90s Bay Area underground rap stable that also introduced the world to DJ Shadow and Blackalicious. Back in the day, is baroquely... more info

Guardian Music — Laid, GlasgowThere's a hint of pre-glasnost Moscow about the Bloc venue, from the sign on the front of the building featuring a hammer and sickle logo, right down to the .ru suffix on their website. Happily the only sign of an oppressive regime indo... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The former Oasis man has told Xfm that he really wanted Norman Cook to work his magic on AKA What A Life...While talking Xfm's John Kennedy through new album Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds track by track Noel explained that he really wanted Fatbo... more info

The Quietus — Exclusive view from inside his Shadowsphere, streaming live from his gig in Tokyo at 12:20 GMT more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — There's a new trend going around with rock stars creating their own wines.  I think the Grateful Dead might have the been the first out of pure novelty.  But Tool's Maynard really took it to the next level by quitting the band to focus on his grape... more info