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Ornette Coleman Genesis Of Genius
For years, Ornette Coleman was regarded by many critics and musicians alike as something of a fraud and a trickster. Miles Davis described his music as “unlistenable”; Roy Eldridge called him a charlatan; the critic Benny Green once memorably wrote: “By mastering the useful trick of playing the entire chromatic scale at any given moment, he has absolved himself from the charge of continuously wrong notes; like a stopped clock, Coleman is right at least twice a day.” So it’s something of a shock to hear quite how orthodox Ornette Coleman’s 1958 debut, Something Else!!!!, sounds now. The freaky...
Watch full trailer for Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ film This Much I Know To Be True
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have shared a first full trailer for their upcoming film This Much I Know To Be True – check it out below. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut The film will be released in cinemas globally on May 11, with tickets now on sale for the screenings. Grab yours here. The first clip from This Much I Know To Be True was revealed last month, and saw Cave discuss his own definition of his artistry. Advertisement In the full trailer, a voiceover from Cave says: “We all live our lives dangerously, in a...
Kurt Vile: “It’s finally accepted that I can just space out all the time”
Saturday evening in Philadelphia, and in the basement of his house, Kurt Vile is giving a tour of the studio he built during lockdown. There are racks of guitars, an array of synths, a hulking ’60s German console desk in palest duck egg blue. “It’s like Abbey Road style,” Vile says, as we stand and admire its wooden frame, its rows of buttons and knobs. “But it’s actual tubes, so it’s super-warm hi-fi.” ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Among the musical machinery lies accumulated paraphernalia: a selection of false moustaches, a...
Keith Richards: “I’ll take anybody’s idea. Writing is a cut-throat business…”
As part of our 300th issue celebrations, we spoke to Keith about the forthcoming reissue of his second solo album, 1992’s Main Offender. Keith Here’s part of the interview; you can read the rest of the interview – along with features on Paul McCartney, our 300 Greatest Albums list, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Page, Wilco, Low and Spiritualized – in our all-star 300th issue. UNCUT: Hi Keith! RICHARDS: Hello darling! Main Offender is a terrific album. You must be very proud of it. I am, actually. The first one was such a blast, I really...
Neil Young announces Official Release Series Volume 4
Neil Young has announced Official Release Series Volume 4, which goes on sale April 29 through Reprise Records. The box set that includes Young’s ‘80s albums Hawks & Doves (1980), Re•ac•tor (1981) and This Note’s For You (1988) as well as the Eldorado EP (1989), which was previously released only in Japan and Australia. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Official Release Series Volume 4 will be released as vinyl and CD box sets, both of which are now available to pre-order by clicking here. All pre-orders will receive an instant download...
Uncut exclusive! Hear Valerie June’s joyous new track, “Use Me”
Valerie June has released a new track, “Use Me“. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Co-written with Jennifer Decilveo, “Use Me” is June’s first new music since last year’s The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers album. Advertisement The track arrives ahead of June’s headlining tour, which begins on March 31 in Seattle, WA. Thu Mar 31 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox Fri Apr 01 – Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom Sat Apr 02 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater SOLD OUT Sun Apr 03 – Portland, OR – Aladdin...
A look back at Bob Dylan’s landmark debut album
Bob Dylan had a joke he wanted to tell the crowd at Gerde’s Folk City. It was 1961, and he had only just started booking gigs at the Italian restaurant and folk joint, which was already the epicentre of the Greenwich Village music scene. Dylan usually took the stage in work pants, a denim shirt and his Dutch Boy cap, his harmonica braced around his neck, and he addressed crowds in an exaggerated Okie accent, dropping consonants at the end of words. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut “He was still mainly...
Irma Thomas Full Time Woman: Lost Cotillion Album
One of the truly great voices of Southern soul, New Orleans’ Irma Thomas never quite broke through and achieved the kind of success of peers like Aretha Franklin. It’s instructive to ponder why that’s the case: while she had chart hits in the USA during the ’60s, there was maybe something a little too left-field in some of Thomas’ song choices, and while she’s recently started to receive wider recognition for her achievements – her 1964 recording of Jerry Ragovoy’s “Time Is On My Side” was inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame last year – there’s still much...
Son House Forever On My Mind
When Son House returned to performing in the 1960s, he played “Death Letter” so often it became his signature tune. It was a highlight of every setlist, and sometimes he’d run through it multiple times during a show, as though something within the song eluded him. He sang it like he had to puzzle something out or find some dark secret at the song’s core, which made every performance sound slightly different. He would invert the guitar riff, reorder the verses, change the lyrics, borrow from different sources, vary the tempo: sometimes fast and jumpy, sometimes slow and languorous....Recent Posts
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