In this feature from Uncut’s October 2001 issue , Roger Daltrey reviews his side of The Who’s story, providing track-by-track commentary on The Who’s most explosive singles… _______________________ A miserable October day in London, 2002. Roger Daltrey is staring out of the window at the colourless metropolitan sky, looking smart but sombre in a dark pin-stripe suit. Ominously, Uncut’s interview with The Who’s vocal powerhouse comes the afternoon following a memorial service for bassist John Entwistle, who died on June 27 this year; on the eve of a scheduled tour of America which they valiantly honoured (roping in...
Tonight, Jarvis Cocker tells the audience, is a “high pressure evening”. It’s Pulp’s first time playing The O2 – capacity: 20,000 – and the third night of their arena tour in support of new album More; the gig is also being filmed; and, perhaps most importantly, it’s Cocker’s wedding anniversary and his wife is in the audience. Why, then, does Jarvis seem so relaxed in front of the thousands filling the floor and lining the walls of this huge space? Perhaps it’s the number one album they’ve just bagged today, or perhaps it’s the fact that More has been...
Let’s go back. Let’s go way, way, way back – to the mystic avenue and the ancient highway; to the days when the rains came and the days of blooming wonder; to Orangefield, Hyndford Street and the Church of Ireland where the Sunday six bells chime. To the days before dodgy anti-lockdown sermonising and endless albums of duets and re-recordings, skiffle, R&B and blues covers. To the time, one might argue, when Van Morrison took his unique and vaulting talents seriously. THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC...
It’s easy to be skeptical of academic types who pivot to pop music. Too often, the result feels overthought, underfelt — a sonic dissertation no one asked for. But Chalumeau, the project of Brown University professors Katherine Bergeron and Butch Rovan, sidesteps this trap with startling grace. On “My Hands Are Tied,” they deliver something intimate, unflinching, and quietly devastating. The song’s strength is in its paradox. The narrator claims emotional detachment, but the music says otherwise. Rovan’s arrangement leads with a kind of polished tension — guitar lines that sound like questions without answers — and Bergeron’s vocals...
Brian Wilson has died, the BBC reports. THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE Advertisement “We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away,” his family said in a statement shared online. “We are at a loss for words right now.” “Please respect our privacy at this time as our family grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world.” We are heartbroken to announced that...
Mavis Staples has recorded a new cover of Frank Ocean‘s “Godspeed“, from his 2016 album, Blonde. You can hear her version below. Advertisement THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE “Godspeed” was produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee, Nathaniel Rateliff) and features spoken word vocals by songwriter and Youth Poet Laureate, Kara Jackson. “Channel Orange was my first introduction to Frank Ocean and I was just amazed at the writing and soulfulness coming from his voice,” says...
When Pete Shelley returned to Genetic Studios in leafy Berkshire in February 1981, the plan had been to sketch out songs for the fourth Buzzcocks album with the band’s trusted producer Martin Rushent. Trouble was, neither Shelley nor Rushent could face working on Buzzcocks material. That ship had sailed: 1980 was not a vintage year for the band whose effervescent power-pop had shown that punk could be fun and vulnerable, whose run of blistering singles from ’77 to ’79 meant so much to so many, and the way Shelley was withholding his new ideas from the rest of the...
Talking Heads fans were left disappointed last week when (admittedly very spurious) rumours of a reunion turned out to herald nothing more than a new video for “Psycho Killer”. Advertisement THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE But there is a silver lining. Today, David Byrne has unveiled details of his first solo album since 2018’s American Utopia. Who Is The Sky? will be released by Matador on September 5, and you can watch...
Galaxie 500 have announced details of a live album, CBGB 12.13.88, which is released by Silver Current Records on August 8. Pre-order a copy here. Scroll down to hear “Tugboat” and “Parking Lot” from the album. Advertisement THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE The show at New York’s CBGB‘s marked the end of a busy year for the band, who’d released their debut album Today in February. Billed alongside Sonic Youth, B.A.L.L. and Unsane,...
Over the course of 22 studio albums, countless tours and several key collaborations, Roy Harper has proved himself to be of these islands’ finest ever singer-songwriters, renowned for his inventive acoustic guitar-playing, vivid lyrical imagery and refusal to play the industry game. As a result, he’s been cited as a major inspiration by artists as diverse as Led Zeppelin, Kate Bush, Johnny Marr and Joanna Newsom. Advertisement THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE, A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH, BRIAN ENO, MATT BERNINGER, PULP, BOB WEIR AND MORE...
