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Ultimate Record Collection: The Beatles, 1965-1970

As we join the Beatles in the latest Ultimate Record Collection, it is the start of 1965, and Beatlemania is cresting. You can tell because there are still seemingly dozens of new singles, Eps, US album variations, and key personal appearances appearing in our definitive timeline. On the covers of their records they appear under umbrellas, joining hands, and on stage. But which is the truest representation of the group? Perhaps it’s the tired eyes of the 1964 Beatles For Sale group, on an EP which appears at the start of the year which tells the truest story. The narrative of the first part of this publication was how the group’s releases took them to the top. In this second part, it’s all about maintaining their musical peak while managing a retreat from the spotlight and reclaim ownership of their own lives. Except, as the poet Philip Larkin observed once they were at the top, The Beatles “could not get down.” Advertisement They couldn’t completely escape, but the group could certainly evolve. By the time they decided to quit touring – unbelievably not until August 1966 – their studio work was already audacious in its innovations. As you can read in… Read More →

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BTS’ J-hope announces new single, ‘Mona Lisa’

BTS rapper J-hope has dropped his new single ‘Mona Lisa’, his second single since ‘Sweet Dreams’ with Miguel. READ MORE: LE SSERAFIM tell us about their new mini-album ‘Hot’: “You have to set your body on fire to maintain the flame” Advertisement The song was released on March 21 alongside its accompanying music video, via Big Hit Music. “It’s a performance-driven track I’m presenting after a long time. I prepared it as a gift, thinking of ARMYs (BTS’ fandom) who’ve been waiting for a performance song. I’m really excited about it myself,” he said of the song, per The Korea Times. J-hope was also credited as a co-producer on ‘Mona Lisa’. “When I first heard the track, I loved it, but I wasn’t sure I could pull it off. However, after modifying it in Los Angeles to better suit me, it ended up fitting surprisingly well. I was able to visualise the entire concept naturally, and I’m satisfied with how it turned out,” he added. [embedded content] The new single from the South Korean idol comes a little under a week since he revealed to fans plans to release a total of three singles this year. The first single, a… Read More →

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Tina Knowles appears to hit back at Kanye’s West’s “evil” post about Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s children

Tina Knowles appears to have hit back at Kanye West‘s recent posts about Beyoncé and Jay-Z‘s children. The rapper launched an online attack against the children of the couple on X/Twitter earlier this week. In a series of posts, Ye fuelled rumours that the couple used vitro fertilisation to conceive their seven-year-old twins, before throwing their cognitive development into question. Advertisement “Wait has anyone ever seen Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s younger kids they’re r*******,” he wrote (via The Independent). “No like literally and this is why artificial insemination is such a blessing having r******* children is a choice.” He took down the post before re-sharing and making another seven posts about the couple in less than 30 minutes, including a tweet that said “Fuck those k*** ass n***** and their entire families” and another which said: “Concerning the Jay Z and Beyoncé tweet n***** said I would regret it… I regret taking it down… my Twitter is a one way conversation.” Addressing why he removed the initial post, he shared a tweet that read: “I need everyone to know that I took the post about Jay Z and Beyoncé’s family down […] because there was a possibility of my Twitter being… Read More →

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Led Zeppelin: “‘Kashmir’ was new music, no one had ever heard anything like it.”

Led Zeppelin are on the cover of Uncut’s April 2025 issue, as Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones celebrate the 50th anniversary of Physical Graffiti with exclusive new interviews. Advertisement THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW In this extract, Page and Plant recall a pivotal trip to Morocco – just after they finished their 1973 tour in support of Houses Of The Holy – and how inspiration from their travels fed into “Kashmir“, when the band reconvened at Headley Grange in October 1973 to begin work on their masterpiece, Physical Graffiti. PAGE: We went to Morocco more or less straight after Madison Square Garden. Robert was going to Marrakech with Maureen, his wife, and I was going to go over there and join them. We were going to do some traveling and then we were going to do some recording at the tail end sometime in that year. There was a folk festival in Marrakech, with tribes coming from all over Morocco in their traditional dress and playing their local music. When they came off the… Read More →

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The original ‘E.T.’ model from 1982 is being auctioned off

The original E.T. alien model used in the 1982 film is going up on auction – find out more below. READ MORE: Steven Spielberg’s 10 Greatest Films Sotheby’s Auction House has confirmed that the original 1982 model crafted by Italian effects specialist Carlo Rambaldi is going up for auction later this month, along with a collection of his works and personal collections for other iconic films. Advertisement The original, screen-used model of E.T. used in the Steven Spielberg classic was designed and developed the year prior and stands just over three feet. It was most famously used in the beloved closet scene, where the alien attempts to disguise itself among several stuffed animals. The E.T. model is expected to fetch between US$600,000 and a whopping $900,000 – the auction goes public on March 29 and closes on April 3. It will be part of the There Are such Things: 20th Century Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy on Screen collection – check it out here. Also included in the collection are Rambaldi’s other designs and prosthetics, such as never-before-seen sketches for E.T., two screen-used sand worm models from David Lynch‘s Dune (which are estimated to auction for $15-20,000), a baby dinosaur animatronic… Read More →

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Wet Leg to kick off new era with “special” shows in New York and LA: “Hey there neighbor”

Wet Leg have announced plans to kick off their new era with two shows in New York and Los Angeles. It comes after the Isle Of Wight band shared their return earlier this week and a 30-second teaser of their first new music in three years. Advertisement Now, the band are offering fans the chance to catch them in an intimate setting at the Market Hotel in Brooklyn on March 31 and The River in LA on April 8. Posting on Instagram they wrote: “Hey there neighbor been a while hasn’t it? why dont u come on down to the bottom of our garden? its about time we had ourselves a little gathering…just a couple of special nights in NYC 🇺🇸and LA 🇺🇸.” The band are inviting fans to a pre-sale on March 28, which they can sign up for here. Announcing their return on their social media channels on Monday (March 17) they wrote: “We’re so back”, along with a photo and a link to their website Recommended The link took users to their official website, where they were then directed to a landing page that featured the band’s name in a magenta font with a hill and house… Read More →

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Inside our latest free Uncut CD – Time To Fly: 15 tracks of the month’s best music

The Waterboys, Jason Isbell, Dean Wareham, Valerie June, Black Country New Road and more feature on our latest free Uncut CD. The 15-track compilation, titled Time To Fly, showcases some of the month’s best music and comes with the Uncut dated April 2025. Advertisement See below for more on the tracklisting… ORDER A COPY FROM US HERE 1 Tobacco CityBuffaloChris Coleslaw and Lexi Goddard are going from strength to strength. A set of confident Americana rock’n’roll, new album Horses really builds up a head of steam on this infectious slice of choogle, with an unexpected coda. Advertisement 2 FloristHave HeavenJellywish is the new album from Emily Sprague’s Florist project, and her best yet. There are echoes of Big Thief in its crepuscular, hushed songcraft, but also a light rural psychedelia in its picked acoustic guitars, warbling tapes and curdled electronics. 3 Nico GeorisGeological ObservationsFrom his Granny’s Dancehall studio in Death Valley, this sonic adventurer has been busy working with the electronic pulses of psychedelic mushrooms over recent years. Music Belongs To The Universe is all his own work, however, a welcoming collision of ambient, new age and far-out lysergic drones. 4 Dean WarehamYesterday’s HeroBack with only his third solo album,… Read More →

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Jesse Malin: Keep On Burning

In May 2023, Jesse Malin was walking to his local restaurant in New York when he felt a sharp pain in his upper thigh. He tried to shake it off, but by the end of the night he was lying on the floor as he settled the bill, having suffered a spinal stroke that left him paralysed. It’s been a tough 18 months, but Malin will be back onstage in December to perform a full set at New York’s Beacon Theatre, at a benefit show for his treatment, with special guests including Lucinda Williams and Jakob Dylan. Two London dates follow in May. Advertisement THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW “I will be there if I have to swim across the Atlantic,” says Malin. “We can’t reveal the names of the artists yet, but it will be similar to the Beacon, with me doing a set and then the guests.” A lot of those musicians played on recent Malin tribute album Silver Patron Saints, and the range and stature of those involved – Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Susanna… Read More →

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I’m New Here: Sam Moss

Sam Moss always looks for the irregular pieces of wood at his local lumber yard. “They have a pile of weird scraps that they can’t sell,” says the woodworker and singer-songwriter based in Staunton, Virginia. “I like to paw through and take a bunch of odd pieces and make them into strange little tables or whatever.” When he’s not touring, Moss is at home in his workshop or doing handyman jobs around town. “I do a lot of work fixing and renovating houses, where you want straight lines and functionality. But my woodworking is the opposite, and I get a lot of joy out of these odd shapes.” Advertisement THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW He brings a similar philosophy to his music, turning stray thoughts and errant emotions into bespoke musings on the world and his place in it. Swimming, his latest effort, is an album about small moments, modest joys, walking in the woods or feeding the ducks – nothing life-changing, but everything life-sustaining. “I felt the birds give meaning to an otherwise broken day,” he… Read More →

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Low’s Alan Sparhawk announces new solo album, With Trampled By Turtles

Low‘s Alan Sparhawk has announced details of a new solo album. With Trampled By Turtles is released through Sub Pop on May 30. Scroll down to hear “Stranger” from the album. THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW The album follows follows Sparhawk’s 2024 debut solo album, White Roses, My God. The album was recorded at the end of 2023 at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota with Sparhawk accompanied by long-time friends and fellow Minnesotans, Trampled By Turtles. You can pre-order the album here. Tracklisting for the album is: StrangerToo HighHeavenNot BrokenScreaming SongGet StillPrincess Road SurgeryDon’t Take Your LightTorn & In Ashes

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Edith Frost – In Space

Edith Frost opens her first album in almost 20 years with an organ, some dramatic guitar strums, and an important question: “Can you hear me?” she sings on “Another Year”. The moment is small and intimate, as though she’s clearing her throat or testing her microphone. The song might have started as a downhearted pandemic Christmas song about spending the holiday away from loved ones, but in this new incarnation, it serves as a fitting reintroduction to this cult country singer, a witty means of acknowledging the long interval between records. “Been a long time, but I’m alright,” she continues. “At least I survived.” THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW Advertisement Frost specialises in making small moments and little epiphanies sound much bigger than they are. Her previous albums were full of the kinds of everyday worries and mundane concerns that gnaw at you over time, and In Space picks up those threads as though no time has passed at all. These new songs consider ideas and attitudes about absence, alienation and reconciliation, but Frost never sounds merely… Read More →

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Lonnie Holley – Tonky

It’s still early in 2025, but “Seeds”, the opening track from Lonnie Holley’s fifth studio album Tonky, might be one of the most powerful and affecting pieces of music you’ll hear all year. Across its nine minutes, the 75-year-old artist and musician tells the tale of his formative years at the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, a juvenile correctional facility that was run in conditions not far off those of a slave plantation. THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW Advertisement Over a minimalist pulse that gently builds in intensity, accruing layers of twinkling synth, strings and choral chants, Holley remembers it all. Picking cotton in the endless rolling fields. The savage beatings that left his bed sheets stained with blood. That feeling of being all alone in the world. The music is as rousing and beautiful as the lyrical content is unconscionable, unbearable. Then, right at the moment the music peaks and slowly begins to fade, Holley pauses to reflect: “Oh I wish that I could rob my memory,” he intones. “I’d be like Midas, and turn… Read More →

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Linkin Park announce new single, ‘Up From The Bottom’: “It’s the best song we’ve ever made”

Linkin Park have confirmed their new single, which they’ve shared high praise for – find out what they had to say below. READ MORE: “This is not the end, this is not the beginning”: Linkin Park look to the future with new faces Speaking to Billboard at the iHeartRadio Music Awards recently, the band were asked about upcoming music after teasing earlier this month that they were already back in the studio. Confirming a new single to Billboard, rapper/guitarist Mike Shinoda and co. revealed that the track is titled ‘Up From The Bottom’ and will be out next week. Advertisement ‘Up From The Bottom’ is due for release on Thursday, March 27, and will be accompanied by a brand new music video. DJ/producer Joe Hahn dubbed the upcoming track as “the best song we’ve ever made,” with Shinoda chiming in to say he thinks it’s also the “best music video” that Linkin Park have made to date. [embedded content] Speaking on the music video, Hahn shared that it’s “a little bit mind-bending” and that it has to do with the song. Shinoda also confirmed that people only know one lyric of the song – seen in the studio footage they released… Read More →

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Matt Maltese shares yearnful single ‘Pined For You My Whole Life’, announces 2025 tour – including UK dates

Matt Maltese has shared his yearnful new single ‘Pined For You My Whole Life’ from his forthcoming album ‘Hers’. The soft, soulful and romantic track sees Maltese confess his love for a partner and how much he has yearned for them. “I fell in your hands / it changed the world / a challenge that meant to want you more,” he sings over a smooth bassline and beautiful piano arrangement. Advertisement Speaking about the track in a press release, Maltese shared: “Potentially the most amount of yearning I’ve done in a song. Which is saying something. Musically the song was a true joy to make, and is heavily inspired by all the Motown and soul I was grown up with. I’m not ashamed to say I get a lot of joy out of writing boldly pathetic declarations of love through the veil of American-leaning soul music.” [embedded content] ‘Pined For You My Whole Life’ serves as the third taster of Maltese’s upcoming sixth album ‘Hers’ which is set for release on May 16 via The Orchard (pre-order/pre-save here). The track follows the previously released ‘Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow’ and ‘Always Some MF’. ‘Hers’ marks Maltese’s first fully self-produced album since his… Read More →

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Looking back into the future

In partnership with Marshall Advertisement Gen And The Degenerates Gig of the year? There was a show in Penn’s Peak, Pennsylvania, that was in this Western-style theatre that was all wood on the inside, so it looked like some line-dancing club or something. It was on top of a mountain, the crowd was drunk and rowdy, and at one point during a song, Gen made a full sprint across the venue through the crowd, with venue security in pursuit. Fun. Best LP of 2024? Foxing continue to be one of the best and most underrated bands on the planet, and the new Fontaines DC album is unreal. Advertisement Tell us about your own best track from 2024? There is one song we’ve been playing live a lot, that says fuck it to the idea of basing your self-image on what people want from you. That resonates with us a lot. The title is taken from an essay by Eve Babitz, “I Used to Be Charming”, and it’s sonically riffing on stuff like Squeeze, Blondie, B-52s, Talking Heads. King Nun Best LP of 2024? No Name by Jack White. Just listen to it. What music did you rediscover in 2024? Cosmo’s… Read More →

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Shack announce first tour since 2007

Shack have announced their first tour dates since 2007. Reuniting Michael and John Head, with original bassist Pete Wilkinson, they are due to play four shows beginning with an opening homecoming date at the Liverpool Olympia. Advertisement THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW The band will also be joined by The Coral‘s Ian Skelly, replacing original drummer Iain Templeton, who died in December 2022. “Iain was a massive part of Shack,” explains John Head. “I didn’t ever think that this could happen because Iain was no longer around. His contribution was enormous and he was one of us. It’s still a massive thing him not being here. He remains irreplaceable, but we have someone on board now in Ian (Skelly), who will do an amazing job and is a huge fan of what Iain did with Shack himself.” Advertisement Nathaniel Cummings, a member and co-songwriter in Michael Head’s Red Elastic Band, will complete the 2025 version of Shack. The confirmed, upcoming Shack 2025 live dates are: Fri 25 April – Liverpool Olympia – SOLD OUTThu 1 May – Glasgow, St. Luke’s Fri 2 May… Read More →

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Miley Cyrus appears to be teasing her next album ‘Something Beautiful’

Miley Cyrus appears to be teasing her next studio album, ‘Something Beautiful’ – find out more below. READ MORE: Miley Cyrus – ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ review: a potent reclamation of power Back in November, the ‘Wrecking Ball’ singer opened up about her upcoming concept album ‘Something Beautiful’, which will serve as a follow-up to her 2023 LP ‘Endless Summer Vacation‘. Advertisement Miley Cyrus. CREDIT: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Then, in December, Cyrus released her latest single ‘Beautiful That Way’ which was written and recorded for the film The Last Showgirl which stars Pamela Anderson. The ballad was co-written by Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt and was nominated for a Golden Globe under Best Original Song. Now, it seems like we’re officially on the road to ‘Something Beautiful’, with the singer’s social media profile pictures and website being updated to reflect a new black and white image of the singer’s silhouette. On her website, the album’s title is reflected on the top left of the page – check it out here. Additionally, fans have reported seeing posters for ‘Something Beautiful’ out in the wild, though the posters do not reveal any crucial information, such as its release date or its tracklist. However, the tease would suggest that we’ll find out more about… Read More →

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Boygenius “ended at the perfect time”, says Lucy Dacus: “It immediately outpaced our expectations”

Lucy Dacus has opened up about Boygenuis coming to an end, sharing that “it immediately outpaced our expectations”. READ MORE: Boygenius on the enduring power of ‘The Record’: “We feel as good as we ever hoped to” The trio – comprising Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker – released two EPs with 2018’s self-titled and 2023’s ‘The Rest’. Their debut LP, 2023’s ‘The Record’ earned Boygenius their first UK Number One album and a glowing a five-star review from NME which stated that the project was “the instant classic we were hoping for”. Advertisement It also saw the supergroup earn three Grammys for Best Alternative Music Album, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance. They were also awarded a BRIT for International Group Of The Year at the 2024 ceremony. Boygenius accepts the award for Rock Performance at the 66th Grammy Awards. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Speaking to NME in December 2023, Boygenius said that they liked the idea of the band’s future remaining “a surprise” after their debut LP ‘The Record’ was named our album of the year. Baker continued: “I like having this band be something that, because it’s more ephemeral or whatever, it’s not concretely tied to one… Read More →

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Stevie Wonder to play BST Hyde Park

Stevie Wonder is the final headliner for this year’s American Express presents BST Hyde Park series. THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW Joining previous announced headliners – including Neil Young (July 11), Olivia Rodrigo (June 27) and Jeff Lynne’s ELO (July 13) – Wonder tops the bill in Hyde Park on Saturday July, 12 as part of his LOVE, LIGHT & SONG UK 2025 performances. Wonder previously headlined BST Hyde Park in 2016 and 1019. Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT on Friday, March 21. Click here for more details. Tickets: Amex Presale Tickets® begins 10am GMT on Monday, March 17, ends 10am GMT on Wednesday, March 19 Artist Fanclub – 10am GMT Wednesday, March 19 General On Sale – 10am GMT on Friday, March 21

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‘Wednesday’ season two: Jenna Ortega reveals new details, including slasher-themed episode

Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has revealed new details about the show’s upcoming second season. READ MORE: ‘Wednesday’ review: Netflix Addams Family spinoff is creepy, kooky and very spooky Speaking to Collider recently, Ortega – plays the titular Wednesday Addams – shared new information on season two of Netflix‘s hit show. Season two of Wednesday has yet to receive a release date, but is expected to premiere on Netflix this year. A reason for an unconfirmed premiere date, despite having wrapped filming late last year, stems from work being incomplete, Ortega said. Advertisement She explained to Collider: “We’re still in the edit. I was doing ADR for it two weeks ago. That’s the funny thing about these jobs is you’re done, you wrap, but you’re not really done. So, I’ll probably be working on it until the end.” Jenna Ortega as ‘Wednesday’ in season two. CREDIT: Netflix While the wait for season two continues, Jenna Ortega’s shared more details about the upcoming show to tide fans over. Judging from her comments to Collider, season two is shaping up to be the show’s most explosive collection of episodes yet. Ortega revealed: “Visually, I can say we have some of the most fun we’ve ever… Read More →

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Gwen Stefani shares tender new single ‘Still Gonna Love You’, co-written by Finneas

Gwen Stefani has released a new song ‘Still Gonna Love You’, part of a new deluxe edition of her 2024 solo album ‘Bouquet’. The No Doubt singer released the original album in November, and now ‘Bouquet (Deluxe)’ is on streaming services too. It includes acoustic versions of every track from the original, alongside the brand new ‘Still Gonna Love You’. Advertisement The song was co-written with Finneas and features Stefani singing: “You can push me away, go ahead and make your mistakes, I won’t judge you / Nothing that you can say if you want me to hate you, I’m still gonna love you”. Listen to the song here: [embedded content] “This song is about love,” Stefani has said. “A love that can’t be broken, a love that no matter what is always going to be there, and a love that can always bring you back home.” The singer spoke to NME last year about making ‘Bouquet’, her first solo album in seven years. Recommended “I don’t go to the studio every day and just self-indulge in like, ‘What do I have to say today?’ It’s like, hey, they’re at school, I got three hours so let’s see if I… Read More →