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Hear Nadia Reid’s new track, “Changed Unchained”

Nadia Reid returns with a new track, “Changed Unchained“, her first new music for four years and first for new label Chrysalis Records. Scroll down to hear the new track. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Along with the track, Reid has announced details of a March 2025 headline tour of the UK and EU. General tickets are on sale from Friday, September 6 here. Pre-sale access can be gained by signing up to Nadia’s new mailing list on Thursday, September 5 at 10am here. March 3 Antwerpen, Belgium – Arenberg March 4 Hamburg, Germany – Aalhaus March 5 Berlin, Germany – Privatclub March 6 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Upstairs March 7 Tourcoing, France – Le Grand Mix March 8 Paris, France – La Boule Noire March 10 London – EartH Theatre March 11 Brighton – CHALK March 12 Leeds – Brudenell Social Club March 13 Glasgow – Room 2 March 14 Bangor – Court House March 15 Dublin – Whelans March 17 Nottingham – The Bodega March 18 Bristol – Strange Brew March 18 Manchester – YES (Pink Room)

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the innocence mission share new track, “This Thread Is a Green Street”

the innocence mission have announced details of their first studio album for four years, Midwinter Swimmers. You can also hear “This Thread Is A Green Street“, from the new album, below. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! The album is released on November 29 via Bella Union and once again features Karen Peris, Don Peris and Mike Bitts. You can pre-order here. Tracklisting for Midwinter Swimmers is: This Thread Is a Green Street Midwinter Swimmers The Camera That Divides The Coast Of Maine John Williams We Would Meet in Center City Your Saturday Picture Cloud To Cloud A Hundred Flowers Orange Of The Westering Sun Sisters And Brothers A Different Day

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Jeff Goldblum names his favourite Taylor Swift song

Jeff Goldblum has revealed that he’s a fan of Taylor Swift and has named his favourite song by the singer – find out what it is below. The veteran actor recently spoke of his fondness for Swift in a new TikTok video to promote his Netflix show KAOS. In the video, Goldblum confirms that he’s a “Swiftie” and went on to say that he and his wife met her at a party to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. “She was delightful… she was so sweet,” Goldblum recalled of their encounter. He later added that he recently attended once of Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour concerts at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles last year. He also revealed that his favourite song from Swift is none other than ‘Lover’. @netflix oh to exchange friendship bracelets with @jeffgoldblum KAOS, now playing on netflix ♬ original sound – Netflix – Netflix Advertisement The past two years have been a busy affair for Swift, who apart from performing countless sold out shows as part of her career-spanning ‘Eras’ tour, released the double-album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ in April. She most recently completed her European run of the ‘Eras’ tour with a five-night showcase… Read More →

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Fans react to “terrifying” ‘Smile 2’ trailer

The new trailer for Smile 2 has landed today (September 3) and fans have been reacting online to how “terrifying” the trailer is – watch it below. The sinister first trailer for the film arrived back in June. The film stars Naomi Scott as pop singer Skye Riley who, as well as struggling with fame and the pressures that come with it, is haunted by a demonic entity known as The Terror. Smile 2 is due for release on October 18, just ahead of Halloween. It is directed by Parker Finn, who directed the first Smile film in 2022, and the 2020 short film Laura Hasn’t Slept, which formed the basis for its feature length debut. In the latest trailer, there are many scares. There is one appearance of Syne in her pop star capacity and it shows her make an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show – and includes a cameo from Barrymore herself. Advertisement The trailer delves deeper into Skye’s haunting by The Terror and introduces characters who try to work out how to stop it in its tracks. Alongside Scott, the sequel stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, and Raúl Castillo. Kyle Gallner also returns as Joel from the… Read More →

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Judas Priest are re-mixing and re-releasing their debut album ‘Rocka Rolla’

Judas Priest are planning to re-release their debut album ‘Rocka Rolla’ with a new mix – find out more below. READ MORE: Judas Priest legend Rob Halford: “Coming out happened in the right way – it wasn’t premeditated” According to founding member and bassist Ian Hill, the album – which celebrates its 50th anniversary on September 6 – is being re-mixed and getting prepped for re-release. Speaking on the Talking Rock with Meltdown podcast recent, Hill spoke about the band’s plans for its 50th anniversary reissue. He said: “It’s just been re-engineered by Tom Allom after all of these years. The multi-tracks were in remarkably good condition, and he’s changed some of the sounds, made it more modern and obviously remixed it. And he’s done a great job.” [embedded content] Advertisement He continued, noting that he believes it will be released soon: “It’s just coming out shortly, I believe. It’s only a few weeks away, I’m sure it is. Yeah, but he’s redone it. It’s gonna be re-released, which is great news. It’s finally got the production it’s always needed.” ‘Rocka Rolla’ released on September 6 in 1974, and is best known for songs like ‘One for the Road’, the title… Read More →

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‘Dawson’s Creek’ actor Obi Ndefo dies ages 51

Actor Obi Ndefo, best known for playing Brodie on TV show Dawson’s Creek, has died aged 51, last Wednesday (August 28). News of Ndefo’s death was originally announced by his sister Nkem Ndefo on Facebook. Alongside a photo of the pair of siblings, she wrote:“Heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother 💔 and knowing he’s finally at peace ❤️‍🩹🕊️✨.” She also shared on Twitter today (September 2) that he died after his heart gave out in a longstanding battle against the eating disorder orthorexia. Heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother 💔 and knowing he’s finally at peace ❤️‍🩹🕊️✨ Posted by Nkem Ndefo on Saturday, August 31, 2024 Obi Ndefo passed away early Wednesday morning in a Los Angeles area hospital. Tragically, Obi’s heart gave out in his longstanding battle against the eating disorder orthorexia. — Nkem Ndefo 🍉 (@NdefoNkem) September 2, 2024 She added: “As his family, we share this news to bring attention to orthorexia’s severity and in the hopes that those suffering from this devastating disease receive the compassionate care they deserve.” She left a link to the National Eating Disorder Association for fans to leave a donation to in Obi’s name to further the research… Read More →

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Uncut’s Ultimate End Of The Road Festival 2024 Round-Up!

So that’s us just about back from another stupendous year at Larmer Tree Gardens. End Of The Road continues to demonstrate exactly why it’s the last great party of the summer – with a staggering array of amazing performances from brilliant artists covering a multitude of genres and styles. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! As ever, huge thanks to our crack team comprising Tom Pinnock, Sam Richards and Mark Beaumont, who represented Uncut so strongly down in Larmer Tree Gardens. Advertisement Thanks, also, to everyone who attended our Uncut Q&As – perhaps our best sessions yet, featuring packed crowds for Lankum, Sam Morton and Yo La Tengo. And now, for your edification, here’s a round up of all our EOTR 2024 blogs… Dig in! Advertisement We’re off to End Of The Road Festival 2024 It’s in the trees! Six End Of The Road Festival 2024 picks Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Richard Dawson, Laetitia Sadier: End Of The Road 2024 – Day 1 End Of The Road extra! Dawn Landes: “It’s just so powerful” Lankum Q&A: End Of The Road 2024 – Day 2 Baxter Dury, Lankum, Alabaster DePlume – End… Read More →

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Yo La Tengo, Stewart Lee, Altin Gün – End Of The Road 2024, Day 4

Say what you like about End Of The Road, but it’s surely the only festival where a comedian can venture a bit of ad-hoc new material about The Blue Orchids. This is Stewart Lee, of course, down on the Talking Heads stage, attempting to “establish a liberal consensus that dissolves on contact with the outside world”. It’s strictly one-in-one-out to hear him wring ever more nuanced laughs from some of his greatest hits (“These days, you say you’re English…”), even if he contends that most people are only there to watch him die trying to get back up the steep hill from the stage. Thankfully, a sighting of Lee later at Yo La Tengo’s secret Piano Stage set confirms that he made it out alive. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! As the afternoon skies darken, Florence Adooni brings more than a splash of colour to the Garden Stage: she and her co-singer are in sparkling purple dresses while her band – including a mini brass section and a guy providing regular awesome organ wig-outs – are in dazzling orange shirts. Her joyous Afrobeat carnival… Read More →

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Yo La Tengo Q&A: End Of The Road 2024, Day 4

When Yo La Tengo are having a shocker of a show, they don’t smash up their gear, abuse the audience or storm offstage to trash the dressing room. They simply, and very quietly, keep playing. In extremis. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! “We were at loggerheads with this club all night, and they turned the lights on on us with 40 minutes before the bar time,” frontman Ira Kaplan told Uncut reviews editor Tom Pinnock during the final Uncut Q&A of End Of The Road 2024, recalling the first time they ever did their half-hour slowcore revenge set. “We went back onstage anyway and did a song or two and then announced we were doing one more song ‘So when you’ve had enough, go home’. Then we started playing ‘Speedy Motorcycle’… we finished the singing and got to this little guitar solo and it never ended. We were playing really quietly and gently but just wouldn’t stop playing. They cut the power and broke into our van later that night and stole something, so I think we showed them.” Advertisement As Ira and bassist… Read More →

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Things we spotted at End Of The Road 2024

Semi-famous musicians passing through the Garden Stage area being thoroughly ignored in favour of End Of The Road’s real rockstars – the peacocks… Blue Lake on the Boat stage managing to tune into the same key as the nearby ferris wheel… The brilliant Song Gallery: a one-person listening cabin where you could immerse yourself in an uplifting new anthem by The Golden Dregs… Advertisement The reality-warping Alice Through The Looking Glass pub game arena, featuring boomerang skittles, a very long pool table and the six way ‘ping-pong thunderdome’… Click here for all our End Of The Road coverage A woman in an amazing fringed leather jacket watching Brown Horse while drinking from a pewter tankard… Advertisement The return to the campsite of the pop quiz photo round tent. But is that Captain Beefheart or Tom Sellick?… The giant ‘which EOTR band are you’ flowchart prompting some unexpected musical discoveries. “Who the fuck is Mozart Estate?” Oh, you’re in for a treat…. Some typically excellent selections from the Craft Beer Bar DJs – particularly blasting out Roots Manuva’s “Witness (1 Hope)” the very second Lankum finished… Stewart Lee watching Yo La Tengo’s piano stage set (despite earlier having mined plenty of… Read More →

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TWICE’s label threatens “the strongest legal action” against deepfake videos of the group

JYP Entertainment has announced its intention to pursue strong legal action against any creators of deepfake videos depicting members of TWICE and any of its artists. On August 31, the K-pop label published a statement on fan community app FANS announcing its intention to pursue legal action against creators of deepfake videos depicting TWICE members and other JYP Entertainment artists. “We are gravely concerned about the recent spread of deepfake (AI-generated) videos involving our artists,” the label said. “This is a blatant violation of the law, and we are in the process of collecting all relevant evidence to pursue the strongest legal action with a leading law firm, without leniency.” While other details remain under wraps, JYP concluded its statement by writing: “We want to make it clear that we will not stand by while our artists’ rights are violated and will take decisive action to address this matter to the fullest extent possible.” Advertisement JYP Entertainment’s statement comes amid what Korea JoongAng Daily has described as a “nationwide deepfake epidemic” in South Korea, where the “online crime of creating or watching sex videos using K-pop artists’ faces in pornographic content” was recently discovered to be alarmingly prevalent. The publication… Read More →

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Big Thief enlisted by folk veteran Tucker Zimmerman for new album ‘Dance Of Love’

Big Thief has been enlisted by singer-songwriter Tucker Zimmerman to be the backing band on his new album ‘Dance Of Love’. The album’s lead track, “Burial at Sea,” comes with a video directed by Noah, the younger brother of Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker. Driven by melodic guitar strings, the song also features Lenker on backing vocals. The band backs Zimmerman on nine of the album’s ten tracks. [embedded content] ‘Dance Of Love’ is due to be released on October 11 on 4AD, you can pre-order and pre-save it here. Advertisement In a press statement, Zimmerman said: “After years of writing and filling a box with over 500 song sheets, I had finally found my path, my originality, my voice. It had become clear to me that songs of only one kind were worth spending time on: those which had a positive message and a peaceful vibration […] Just poetry. Little hums that perhaps might lift us all above our daily worries and fears, little hums that try to make the world a better place to live in.” Tucker Zimmerman – ‘Dance Of Love’ tracklist 1. Old Folks From Farmersville [ft. Big Thief, Iji and Twain]2. Idiot’s Maze [ft. Big Thief,… Read More →

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Slowdive, Brown Horse, Camera Obscura – End Of The Road 2024, Day 3

Saturday starts with a surprise: an unannounced midday solo set from Julia Jacklin on End Of The Road‘s Garden Stage. Her stark confessionals can be almost uncomfortably intimate, especially at this early hour, but Jacklin is a winning presence, especially when ambushed with a birthday cake (she turns 34 today). “So much attention all at once!” she blushes. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! It’s Brown Horse’s first time on a big festival stage, but they instantly feel like they belong, their rich accordion-and-pedal-steel-assisted country-rock filling the air. The songs from this year’s Reservoir album already feel like timeworn classics – which is very much the idea – while several newies bode well for the next one. They also deliver a brilliant and timely bonus: a cover of Woody Guthrie’s “All You Fascists Bound To Lose” in the style of “Cortez The Killer”. Advertisement Lebanese psych-rockers Sanam are a fantastic new discovery on the Garden Stage. Their addictive concoction of microtonal melodies, bowed electric guitar and bass-synth rumbles acts a raindance, summoning forth the day’s only few drops of the wet stuff. Click here for… Read More →

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Richard Hawley, The Lemon Twigs – End Of The Road 2024, Day 3

If End Of The Road can sometimes be a sonic whiskey sour – fiery but rewarding – Saturday brings some welcome froth. “Let’s rock this psych track!” yell The Lemon Twigs from the Woods stage. “I hope nobody gets a bad trip from this one.” Little knowing perhaps that their Rubber Soul version of psychedelia is significantly breezier than the sort of head-crushing sounds the peacocks of Larmer Tree Gardens have grown to love over the years. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Here to shamelessly plug their new album A Dream Is All We Know (“because that’s what this whole festival game is about!” Michael D’addario admits, their marketing plan as rooted in the past as their music) the Long Island brothers provide vivifying light relief. The Byrds’ honeyed folk rock, beat-era songwriting and Beach Boys harmonic blendings are dipped in a ‘70s pop rock sensibility to create – on “In My Head”, “Church Bells” and their actual Beach Boys cover “You’re So Good To Me” – a richly satisfying evocation of simpler pop times, like Silver Sun, Ben Folds or Weezer at their most retro-active. Advertisement They… Read More →

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Sam Morton Q&A: End Of The Road 2024, Day 3

Samantha Morton started singing young, and singing for her life. “I remember once singing for someone called Irene Scott to try and get her to foster me,” she told End Of The Road’s gripped Talking Heads stage at Uncut’s second Q&A of the festival. “She ended up becoming my foster mum. So I literally was singing for my supper.” JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! The discussion with Uncut reviews editor Tom Pinnock – like Morton’s debut album alongside producer and XL chief Richard Russell, Daffodils & Dirt – ranged freely across a host of Morton’s deeply personal traumas and revelations. For instance, talk of key album track “Broxtowe Girl”, which details the UB40 barricade parties Morton and her friends held in the children’s homes of Nottingham, led naturally to the stories of Morton’s time in such institutions as a child Advertisement “It’s like prison, isn’t it?” she said. “When you’re in a children’s home and they’ve locked the fridge or there’s abuse going on, the way that we expressed our power was by barricading ourselves into a room, putting furniture against the door, and just seeing how long… Read More →

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Best ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ weapons and guns

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 already has a solid selection of weapons that can be used with great loadouts and class setups. But, even in these early days of the game’s beta, a few weapons have become standout picks as the best Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 weapons, and some are even completely overpowered. READ MORE: ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ Beta FAQ: dates, platforms, content In this guide, we will cover the five main standouts right now, with some weapons for close-range playstyles and some for snipers too. There is a gun here for everyone so be sure to use these before they get nerfed for the full game’s release. This guide is based off around 20 hours of playtime with the Black Ops 6 beta. Best ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ weapons The best weapons and guns in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta are: 1. Jackal PDW – best SMG 2. AMES 85 – best assault rifle 3. XM4 – best all-around assault rifle 4. SVD – best sniper rifle 5. Marine SP – best shotgun Credit: Activision 1. Jackal PDW Advertisement The Jackal PDW is by far the best weapon in Black Ops… Read More →

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PS Plus October 2024 games – when can you expect the announcement?

The PS Plus October 2024 games could be a pretty big month for the service if a likely addition ends up being added to coincide with a big update. After a solid Summer, this could be the start of a really exciting end-of-year season for PS Plus. READ MORE: All games releasing in 2024 for PS5, PS4, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch Below, you can read up on when the PS Plus announcement for the month will happen, what we know so far, and our predictions for the month’s games – one of which will likely happen. PS Plus October 2024 games The PS Plus October 2024 games will be announced for the Essential tier on September 25, 2024, and made available on October 1, 2024. The Extra and Premium games will be revealed on October 9, 2024, and available from October 15, 2024. While we don’t have any confirmed games yet, here are our predictions for the Essential games. Advertisement Credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment Concord – PS5 It’s safe to say Concord hasn’t got off to a good start. A low playerbase, lack of interest, and middling reviews have meant this PvP shooter has strugged to get off the ground…. Read More →

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Idles, Sleater-Kinney, Kassi Valazza – End Of The Road 2024, Day 2

Idles’ Joe Talbot is determined to find End Of The Road’s inner punk. “Part the crowd into two halves,” he insists, envisioning a wall of death. “Come on, move your picnic chairs and wine racks…” It may be comfortably appointed, but EOTR can still rock out. A balmy Friday begins in understandably muted tones, with Arizona-via-Portland singer Kassi Valazza delivering beautifully vaporous country songs about sunken galleons and rising rivers; even “Rapture”, about a friend with “a fascination for lighting things on fire” smoulders sweetly. And out on the Piano Stage in the psychedelic woodlands, Gruff Rhys and Bill Ryder-Jones – kinsmen in luscious Welsh-language folk pop and upcoming co-headliner tourmates – come together for a laid-back fifteen minutes, swapping songs like campfire compadres. Advertisement Bill’s “If Tomorrow Starts Without Me” sets the chamber pop tone, while Gruff’s “Bad Friend” unravels a flamenco pop tale of comradely inconstancy and Welsh caravan holidays, stuttered out in dislocated chunks. They close with a Parisian folk showtune about death’s endless black, somehow lifted into a hymnal sing-along. A magical pairing indeed. By the time Sleater-Kinney take to the main Woods stage, however, EOTR’s punk gander is up. “We’ve got eleven albums so we’re… Read More →

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Baxter Dury, Lankum, Alabaster DePlume – End Of The Road 2024, Day 2

Just like a jazz musician, any great festival like End Of The Road needs to be able to improvise. Sometimes the results can improve upon the original scheduling. When Militarie Gun pull out of their Big Top slot, James Holden steps into the breach with his elemental and uplifting psychedelic rave salvo. And with Mdou Moctar sadly waylaid, a saviour is quickly installed in the form of Alabaster DePlume. He may not bring the noise in quite the same way as Moctar, but his twilight Garden Stage set certainly doesn’t lack intensity. DePlume reveals that he’s just come off a WhastApp call with a friend in the West Bank, and his whole set is charged with fury and sadness at what is happening in Palestine. Backed by drums, cello and the guitar of Rozi Plain, his music tonight often veers closer towards Godspeed-esque post-rock than jazz, topped by his own beautifully desperate saxophone howls. It is a little tougher for him, in this context, to offer his usual rousing messages of hope of self-care. But he still manages to thank everyone “for living”, suggesting that coming together at a festival like this is the first step towards banishing fear and… Read More →

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Lankum Q&A: End Of The Road 2024 – Day 2

If it feels odd for Lankum, at End Of The Road 2024’s first Uncut Q&A session, to face down a stacked terrace of wooden pews packed with several hundred festival-goers expecting sparkling banter – but at least it’s not the Leeds Irish Centre circa 2015. The night when, at their worst (and best) ever gig, they played to a crowd of nine-year-old Irish dancers, surrounded by a gang of hardcore crusties on Ecstasy. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! “We didn’t know how to say no,” says singer Ian Lynch, recalling the request they received from a Liverpudlian children’s Irish dancing group to perform at the event, otherwise populated by their squatter friends from Leeds and Bradford, very much ready to party. “One of them was after double-dropping. He was especially in bits. So we had all these nine-year-old Irish dancers…” Advertisement “And their grannies,” adds his brother Daragh. “There were two sound men completely drunk,” Ian continues. “The parents of the Irish dancers were really pushy, they were like ‘Play a set of reels so the kids can dance.’ We’re like ‘We don’t really… Read More →

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‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ Twitch Drops rewards, how to get them, and more

After offering some Twitch Drops for watching COD Next, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is running another Twitch Drops campaign during the closed and open beta. READ MORE: ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’ Beta FAQ: dates, platforms, content This campaign offers new rewards to earn, and you can earn your drops while the beta is online. Here is what you need to do. During the Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta, you can watch streams to earn a set of rewards as Twitch Drops. There are four rewards to earn for watching 4 hours of streams. You can then use these in Black Ops 6 upon its release. These rewards can be earned until September 9, 2024, at 10 am PT, 1 pm ET, 6 pm BST, 7 pm CEST, when the open beta shuts down. All you need to do is go to Twitch’s Black Ops 6 category and then find a streamer who has Twitch Drops enabled. Their stream will often have it in the title or the “DropsEnabled” tag will be located under it. Advertisement These items include the Loyal Followers, Please Subscribe, and Where It All Started cosmetic items, as well as the Watch and Learn weapon… Read More →