He was large and gentle, Melody Maker reported, most unlike his music. Rather than busy and animated, the John Coltrane who played host to the musician and writer Mike Hennessey in a French hotel room was placid, devotional and calm. He unselfconsciously rehearsed his music for an hour. He ate a meal of egg yolks, soup, peaches and water, and spoke of “rediscovering” God. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of the December 2021 issue of Uncut His still waters hid strong currents. A month before, Coltrane and a cast of 10 additional players had recorded the freeform...
Riding high on their career-crowning post-rock masterpiece OK Computer, Radiohead could have gone anywhere. And they did. Partly in reaction to the depression, writer’s block and nausea that Thom Yorke experienced in the wake of huge critical and commercial acclaim, the Oxford quintet radically changed their writing methods and sound palette. Guitar-centric rock songs were out, replaced by avant-jazz mood pieces and electro-classical soundscapes. Melody was deconstructed, rhythms scrambled, vocals mangled and manipulated, lyrics spliced into cut-up collages. No longer seeking to emulate Scott Walker, Björk, Jeff Buckley and DJ Shadow, Radiohead were now aiming for a plateau beyond...
Beyond its worth as a lovingly packaged set of irresistibly energetic music – either spread across four CDs or condensed to two LPs – Craft Latino’s newest tour of the Fania vault is invaluable as a study of the 20th-century American melting pot in action. While the process of assimilation and adaptation often diluted the proverbial pot’s contents elsewhere in the nation, the unique conditions in New York continually yielded rich results. What could have been a thin soup was instead a chunky stew, the constituent morsels still recognisable yet entirely complementary. In the case of the city’s preeminent...
Bob Dylan‘ Never Ending Tour resumed last night , after a hiatus lasting almost two years. The sold out show took place at the Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ORDER NOW: Read the full feature on David Bowie in Uncut’s December 2021 issue Since his last live show – on December 8, 2019 at the Anthem in Washington D.C. – Dylan has released Rough And Rowdy Ways – Uncut’s Album Of The Year for 2020 – the Shadow Kingdom concert film and more recently, The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985. Looking at Bob Links,...
The framed photographs on the wall behind Dion DiMucci tell the story of a remarkable six-and-a-half-decade career that has followed the arc of rock’n’roll itself. “That picture right there is with Kim Wilson, Dave Edmunds, Graham Parker and Steve Cropper,” he points out proudly, in his boisterous Bronx accent. “This one is Springsteen and his band on the Jersey Shore…” ORDER NOW: Read the full feature on Dion DiMucci in Uncut’s December 2021 issue The Boss is among the mind-boggling array of A-list talent that Dion has enlisted for his new album Stomping Ground, simply by firing off a few...
As we enjoy the bright, autumnal calm of that grace period between Halloween mania and early-onset Christmas panic, what better time to take delivery of another truckload of terrific new music? 2022 is already giving us the eye, with Elvis Costello, Spiritualized, Animal Collective, Cate Le Bon, Rokia Koné and Hurray For The Riff Raff announcing new albums for the early months of next year – you can hear early sighters from all of those below. But 2021 isn’t finished yet, with the likes of Curtis Harding, Margo Cilker and Robin Guthrie all releasing Uncut-recommended records in the coming...
Iconic Canadian rock band Thor has made a heavily noticed return in the scene with the release of a 2D animation music video for the epic rock single “Queen Of The Spiders,” featuring Frank Soda, written and produced by Jon Mikl Thor and long time collaborator Kevin Stuart Swain, and released via Cleopatra/Deadline Records. “Queen Of The Spiders” is a song off the band’s most recent album, Alliance. It is Jon Mikl Thor’s love of comic books, as well as the fact that a few had featured him in the past, that gave the band the strong desire to...
Nova Gholar is a California-based singer who has recently come out with a new song “WNDR”. With thousands of views, this is a track to be cherished by many. A talented and prolific artist, Nova Gholar makes his audience relax and simply enjoy his music. Nova’s previous popular releases include the 2018 album The Preacher’s Kid, 2020 singles “Remind Me”, “Hollywood dreamin”, and more. This year Nova has released “Confidence”, “WNDR”, and is planning a full EP to be out soon. Throughout his career Nova has worked with artists like Brook Valentine, Melanie Fiona, The Game, Chris Brown, and...
Mayia Cohen just dropped her debut single “Temporary” that’s as modern as it is timeless. Mayia’s skillful vocals are fully showcased while the musical score is just stunning thanks to the beats. This is a vibrant track with tons of charisma and sophistication that is destined to be a superhit. “Temporary” is Mayia’s lead song in her debut album that will have eight beautiful songs. Pop, r&b, jazz cocktail, her music has much to offer to people of all backgrounds. It is emotional, intense, at the same time flamboyant and energetic. She is certain to break all the barriers...
“It all started when Roger Waters and Nick Mason saw a film I’d done in 1971 called Long Drawn Out Trip, which was shown on BBC2. They both decided that they wanted me on board, because, as Roger told me, they thought I was ‘fucking mad’. I was a bit befuddled initially because I didn’t really know their music – I was a political cartoonist. But I bought a leather jacket and some jeans, which was about as rock’n’roll as I ever got, and met them at Nick’s house in Kentish Town. All four of them were there. It...