Includes a Klaxon out of his gourd, Willie Nelson's conspiracy theory, and a new folk hero...

Klaxons man out of his mind
Car-crash interview, filmed before the trio’s performance alongside Rihanna at this year’s Brit Awards. “Put me down. Somebody kill me,” slurs glassy-eyed bassist Jamie Reynolds, breaking off to play Level 42-style “air bass”, to the mounting horror of the American TV presenter. Eventually, guitarist Simon Taylor-Davies comes to the rescue, cutting his bandmate off with a curt, “Stop talking, dribbly.”

Supergrass in bum’s rush
The online trailer for Supergrass’ current album, Diamond Hoo-Ha appears innocuous enough until 0.45, when a duvet is flung aside to reveal the naked forms of frontman Gaz Coombes and drummer Danny Goffey, reposing, er, cheek-to-cheek. If only the album itself had been as entertaining.

Psychedelic New Yorkers rock out. Politely.
MGMT’s performance on Later…With Jools Holland might have gone out post-watershed, but singer/guitarist Andrew van Wyngarden was still coy enough to swerve the f-word, changing the lyrics of debut single Time To Pretend to, “Move to Paris, shoot some heroin and cook with the stars.” Mercifully, Mr Holland resisted the urge to join in on boogie-woogie piano.

Willie Nelson: conspiracy nut
The country veteran incurred the wrath of middle America by questioning the official account of 9/11 in a recent radio interview with shrill US polemicist Alex James (no, not him), whose documentaries Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has cited as an influence. “I saw buildings fall that didn’t get hit by nothing,” said the 74-year-old, suggesting the atrocity was in fact an inside job: “How naïve are we?”

Jay-Z’s 99 red problems
Daft mash-up in which Jay-Z’s 99 Problems collides with Nena’s 1984 anti-war, protest/pop anthem, 99 Red Balloons. Admittedly, lyrics such as, “I’m from the hood, stupid” lose some of their gritty social realism when accompanied by that big, dumb synth riff, but even so: how great would it be if he played this version at Glastonbury?

Introducing the “new Feist”
French-Israeli songstress Yael Naim won mainstream exposure when her song New Soul was chosen to soundtrack an ad for MacBook Air laptops, at the personal request of company boss Steve Jobs. Watching her own video for the song, it’s clear that, for all the inevitable Feist comparisons, Naim’s breezy piano-folk has more in common with Regina Spektor.

Shhh!… it’s Green Day
It’s a poorly-kept secret that ‘60s rock n’roll-influenced troupe Foxboro Hot Tubs – whose mini-album can be downloaded free from www.foxborohottubs.com - are actually Green Day under alias. The only videos available are crude, fan-made affairs, but the voice of Billie Joe Armstrong is unmistakeable, with frantically upbeat tracks such as Mother Mary recalling, oddly enough, Jack Penate.

New folk hero uncovered
Bon Iver, aka Wisconsin-based folkie Justin Vernon, wrote his recent album For Emma, Forever Ago during a lonely three-month sojourn in a remote hunting cabin following the break-up of both his band and his relationship. In this unadorned live clip, he sings album track Flume with a startling, pin-drop intensity that marks him out as a modern-day Nick Drake.

Justice: another quality video
Aided by director So Me, Parisian dance duo Justice are building a reputation for striking, inventive videos. Their latest, which accompanies falsetto-drenched current single DVNO, is a computer-generated blaze of colour and retro animation, with lyrics from the song pinging around the screen like a hallucinogenic version of Sesame St.

Ronnie Wood joins Stereophonics at Q gig
Stereophonics’ recent gig at Q The Music Club Live At The Hospital witnessed an impromptu cameo from Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood, who joined the band for their final song, a cover of The Beatles’ Don’t Let me Down. Admittedly, Wood’s musical input was somewhat minimal, his “performance” consisting primarily of waving his finger in the air. Still, the thought was there.