PJ Harvey played her first show for six years, opening her latest tour in Dublin last night (September 23). Harvey the evening by playing her current album, I Inside The Old Year Dying, in full before digging further into her catalogue, for some old favourites including some songs she’d not played for some years. Harvey performed “Angelene” from 1998’s Is This Desire? for the first time since 2012, while “The Desperate Kingdom Of Love“, “Dress” and “Man-Size” also got their first live airings for a decade. Advertisement She closed the main set with “Down By The Water” and “To...
Bob Dylan made a surprise appearance with members of The Heartbreakers at Farm Aid yesterday , report multiple sources including Jambase, the Jokerman podcast, Consequence and Billboard. Dylan – who helped conceive Farm Aid in 1985 – played played three songs from 1965: “Maggie’s Farm”, “Positively 4th Street”, and “Ballad of a Thin Man”. Aside from the revelatory nature of the appearance, backing band and setlist, Dylan also played guitar throughout; since 2012, he has played keyboards at this concerts. This was the first time Dylan had performed “Maggie’s Farm” since 2011, “Positively 4th Street” since 2013...
Coming somewhere between biography and “making of”, this film by Ethan Silverman uses Hal Willner’s 2020 all-star tribute album as a jumping off point to explore the life and music of Marc Bolan. That includes a thorough rummage through the archive to find old interviews and clips of Bolan in performance as well as contributions from contemporary musicians as they cycle through the studio to record with Willner. The format allows Silverman to create something more than a simple procedural narrative for the film. We get the biographical basics as well as opportunities to witness musicians in the studio...
You’ll have hopefully noticed that there’s a long interview with Jeff Tweedy in the new Uncut, hooked around Wilco’s excellent new album, Cousin. For the piece, I also spoke to the album’s producer Cate Le Bon. Long-time Uncut readers will know that LeBon first officially entered Wilco’s orbit with her striking cover of “Company In My Back” for our Wilcovered CD back in 2019. Anyway, I spoke to Cate for a good 30 minutes for my feature and what appeared in the magazine barely scraped the surface of our chat about her involvement with the band. With Cousin due...
You’ll have hopefully noticed that there’s a long interview with Jeff Tweedy in the new Uncut, hooked around Wilco’s excellent new album, Cousin. For the piece, I also spoke to the album’s producer Cate Le Bon. Long-time Uncut readers will know that LeBon first officially entered Wilco’s orbit with her striking cover of “Company In My Back” for our Wilcovered CD back in 2019. Anyway, I spoke to Cate for a good 30 minutes for my feature and what appeared in the magazine barely scraped the surface of our chat about her involvement with the band. With Cousin due...
Brian Eno is nothing if not busy. With his soundtrack to the latest – and final – season of Top Boy on sale imminently, he has just announced that a remastered edition of The Ship album will be released ahead of his live shows in October. Here, from Uncut’s September 2023 issue, Eno tells us about why he’s decided to play live again. Just don’t call it a tour… Hi Brian. You recently said you’d rather hammer nails into your own scrotum than go on tour. What changed?I wish it wasn’t being presented as my first solo tour because...
Brian Eno is nothing if not busy. With his soundtrack to the latest – and final – season of Top Boy on sale imminently, he has just announced that a remastered edition of The Ship album will be released ahead of his live shows in October. Here, from Uncut’s September 2023 issue, Eno tells us about why he’s decided to play live again. Just don’t call it a tour… Hi Brian. You recently said you’d rather hammer nails into your own scrotum than go on tour. What changed?I wish it wasn’t being presented as my first solo tour because...
It’s been 46 years now since a young Eric Goulden wandered into the Stiff Records offices brandishing a demo tape containing the song – “Whole Wide World” – that would set him up for life (it’s still regularly featured on films and TV commercials, and has been covered by everyone from The Proclaimers to Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong). But Goulden never seemed content to just repeat this winning formula. While trying to outrun his punk-era persona, over the years he’s dabbled in everything from raw garage rock (with The Len Bright Combo) to Americana to lo-fi electronic pop....
Neil Young and an expanded line-up of Crazy Horse played the first of two shows last night at the Roxy. The two shows are part of a benefit to mark the 50th anniversary of the Los Angeles club – which Young opened with the Santa Monica Flyers. Their shows were recorded and released as the 2018 live album, Roxy: Tonight’s the Night Live. The line-up included Micah Nelson, who had originally been brought in to deputise for Nils Lofgren – who was due to be on tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. However,...
Ridley Bronson paints a vivid picture of his musical journey, one that is steeped in respect for the old and excitement for the new. His recent standout track, “Blue Skies Aren’t Gray,” is a glaring example. Its roots trace back to ANOTR’s unique take on acoustic 909 drums in The Reset. The DJ and producer’s admiration for this classic yet electronically enhanced drumming is evident. His tracks, “Flex My Drip” and “Blue Skies Aren’t Gray” straddle the fine line between the comforting embrace of familiarity and the thrilling allure of innovation. And while Ridley remains mysteriously reserved about forthcoming...
