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Bush Tetras Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best Of the Bush Tetras
When Bush Tetras drummer Dee Pop died unexpectedly in October, plans were already well underway for this career-spanning retrospective. Confirming they would press ahead, bandmates Pat Place and Cynthia Sley noted that much of what went into Rhythm And Paranoia came from Pop’s own collection: the band’s most passionate historian, he kept an archive of their recordings and supplied many of the flyers and photos reproduced in an accompanying book. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Formed in 1979, Bush Tetras emerged from the no-wave scene in New York: they were contemporaries...
It’s Officially Christmas Party Time With Riotron’s “Silent Night”
Riotron is out with a remarkable EDM track that is a beautiful new version of the classic “Silent Night”. Unique and creative as always, Riotron showcases his talent through this collaboration with GOLDHOUSE, a renowned Chicago DJ. The song is both festive and futuristic; its music and beats take the listener into outer space while the solid bells ground them right on the dancefloor. “Silent Night” has always been a Christmas favorite and is now gaining a new wave of popularity thanks to Riotron. The Canadian artist has been on the radar with millions upon millions of streams for...
Pretenders Pretenders (Deluxe Edition) / Pretenders II (Deluxe Edition)
In her 2015 memoir, Reckless, Chrissie Hynde described the pre-show ritual in the early days of her band, the Pretenders: the four of them, backstage, waiting, “like dogs at the gate”. As they took to the stage they would play Wagner’s “Ride Of The Valkyries”, then widely known for scoring a pivotal sequence in Apocalypse Now: the sound of helicopters, menace, pursuit. Among the young band members, Hynde said, it encouraged a feeling that they were all “chasing something”. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Listen to the Pretenders’ first two records...
Air 10 000 Hz Legend
Suddenly everyone had somewhere else to be – at least, that’s how Air remember the playback of their second album to Virgin’s UK executives. “After about 10 minutes, they were like, ‘Oh, we have a meeting we can’t postpone,’” says Nicolas Godin. “They were in panic. It was a big disaster for them… they were expecting Moon Safari 2.” ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel weren’t displeased by the reception. Their debut LP had been everywhere in 1998 and ’99 – from primetime radio to dinner parties –...
Houeida Hedfi Fleuves de l’ me
The debut album by the Tunisian musician Houeida Hedfi has been more than 10 years in the making. In 2011 she played percussion on a compilation album of female musicians from Tunisia, many of them linked to the Arab Spring protests of 2010 and 2011. Hedfi’s contribution was mixed by the Swedish producer Olof Dreijer – one half of the electronic duo The Knife – and the two developed a rapport. Dreijer played flute in Hedfi’s band Hiya Wal Âalam, who toured America in 2015, and offered to produce her work. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in...
The Doors LA Woman 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
The portents weren’t good. Still reeling from a disastrous gig in New Orleans where Jim Morrison – overweight, heavily bearded and catatonically drunk – had smashed his microphone and stormed off stage during final song “Light My Fire”, The Doors assembled at their rehearsal room at 8512 Santa Monica Boulevard in December 1970 to start work on a new record. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut With their singer potentially facing six months’ hard labour in a Florida prison, having been found guilty of “indecent exposure and profanity” at their infamous gig...
Michael Nesmith has died aged 78
Michael Nesmith has died aged 78, his family have confirmed. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut “With Infinite Love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes,” his family said in a statement. Nesmith was born on December 30, 1942 in Huston, Texas. Famously, Bette Nesmith, his mother, invented Liquid Paper. After training as an aircraft mechanic for the US Air Force, Nesmith moved to Los Angeles and began singing in folk clubs around the city, including The Troubadour....
Aeon Station Observatory
To hope for the impossible is a favourite pastime of anyone who ever loved The Wrens. True believers have remained steadfast through the New Jersey band’s decades-long saga. Yet the near-misses, bad luck and self-sabotage that fill this history make it absurd to keep dreaming they’ll ever get the love they’re due. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut That’s why the very existence of Aeon Station’s Observatory – the first solo album by Wrens bassist and vocalist Kevin Whelan, and ostensibly the band’s first new music in 18 years – may prompt...
Marvin Gaye What’s Going On 50th Anniversary 2LP Edition
Fifty years on from its initial release, Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece still sounds like an argument wrapped in a dream. Structurally, it has the shape and logic of a sermon, sounding both urgent and relevant to the turmoil of the moment. At the same time, its rhythms, and the timbre of Gaye’s voice, reach for something universal; a kind of peace, the reassurance of timelessness. The album is a religious thing, but also an inquiry into the notion of faith. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Gaye had a lot of questions in...Recent Posts
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