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System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian hits back at Imagine Dragons’ Azerbaijan gig defence: “Respectfully, I draw the line at ethnic cleansing and genocide”

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has once again hit back at Imagine Dragons for their controversial gig in Azerbaijan. READ MORE: System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian: “We are not living in a just world” Last month, Tankian made headlines when he criticised Imagine Dragons for their decision to go ahead with their controversial gigs in Israel and Azerbaijan, stating that he has “zero respect for those guys”. The dispute came over a show that Dan Reynolds and co played in Azerbeijan’s capital city, Baku, which some argued could be perceived as being an endorsement of the country’s authoritarian President Ilham Aliyev. Tankian had sent the group a letter last summer urging them to pull out of the Baku Olympic Stadium show. In the letter, he stated that proceeding with the gig “would help whitewash the dictatorial regime’s image”. Advertisement The likes of Brian Eno, Thurston Moore and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters also took the time to share an open letter last August asking Imagine Dragons to back out from the gigs. “Performing in Baku under these circumstances, regardless of intent, can only help the government of Azerbaijan cover up its crimes,” a section of it read. Earlier this week, Reynolds… Read More →

05JULNews

All Active Zenless Zone Zero codes (July 2024)

Zenless Zone Zero has captured the attention of players with its fast, frantic, and addicting combat. However, the gacha game has far more going on when it comes to team composition, pulling for new characters, and obtaining powerful W-Engines than it initially lets on. To make the most of all of that, you will need to make use of the Zenless Zone Zero codes as much as possible. Below, you can find a full list of all the active codes in the game right now and their rewards. In addition, you can also find out how you can redeem those codes in-game. All Zenless Zone Zero Codes The active Zenless Zone Zero codes as of July 2024 are: ZENLESSGIFT – 50 Polychrome, two Official Investigator Log, three W-Engine Power Supplies, and one Bangboo Algorithm Module ZZZ2024 or ZZZTVCM – 50 Polychrome and 6,000 Denny (one code only) ZZZFREE100 – 300 Polychrome, 30,000 Denny, two Senior Investigator Logs, and three W-Engine Energy Modules (expires July 11, 2024) ZENLESSLAUNCH – 60 Polychrome and 6,666 Denny We will keep updating this guide with the latest codes as and when they drop or come directly as rewards from Hoyoverse. How to redeem Zenless Zone… Read More →

05JULNews

NewJeans investigate alien activity in part two of ‘Supernatural’ music video

K-pop girl group NewJeans have dropped the second part of their ‘Supernatural’ music video. Last month, NewJeans made their official Japanese debut with their single album ‘Supernatural’. The group have now dropped a second music video for the title track, this time featuring a Korean-language version of the single. The new visual continues the TV series concept of original music video, this time with the members investigating the strange weather phenomena from the first clip. The story culminates with the girl group discovering a colony of rabbit-like aliens on a neighbouring planet. “I don’t know what we’ve done / I don’t want to go back / I already know / Don’t know what we’ve been sold / I’ll find out, so it’s sure,” they sing on the chorus. Advertisement [embedded content] Last weekend, NewJeans held their two-night ‘Bunnies Camp’ fan concert in Tokyo Dome, becoming the fastest K-pop group to perform at the iconic venue after debuting. The concert was held less than a week after they dropped ‘Supernatural’. The show featured special performances with Japanese pop duo YOASOBI and Japanese-English singer Rina Sawayama. The latter also teamed up with NewJeans member Hyein to perform her 2020 song ‘Bad Friend’ at… Read More →

04JULNews

Darius Rucker thinks people should forgive Morgan Wallen as he’s “tried to really better himself”

Darius Rucker has urged the country music world to forgive Morgan Wallen after he used a racial slur. During an appearance on Rolling Stone’s Music Now podcast, the Hootie and the Blowfish vocalist said Wallen has grown since the 2021 incident, in which a video emerged of the country star saying the n-word. “I think Morgan’s become a better person since that,” Rucker said. “I’ve known Morgan a long time. Since all that happened, Morgan’s tried to really better himself and become a better person and see the world in a much better, better way.” After footage of him using the slur surfaced, Wallen said he was “embarrassed and sorry”. Responding to TMZ, who first aired the clips, he said: “I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. Advertisement “There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologise for using the word. I promise to do better.” Despite having his music withdrawn from radio stations in the US and UK, Wallen is still a dominant force in country music, with ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’ going No. 1 only weeks after the incident. The ‘Last Night’ singer… Read More →

04JULHit Singles

Introducing…The Ultimate Genre Guide to Glam

Get down and get with it! The UGG Glam is in shops on Friday! As you will discover when you read this stomping new publication, there were many ways to be glam. Conceptual, like Roxy or Bowie. Flashy, and made for colour television, like Slade. Theatrical, like Alice Cooper or chaotic like the New York Dolls. For our cover star Brian Eno, it was the start of a 50-year career in experimental ideas – currently being celebrated in an excellent new documentary. Perhaps more than anything else, glam could be a key to reinvention and self-discovery. Roy Wood was a joint-passing hippy before he became the glitter-bearded star of Wizzard. Mott The Hoople were longtime triers about to quit, given another shot when they performed Bowie’s “All The Young Dudes” – essentially glam’s national anthem. Elton John began the 1970s as an earnest balladeer, and was possibly more a glam rocker from expediency than anything else. Still, it allowed him to access elements of his showmanship, sexuality and general high-spirits than he had previously managed. Advertisement There was no one way to be glam. There were some recognizable features – the intersection of ambiguous sexuality and hard, often1950s-inspired rock; an… Read More →

04JULHit Singles

New film about Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios to open in August

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision, a new film from Experience Hendrix LLC, is due to open at The Quad in New York City on August 9. A global rollout will follow, distributed by Abramorama. The documentary chronicles the building of what became the first ever artist-owned commercial recording studio, in the heart of Manhattan – although Hendrix had originally envisioned Electric Lady as a nightclub and jam space. “Jimi loved jamming at The Generation nightclub in the Village and when it went bankrupt, he and [manager] Mike Jeffery purchased it with a view to making it a place for him and his friends to relax and possibly record their jams on an 8-track tape machine in the corner,” explains Hendrix’s engineer and long-time collaborator Eddie Kramer, a key contributor to the documentary. Advertisement “I knew at once that a club would be disastrous. I remember saying something like ‘You guys must be out your #$%^&ing minds! Do you have any idea of what Jimi spends in studio time in a year?’ Let’s build the best studio in the world for him so when he walks in, he can relax and record whenever he wants. “The club idea was… Read More →

04JULNews

(G)I-DLE look forward to the summer in teaser for new single, ‘Klaxon’

K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE have released a teaser for the music video of their new single, ‘Klaxon’. The new teaser for ‘Klaxon’ opens with the members of (G)I-DLE stuck in traffic as leader Soyeon sings: “What time is it now? Time for Summer.” Soon after, the roads clear, and the girl group drive off into the horizon. ‘Klaxon’ will be the lead single of (G)I-DLE’s upcoming mini-album, ‘I Sway’, the follow-up to their January full-length record ‘[2]’. Both the project and the single’s music video will be released next Monday (July 8) at 6pm KST. [embedded content] Advertisement (G)I-DLE’s previous release, ‘[2]’, featured the singles ‘Wife’ and ‘Super Lady’. The group also released a music video for album cut ‘Revenge’, while another song from the record called ‘Fate’ has emerged as a sleeper hit in South Korea. In April, (G)I-DLE singer Yuqi released her new solo mini-album ‘YUQ1’. The record notably features several collaborations, including rapper pH-1 on ‘Drink It Up’, (G)I-DLE bandmate Minnie on ‘Everytime’ and Chinese musician Lexie Liu on ‘On Clap’. Prior to that, (G)I-DLE collaborated with Jennifer Lopez on a remix of the latter’s single, ‘This Time Around’. The original version of the song appeared on Lopez’s latest studio album ‘This Is Me… Now’, which was released… Read More →

03JULNews

Kneecap on their ‘Trainspotting’-inspired movie: “Irvine Welsh said it was the best film he’d seen in fucking years”

Kneecap have spoken to NME about the influence of Trainspotting on their upcoming biopic, and how the film has received praise from author Irvine Welsh. Watch our video interview with the band above. The Irish rap trio unveiled the official trailer for their upcoming self-titled biopic, starring Michael Fassbender, earlier this month. The film was also previewed at Glastonbury Festival’s cinema tent, Pilton Palais, last weekend. Written and directed by Rich Peppiatt, the feature-length comedy-drama won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January. It is due to arrive in Irish cinemas on August 8, before hitting the big screen in the UK on August 28. “Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking Irish-language rap trio Kneecap, the film stars the band’s Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí in their acting debuts,” an official synopsis reads. Advertisement “Set in West Belfast in 2019, it chronicles how fate brings the trio together and how they then go on to ‘change the sound of Irish music forever’.” Fassbender (who plays Bap’s father, an exiled IRA member) stars in Kneecap alongside the likes of Simone Kirby, Jessica Reynolds, Fionnuala Flaherty and Josie Walker. Visit here for tickets and more information…. Read More →

03JULHit Singles

Send us your questions for Thurston Moore!

The first time Thurston Moore ever sang into a microphone, it was to scream back the lyrics of “Oh Bondage! Up Yours!” to Poly Styrene when X-Ray Spex played CBGB in 1978. It was a moment of teenage catharsis that he’s seemed to carry through his whole career, consistently advocating for noisy rock’n’roll and expressive free music of all kinds as the best vessel for transcending workaday existence and sticking it to the man. After looking back over his storied career in last year’s memoir Sonic Life, Moore is once again facing forward on new solo album Flow Critical Lucidity – although devotees of the dazed guitars and jagged street poetry of Sonic Youth touchstones Sister and Daydream Nation will find plenty to love in this new material. To celebrate its release in September, Moore has kindly consented to undergo a gentle grilling from you, the Uncut readers. So what do you want to ask the godfather of alternative rock? Send your questions to audiencewith@uncut.co.uk by Monday July 15 and Thurston will answer the best ones in a future issue of Uncut.

03JULNews

Cardi B teases new song featuring a Janet Jackson sample

Cardi B has teased a new song that features a Janet Jackson sample. READ MORE: Cardi B – ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ Review On July 1, the ‘WAP’ rapper took to Instagram, where she posted a video snippet of a new song to her Instagram Stories. Sampling Janet Jackson’s ‘Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)’, the snippet sees Cardi trade in her usual energetic rap verses for subdued singing: “I hope that you on your way / Crazy ’bout you / Waiting on you, can’t wait to sit on that face / Focused on you.” She also wrote: ‘Y’all like this vibe for ‘CB2’?” The snippet has since expired from Cardi B’s stories, but you can see a recording of it on X below. Cardi B Teases New Music With Janet Jackson sample, y’all feeling it? pic.twitter.com/noEG5dcPWc — Pharaoh Diaries Magazine (@pdiariesmag) July 2, 2024 Advertisement ‘CB2’ is the working title for Cardi B’s long-awaited sophomore album. While the album has yet to be announced officially, – and doesn’t have a release date in sight – Cardi has been teasing for some time now that she’s been hard at work on the project, and has teased that it will come… Read More →

02JULNews

Eddie Murphy remembers Robin Williams and John Belushi doing coke in Blues Bar

Eddie Murphy has recalled a time early in his career when he declined cocaine from John Belushi and Robin Williams. READ MORE: Comic genius – Eddie Murphy’s 10 best films In a recent interview with The New York Times, the actor reflected on an interaction he had at the Blues Bar, run by Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, when he was 19 years old. “It was me, Belushi, and Robin Williams,” he said. “They start doing coke, and I was like, ‘No, I’m cool.’ I wasn’t taking some moral stance. I just wasn’t interested in it. To not have the desire or the curiosity, I’d say that’s providence. God was looking over me in that moment.” Murphy, who will soon be reprising his iconic role in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, also touched on the various pressures he felt at the time. Advertisement “When you get famous really young, especially a Black artist, it’s like living in a minefield,” he explained. “Any moment something could happen that can undo everything. It was like, all of this stuff is going on, and I’m totally oblivious. Now, at this age, I can look back and be like, ‘Wow, I came through a minefield for 35… Read More →

02JULNews

Is Ice Spice teasing a collab with Taylor Swift?

Will Taylor Swift feature on Ice Spice‘s upcoming debut album? Find out what the rapper has to say about the topic below. READ MORE: Ice Spice – ‘Like…?’ review: meme-worthy, hater-baiting New York rap At the end of the month (July 26), New York rapper Ice Spice will release her highly anticipated debut album, ‘Y2K’. Little is known about the album so far, and the rapper has yet to share its tracklist. However, Spice did reveal in January that a “crazy” collaboration had been locked in for the record. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the 2024 BET Awards, Ice Spice was asked about the album’s featured guests. The rapper denied to reveal who will appear on the album, but confirmed that it will feature “a couple” of collaborations. [embedded content] Advertisement ET went on to mention Taylor Swift specifically, asking if Spice will “return the favour” after Swift had invited the New York rapper to hop on a remix of ‘Karma’. “I think she did me the favour,” Spice replied, suggesting that Swift helped expose the rapper to a larger audience. Ice Spice coyly added about a potential Taylor Swift collab on ‘Y2K’: “I don’t know, we’ll see, we’ll see.” Ice… Read More →

01JULNews

Coldplay share ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ video following Glastonbury headline performance

Coldplay have shared the music video for their single ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove‘ following their headlining set at Glastonbury 2024. The band released the track early last week (June 21) which marked the first teaser of new music from the band since they announced details of their latest studio album ‘Moon Music’. Directed by Ben Mor – who previously directed the band’s Beyoncé collab ‘Hym For The Weekend’ – the black and white music video stars actress, writer and storyteller, Natasha Ofili (The Politician) performing her own American Sign Language interpretation of the song. The video also features the Deaf members of the Venezuelan Sign Language (LSV) section from El Sistema Venezuela’s Coro de Manos Blancas (White Hands Choir) a world-renowned performing arts ensemble from Barquisimeto, supported in collaboration with the Dudamel Foundation. Advertisement [embedded content] Towards the end, Coldplay are seen performing the song at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens, Greece in front of an audience who were invited via the band’s social media. Coldplay’s 10th studio album, ‘Moon Music’ is set for release on October 4. You can pre-order the LP here. Recommended It remains uncertain whether this album will be the last from Coldplay, as the band have… Read More →

01JULNews

aespa debut unreleased solo tracks at ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ concert in Seoul

K-pop girl group aespa have debuted brand-new solo songs at the opening nights of their 2024 ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ tour. On June 29 and 30, the four-member act kicked off their ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ tour at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. In addition to performing songs from their latest album ‘Armageddon’, the girl group surprised fans by debuting brand-new solo tracks for the first time. Leader Karina performed a hip-hop-inspired song called ‘Up’, while Giselle showcased the R&B-tinged ‘Dopamine’. Meanwhie, Winter took to the stage with a dance track titled ‘Spark’, and NingNing performed the sultry song ‘Bored!’. Watch the performances below. [embedded content] Advertisement [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] Recommended Last year, the quartet also debuted unreleased solo tracks during their ‘SYNK: Hyper Line’ tour: Karina with ‘Menagerie’, ‘Wake Up’ by NingNing, ‘2HOT4U’ by Giselle and an untitled ballad by Winter. All four songs have yet to be officially released. Next week, aespa will play their first international dates of the ‘SYNK: Parallel Line’ tour in Japan, followed by shows in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia in the coming months. The tour comes just a month after aespa released their first studio album ‘Armageddon’…. Read More →

30JUNNews

Glastonbury 2024: English Teacher on the “classic, timeless” power of Richard Hawley’s music

English Teacher have spoken to NME about their love for Sheffield songwriter Richard Hawley and his Standing At The Sky’s Edge musical – watch the interview above. Speaking at Glastonbury 2024, vocalist Lily Fontaine, alongside guitarist Lewis Whiting and bassist Nicholas Eden, told us about their experience of seeing the show, which is currently playing in London’s West End. The production interpolates a slew of tracks from across Hawley’s discography, including 2006’s Mercury-nominated ‘Coles Corner’ album. “After our recent New York show, I went outside and a guy came up to me and said, ‘I really enjoyed the set. I live here but I’m from Sheffield’,” Fontaine said. “I told him I went to see [Standing At The Sky’s Edge]. It was pretty crazy… he then told me this mad story about him. I was like, ‘What am I doing in New York, and why is this guy talking to me about Richard Hawley?’ “I loved it, I cried,” she continued. “I wasn’t sure if Richard’s music would translate into a musical but it was really special. I don’t want to give the story away, but [in the show] there was this mixed-race girl from Yorkshire and the story was all… Read More →

30JUNNews

Glastonbury 2024: recap the biggest headlines from Saturday

Day 4 of Glastonbury 2024 (Saturday, June 29) has come to a close – from Coldplay’s record-breaking headline set to Kasabian’s secret show at Woodsies, these are the biggest headlines from the day. Advertisement Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi threw a jab at IDLES’ Joe Talbot during their set at Woodsies. Before playing the song ‘I Am Mark E Smith’, Saoudi dryly announced: “This is a song about my feminist zeal – it’s called ‘I am Joe Talbot’.” In IDLES’ Glasto set the day before, Talbot had led a chant of “Fuck the King!” In Fat White Family’s set, Saoudi said: “God save the King! Fuck off.” Legendary dance duo Orbital performed at Glastonbury for the seventh time, and invited out Spice Girl Mel C and actress Tilda Swinton out for the occasion. Swinton helped open Orbital’s set with ‘Deeper’, while the former Sporty Spice later joined the duo for ‘Spicy’, which samples Spice Girls tracks, including their hit ‘Wannabe’. Advertisement

29JUNNews

Glastonbury 2024: Fat White Family mock IDLES’ Joe Talbot

Fat White Family’s Lias Saoudi laid into IDLES’ Joe Talbot during a riotous set at Glastonbury‘s Woodsies stage today (June 29). READ MORE: Glastonbury 2024: check out the stage times and full line-up Saoudi, sporting skin coloured mesh tights, poked fun at IDLES’ set on the Other stage last night (June 28), during which Talbot led a chant of “Fuck the King!” and inadvertently took part in a Banksy-assisted protest. Before a rendition of ‘I Am Mark E Smith’, Saodui dryly announced: “This is a song about my feminist zeal – it’s called ‘I am Joe Talbot’”, and later acknowledged the chants at IDLES set by saying: “God save the King! Fuck off”. It’s not the first time the bands have come to blows. Back in April, the Fat White Family frontman accused them of “grandstanding on that woke ticket”. FAT WHITE FAMILY また変なバンド見に来ちゃった。サイコーなサイコ pic.twitter.com/uoakqHIsaS — d（asa） (@mosh_mushroom) June 29, 2024 Advertisement In a conversation with The Independent, he said at the time: “I don’t mind bands being dull or whatever, fair enough, but when you’re grandstanding on that woke ticket I just find that anathema to what rock n’ roll really is, which is the reprobates. This is freak country…. Read More →

29JUNNews

Glastonbury 2024: here are the biggest headlines from Friday

Glastonbury 2024’s first full day of performances (Friday, June 28) is at an end – from the likes of Damon Albarn and Kevin Parker making guest appearances to SEVENTEEN’s historic performance, here are the day’s biggest headlines. Early in the day, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker stoked rumours he’d appear on stage with Dua Lipa – whose latest album ‘Radical Optimism’ he had many production credits on – when he confirmed a surprise DJ set at Silver Hayes’ Firmly Rooted Soundsystem at 1am. Advertisement Paul Heaton and Norman Cook – better known as the DJ Fatboy Slim – were bandmates in The Housemartins, before the group split up in 1988 at the height of their fame. Heaton surprised Glastonbury on Friday by inviting Cook, Housemartins’ former bassist, to perform their 1986 hit ‘Happy Hour’. Bombay Bicycle Club had teased a special guest for their Glastonbury set, saying someone who had appeared on their latest album ‘My Big Day’ would join them. True enough, they brought out Damon Albarn to perform their collab ‘Heaven’, plus a rendition of Blur’s ‘Tender’. Albarn took the opportunity to address the audience about Palestine, asking the cheering crowd, “Are you pro-Palestine? Do you feel that’s an… Read More →

28JUNNews

Glastonbury 2024: PJ Harvey starts set with Mariana Abramović speech and seven-minute silence

PJ Harvey began her fifth Glastonbury performance in an unconventional way this year, enlisting artist Marina Abramović to deliver a speech to the crowd before encouraging them to participate in a seven-minute silence. Abramović told the crowd she was “terrified” and “honoured” to open Harvey’s set, saying “I never in my entire life saw this kind of audience.” She then asked that fans take part in a performance piece she’s titled ‘Seven Minutes of Collective Silence.’ “What I’m proposing is something that’s never been done in any of the festivals of music’s entire history,” she said. “I am proposing a seven minute silence.” 🎥 Serbian artist Marina Abramović joins PJ Harvey on the Pyramid Stage for a 7 minute silence 🙏#Glastonbury #GlastonburyFestival pic.twitter.com/y9QXC20baI — Far Out Magazine #Glastonbury2024 (@FarOutMag) June 28, 2024 Advertisement The artist asked the crowd to put a hand on their neighbour and participate in the silence – which was brought in by Emily Eavis ringing a gong. Abramović then opened her arms to reveal a dress in the shape of a giant peace sign. The silence is in recognition of what Abramović has previously referred to as a “dark moment in human history”. She told the… Read More →

28JUNHit Singles

Robyn Hitchcock’s guide to 1967: “‘Let’s get the kaftans out…’” – listen

Robyn Hitchcock’s first book, a memoir titled 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left, is out now. In Uncut’s July issue, he spoke about the book and his memories of that pivotal year in his youth – from the strange customs of Winchester College to the mind-blowing new music he was hearing – and here Hitchcock exclusively takes us through a playlist of some of his favourite tracks from ’67. Comprising 10 songs by British artists and another nine by Americans, the list has been curated by the singer-songwriter to best encapsulate the feel of that psychedelic period. He’s also kept away from the songs he covers on his accompanying album, 1967 – Vacations In The Past. Take a listen here, and scroll down to read Robyn’s commentary… Advertisement THE NEW UNCUT COMES WITH A FREE, ULTRA-COLLECTABLE JOHN LENNON CD – ORDER A COPY HERE ROBYN HITCHCOCK: These are not necessarily the best songs by those artists. Like “Hole In My Shoe” isn’t my favourite Traffic song from that period – I’d rather listen to “Mr Fantasy” or “Heaven Is In Your Mind”, and I cover “No Face, No Name, No Number” on my [1967] record –… Read More →

28JUNHit Singles

Dolby Atmos on mobile

he first time Joni Mitchell heard her voice in Dolby Atmos, she was thrilled by the way it sounded. “I can’t believe how good it sounds!” she said in June 2022 while listening to a playback of her classic Court And Spark album. That same Dolby Atmos experience can now be enjoyed through mobile phones and tablets, ensuring classic albums are available in unprecedented audio quality for those on the move using any brand of headphones or earbuds. A technology that was initially designed for the most cutting-edge cinemas in 2012, can now be enjoyed through a device that fits in your pocket, bringing studio-quality sound direct to your ears. Dolby Atmos technology allows any single sound to be manipulated and moved around within an overall sonic landscape. For film, TV and games, this means the sound of a helicopter can appear to come from overheard or the noise of a car horn or gunfire can be moved around during the scene to create a wholly immersive experience. Dialogue might start behind you and then move to the front as a scene unfolds. Now imagine the potential of this when applied to music. A Dolby Atmos remix gives the artist,… Read More →