The generation game

So, according to the Guardian's John Harris, rock 'n' roll is now the near-exclusive preserve of the old. Well that's that, then - we might as well jack it in. I suppose you probably can't expect much else from a journalist who also writes for nostalgic rag Mojo.

Meanwhile, sad news from Canada, where Women's Christopher Reimer has died suddenly at the age of just 26. His band released two intriguing and occasionally brilliant hard-to-categorise albums, Women and Public Strain, on Jagjaguwar before an on-stage spat resulted in indefinite hiatus. A terrible shame, as they certainly seemed to have a lot still to offer.