Now into his seventh decade, Paul Weller has resisted any and all invitations to write his memoir. At the last count six biographies bearing his name have been published, but ever the modernist, Weller views his creative past rather like a motorist might look in the rear-view mirror – foot on the pedal, in constant forward motion. However, for anyone seeking a set text to lead us to the existential essence of Wellerworld, there is one book that will get you further than the others. Published in 2007, Suburban 100 saw Weller select his favourite lyrics spanning his time...
With CSNY’s Déjà Vu reissue on sale any day now, here’s an expanded version of the interview with Stephen Stills that appears in the June 2021 issue of Uncut. “Déjà Vu had the most expensive album cover in the history of album covers,” Stills reveals to Peter Watts. “And that was all my fault!” Hi Stephen, are you doing? I am just coming out of hibernation. I got my second shot yesterday and my hair didn’t fall out so I’m still in the game. It’s been like an extended sabbatical. The initial stress lifted gradually as I realised I...
Australia-born and LA-based multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and producer Saint Rien is everything but your usual mainstream artist. His art is complex, transcends genres, and is centered around deeply meaningful messages and topics. After debuting in style with the single “Tell The Truth,” a politically-charged number covered by the music press internationally, his latest and second single has recently dropped and is titled “Like You.” This time, Saint Rien talks about his private issues, a straightforward expression of his struggle with self-love and depression. Through depicting his young, substance-filled journey from a hopeless romantic who didn’t believe in love, to finding...
As part of our celebrations to mark Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday, here, in full, is Richard Williams’ definitive review of Dylan’s most recent studio album, Rough And Rowdy Ways… In his 2016 Nobel Prize lecture – which he did not deliver in person but eventually published as a recording, with piano accompaniment, and a short book – Bob Dylan began with a memory of how seeing Buddy Holly in person and being given a Lead Belly record changed his life. But then he went on to talk about the books he read in school that had made the deepest...
Chrissie Hynde has unveiled an album of Bob Dylan covers entitled Standing In The Doorway, due out on May 21 via BMG. Standing In The Doorway was recorded during lockdown with Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne, with the pair communicating by text. It was mixed by Tchad Blake. “A few weeks into lockdown last year, James sent me the new Dylan track ‘Murder Most Foul’,” says Hynde. “Listening to that song completely changed everything for me. I was lifted out of this morose mood that I’d been in. Advertisement “I remember where I was sitting the day that Kennedy was...
Owner of 3 businesses, Dollhousebeautylounge/Elisaswimwear/Dreamhouselounge, Elisa Sintjago is a singer/songwriter from a Dutch musical family. Her new single, featuring Outlaw jacc called “No One Compares,” is creating all the buzz in the R&B industry. After finishing her tour with Mary J. Blige—which she so adamantly describes as one of the most inspiring experiences in her career—Elisa went straight to work with her new single. With three different languages in her pocket and an international music career, Elisa describes herself as a go-getter, and we are one to agree! The song kicks off with a soft piano easing its way...
Samba Touré comes from a centuries-old “oral tradition”. It’s a phrase we often use about African music without perhaps comprehending its full meaning. If we think about it at all, we assume it refers to musical skills and styles passed on in griot-fashion from generation to generation, with an accompanying set of ancestral folk tales that contain a semi-mythical tribal history of great kings and brave warriors. All of which is true and is reflected on Binga, Touré’s sixth solo album since his international debut a dozen years ago. Yet the reasons why African music to this day remains...
Not everything happens by design – couples stumble into separations, states slide into war – and so it was with Gerry Love’s split from Teenage Fanclub in 2018. A disagreement about an upcoming tour resulted, without either party quite realising how, in Love’s departure, 29 years after joining the band. It’s not out of keeping with the way the group have always operated, though: instinctively, honestly, seemingly without a plan. Not for them the shock left-turn, the conceptual experiment, the album heavily influenced by electronic music or tropicália. Instead, they concentrate on the songs – and what magical songs...
Halleluhwah! The latest issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here, with free P&P for the UK – features a six-page Can celebration as a new series of live albums highlights the band’s wild, incantatory performances. Co-founder Irmin Schmidt and other eyewitnesses help Rob Young chart their progress from the Croydon Greyhound to balmy nights in Arles and Stuttgart’s Gustav-Siegle-Haus – via sought-after bootlegs, freak-noise meltdowns and the right kind of “psychic environment”… When Irmin Schmidt talks about the “architecture” of a Can live set, he points to the group’s custom of...
KingAudi just dropped his new joint with visuals, “2 AM,” produced by J11. The artist behind the tracks “Save Her” and “Pope” is now displaying his masterfully executed vocals over a simple production that leaves the exact amount of space necessary for him to highlight his flow. He launched his debut single, “DaygoSuperstar” in 2020, and has been consistently working towards strengthening his reputation and improving his skills. For him, everything began with his friends telling him to get involved in Hip-Hop and keep working hard. They had seen his talent before everyone, and KingAudi trusted their judgement....
