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Introducing the new Uncut: Paul Weller, a Paul Weller CD, Brian Wilson, Kevin Rowland, Big Thief and more

CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR Advertisement Speaking to Uncut in 2006, Brian Wilson explained the recording process for “Good Vibrations”. The song, he told us, “took six weeks to record, in five different studios. I wrote out each musician’s part on music paper then they all played it together. I found I could work out each part without it being too difficult. It did get tedious, though. The musicians understood it all more or less straight away. Hal Blaine was always right on my wavelength.” [embedded content] Although a relatively understated view of events, all the same it signalled towards Wilson’s meticulous, if exhaustive, creative processes. For further evidence, there’s black and white film on YouTube showing Wilson bringing his pocket symphony to life in the studio. When he’s not issuing orders like a benign general to Blaine – “Play hard and strong all the way” – you see Wilson in the vocal booth with the rest of The Beach Boys, singing high harmony with his eyes closed, caught up in some deeply private inner rhapsody. “He was very unfiltered, very brilliant and very humble at the same time,” Al Jardine tells… Read More →

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Uncut September 2025

CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR EVERY PRINT EDITION OF THIS ISSUE OF UNCUT COMES WITH A FREE COPY OF MOVIN ON – A 10-TRACK CD OF PAUL WELLER RARITIES AND DEEP CUTS! Advertisement PAUL WELLER: The Modfather returns with covers album Find El Dorado, the making of which turned into a revelatory experience for Weller. Over multiple meetings, he takes Uncut through his present, future and past: from a pivotal viewing of That’ll Be The Day, the early days of The Jam and sharing the tour van with a lion, right up to King Charles’ coronation – and why he shook up his sound with 2008’s 22 Dreams onwards. “Music? What can I tell you? It’s how I work and it’s how I relax.” PAUL WELLER CD: Free with this issue is Movin On, an album of Paul Weller rarities and deep cuts, spanning the lush orchestral folk of the title track to the epic krautrock fury of “I Work In The Clouds”, via dub, cosmic sea shanties and more. BRIAN WILSON: Collaborators and friends Al Jardine, Van Dyke Parks, Sean O’Hagan and Darian Sahanaja remember the late Beach Boys genius –… Read More →

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Hear four songs from Jeff Tweedy’s new triple album, Twilight Override

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy has announced that his new (triple) solo album Twilight Override will be released by dBpm Records on September 25. Advertisement Hear four songs from it – “One Tiny Flower”, “Out In The Dark”, “Stray Cats In Spain” and “Enough” – below: [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] Twilight Override was recorded and self-produced by Tweedy at his Chicago studio, The Loft, with musicians including James Elkington, Sima Cunningham, Macie Stewart, Liam Kazar, and Tweedy’s children Spencer and Sammy. “When you choose to do creative things, you align yourself with something that other people call God,” writes Tweedy. “And when you align yourself with creation, you inherently take a side against destruction. You’re on the side of creation. And that does a lot to quell the impulse to destroy. Creativity eats darkness. Advertisement “Sort of an endless buffet these days – a bottomless basket of rock bottom. Which is, I guess, why I’ve been making so much stuff lately. That sense of decline is hard to ignore, and it must be at least a part of the shroud I’m trying to unwrap. The twilight of an empire seems like a good enough jumping-off point when one is… Read More →

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Pie chart of gold! Neil Young’s European tour in stats

Now that the European leg of Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts’ Love Earth 2025 tour has come to a triumphant close, we’ve compiled a cornucopia of facts and figures about this historic jaunt. Advertisement This was Young’s 16th major European tour (of ten dates or more) and the final night in Paris marked his 322nd European show out of a lifetime total of 2634 gigs since the beginning of Buffalo Springfield. Number of shows on this tour: 13Number of countries visited: 10Longest show: 125 minutes (The Lake Stage, Montreux, Switzerland; BST Hyde Park, London)Largest (non-festival) attendance: 22,000 (Waldbühne, Berlin) Confoundingly, Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts didn’t play any songs from their only album together, 2025’s Talkin To The Trees. So which albums did they draw on most for the Love Earth 2025 European tour set lists? Advertisement Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)3: Cinnamon Girl, Down By The River, Cowgirl In The SandAfter The Gold Rush (1970)3: When You Dance, Southern Man, After The Gold RushHarvest (1972)3: The Needle & The Damage Done, Heart of Gold, Old ManRagged Glory (1990)3: Fuckin’ Up, Love & Only Love, Love To BurnZuma (1975)2: Cortez the Killer, Don’t Cry No TearsGreendale (2003)2:… Read More →

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Queens Of The Stone Age bring The Catacombs Tour to Europe

Earlier this year in Uncut, Joshua Homme exclusively recounted his “near-life experience” while recording the revelatory stripped-down Queens Of The Stone Age concert film, Alive In The Catacombs. Now, the band have announced the accompanying European tour, featuring “unique and intimate performances unlike any previous QOTSA tour”. See the full list of dates below: 18/10/25 – Milan, IT – Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber23/10/25 – Berlin, DE – Theater des Westens24/10/25 – Copenhagen, DK – DR Koncerthuset, Koncertsalen26/10/25 – Amsterdam, NL – Royal Theater Carré27/10/25 – Antwerp, BE – Queen Elisabeth Hall29/10/25 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall Tickets for The Catacombs Tour go on sale at 10am local time on Friday (July 18) from here. Appropriate dress is encouraged!

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Neil Young, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Van Morrison – BST Hyde Park, London, July 11, 2025

“What a world we got, folks,” says Neil Young, before crashing into “Throw Your Hatred Down”, a 1995 anti-war song he surely hoped wouldn’t still be so horribly relevant today. Young doesn’t say much else for the duration of a gripping, intense, two-hour set, but his exasperation, anger and compassion are palpable in both his choice of songs and the way in which he plays them. Advertisement BST Hyde Park is very much the Wimbledon of music festivals, a place where it’s possible (for the right price) to watch the bands while sipping champagne on a shady terrace. With three headliners pushing 80 and temperatures into the thirties, a genteel afternoon is on the cards. But while Van Morrison doesn’t share Young’s world-changing zeal, he’s still buffeted by raging internal passions, despite having to perform from beneath a gazebo temporarily erected on the Great Oak Stage to protect him and his terrific band from the fierce afternoon sun. Lithe and dapper in purple sunglasses and a sky blue shirt to match the ribbon of his hat, lockdown gripes finally out of his system, Morrison seems like a man reborn. At the end of a show-stopping “Summertime In England”, he’s still… Read More →

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Bob Dylan announces 13 new UK and Ireland live shows

If you’re looking for immortality, Bob Dylan has extended his Rough And Rowdy Ways tour once again, with an additional 13 shows in the UK and Ireland this November. See below for the full list of dates: ● Fri 7th Nov: Brighton Centre, Brighton● Sun 9th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Mon 10th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Tues 11th Nov: Building Society Arena, Swansea● Thurs 13th Nov: Building Society Arena, Coventry● Fri 14th Nov: First Direct Arena, Leeds● Sun 16th Nov: Armadillo, Glasgow● Mon 17th Nov: Armadillo, Glasgow● Weds 19th Nov: Waterfront, Belfast● Thurs 20th Nov: Waterfront, Belfast● Sun 23rd Nov: INEC, Killarney● Mon 24th Nov: INEC, Killarney● Tues 25th Nov: 3Arena, Dublin Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday July 18 from here.

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Hear Ronnie Wood’s new song, “You’re So Fine”

Following his recent cameo with Rod Stewart at Glastonbury, BMG will release a new Ronnie Wood compilation entitled Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025 on on September 26. Advertisement It includes songs he co-wrote for The Rolling Stones, Faces and Jeff Beck Group, plus his various solo projects – including four brand new recordings, his first new solo material since 2010’s I Feel Like Playing. Listen to one of the new songs, “You’re So Fine” – an update of The Falcons’ 1959 US R&B hit, with additional vocals from Imelda May – below: [embedded content] Check out the CD tracklisting for Fearless: The Anthology 1965-2025 below and pre-order here. CD1YOU’RE ON MY MIND (Ronnie Wood)THE BIRDS (1964) Advertisement THE GIRLS ARE NAKED (Pickett/Jones/Gardner/Ronnie Wood)THE CREATION (1968) PLYNTH (WATER DOWN THE DRAIN) (Nicky Hopkins/Ronnie Wood/Rod Stewart)JEFF BECK GROUP taken from Beck-Ola (1969) FLYING (Ronnie Lane/Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)FACES taken from First Step (1970) GASOLINE ALLEY (Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)ROD STEWART taken from Gasoline Alley (1970) HAD ME A REAL GOOD TIME (Ronnie Lane/Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)FACES taken from Long Player (1971) EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY (Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)ROD STEWART taken from Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) MISS JUDY’S FARM (Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood)STAY WITH ME… Read More →

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David Bowie’s final years box set unveiled

The sixth in a series of career-spanning David Bowie box sets, I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016), will be released by Parlophone on September 12. The 13-CD or 18-LP box set includes the albums Heathen, Reality, A Reality Tour, The Next Day, The Next Day Extra and Blackstar, all remastered with input from Tony Visconti (except for Blackstar). Advertisement It also includes the the No Plan EP (the original songs written for Bowie’s Off-Broadway play, Lazarus), plus a previously unreleased 31-track live set from the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2002 and a compilation called Re:Call 6, featuring 41 rare non-album tracks. Listen to “New Killer Star (AOL Session, 23/09/03 – 2025 Remaster)” below: The box set comes with an accompanying book featuring previously unseen notes, drawings and handwritten lyrics from Bowie and photos by Sukita (who took the set’s cover shot), Jimmy King, Frank W Ockenfels 3, Markus Klinko, Mark ‘Blammo’ Adams and more, as well as memorabilia, technical notes about the albums from co-producer Tony Visconti, and design notes from Jonathan Barnbrook. Peruse the tracklisting for the vinyl version of I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) below: Advertisement HEATHENSide 1 Sunday Cactus Slip Away Slow Burn Afraid I’ve Been… Read More →

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Send us your questions for Blake Mills!

When a living legend needs to sound more like themselves, they call one-man Wrecking Crew Blake Mills. He was in the studio for the making of Bob Dylan’s Rough And Rowdy Ways, and on-stage for Joni Mitchell’s comeback shows. He’s also worked with everyone from Randy Newman to Fiona Apple, Billy Gibbons to Weyes Blood, Jenny Lewis to Lana Del Rey, as well as producing albums for Feist, Laura Marling, Alabama Shakes, John Legend, Lucy Dacus, Perfume Genius and many more. Somewhere amidst all that, he’s found time to carve out an increasingly impressive solo career, culminating in 2023’s terrific Jelly Road – read the Uncut review here – and a fruitful, ongoing tête-à-tête with fellow session ace Pino Palladino. So, what do you want to ask a behind-the-scenes superstar? Send your questions to audiencewith@uncut.co.uk by Monday (July 14) and Blake will answer the best ones in a future issue of Uncut.

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Mickey Newbury – Looks Like Rain

Elvis Presley’s performance of “An American Trilogy” in his groundbreaking 1972 global satellite concert and subsequent multi-platinum album Aloha From Hawaii helped bring one singer-songwriter to wider attention, far beyond his Nashville base. The portmanteau of traditional, patriotic songs from the 19th century was first assembled by Mickey Newbury who, back in country music’s stomping ground, was already making a serious name for himself. Starting out as a jobbing songwriter, he fashioned hits for Roy Orbison, Tom Jones, Kenny Rogers and many more, while also working tirelessly to give others a leg-up. He persuaded old-school country chart regular Roger Miller to take a chance on “Me And Bobby McGee” by new kid on the block Kris Kristofferson, and also encouraged cut-from-similar-cloth contemporaries Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt to move to Nashville. Advertisement Newbury’s own recording career had humble beginnings, with the underwhelming 1968 debut Harlequin Melodies comprised mostly of self-penned material others had already put their mark on. The man himself all but disowned the record, unhappy with the production and arrangements foisted upon him by RCA, prompting a bold step away from industry norms into the realm of the fledgling country outlaws. The result was Looks Like Rain,… Read More →

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Neko Case announces new album, Neon Grey Midnight Green

Neko Case has announced details of a new studio album, Neon Grey Midnight Green. which is released on September 26 by Anti-. You can hear the first track from the album, “Wreck“, below. Her first new music since 2018’s Hell-On, Neon Grey Midnight Green was primarily recorded at Case’s own Vermont studio, Carnassial Sound, with additional sessions in Denver, Colorado with the PlainsSong Chamber Orchestra and in Portland, Oregon with Tucker Martine. You can pre-order Neon Grey Midnight Green here. The tracklisting for the album is: DestinationTomboy GoldWreckWinchester Mansion of SoundAn Ice AgeNeon Grey Midnight GreenOh, Neglect…LouiseRusty MountainLittle GearsBaby, I’m Not (A Werewolf)Match-Lit

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Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band – New Threats From The Soul

This Ryan Davis is a happening type. A longtime mainstay of the Louisville, Kentucky, alternative arts and music scenes, he also co-founded the multimedia Cropped Out festival and runs his own Sophomore Lounge record label. He’s also a virtuoso storyteller, whose songs are mostly vast unfurling narratives with more verses than a poetry anthology. Davis served time previously in State Champion, across whose four albums of mostly familiar alt.country – think Son Volt, Silver Jews – there are tantalising hints on tracks like “Death Preferences”, “There Is A Highlights Reel” and “Brain Days” of the music he’s currently making with The Roadhouse Band. Davis took a five-year songwriting sabbatical after State Champion’s Send Flowers (2018). The songs he eventually started writing that duly appeared on 2023’s Dancing On The Edge uniformly had a fantastical new heft, often unspooling in the lengthy manner of Neil Young’s “The Last Trip To Tulsa”, say, or Songs: Ohia’s “Farewell Transmission”, cryptic, discursive, touched by the absurd. The sensational New Threats From The Soul is a further elaboration of this digressionary poetry, seven songs that mostly find Davis ruefully considering life and what it’s become, asking the question on everyone’s lips. Is there a point… Read More →

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Hear Shirley Collins new version of “Hares On The Mountain”

To celebrate Shirley Collins‘ 90th birthday on Saturday July 5, a new, previously unreleased version of “Hares On The Mountain” has been released. Scroll down to hear it. THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, SLY STONE, SCOTT WALKER, NEIL YOUNG, WET LEG, BLONDIE, BOOKER T, SADE AND MUCH MORE – CLICK HERE TO HAVE IT DELIVERED Atraditional English ballad Collins’ first recorded “Hares On The Mountain” on her debut album Sweet England – recently voted the #9 best album of the 1950s by Uncut – before Collins rewrote the melody and recorded it with Davy Graham for 1965’s Folk Roots, New Routes. Collins re-sung “Hares On The Mountain” on her most recent record, Archangel Hill. Most recently, Collins recorded “Hares On The Mountain” with her musical director Ian Kearey to serve as the theme tune for Bridget Christie’s Channel 4 show The Change and this latest, faster version was recorded as an alternative take, unreleased before now. A limited 7” of “Hares On The Mountain (Fast Version)” / “Oakham Poachers” will be released on August 8.

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Penomeco’s “My Chick”: A New Sound of Artistic Freedom in 2025

Penomeco is in a rare position right now—post-label, post-crew, but somehow more expansive than ever. His latest single, “My Chick,” featuring Lil Cherry, feels like a recalibration of what artistic freedom can sound like when it isn’t forced to prove itself. It’s raw, confident, and self-contained—a mission statement disguised as a late-night ride. This isn’t about genre exploration so much as genre erosion. There are traces of Afrobeats woven into the percussion, but they’re filtered through Penomeco’s restless instincts. The verses stretch, contract, and warp around the beat like he’s reprogramming it as he goes. It feels less like a studio cut and more like a transmission—an artist thinking out loud and turning that thought into melody. Lil Cherry doesn’t provide a hook or a break—she provides friction. Her verse swings with Miami-born attitude and Seoul-honed edge, destabilizing any predictable rhythm the track might settle into. She’s not there to balance Penomeco out; she’s there to amplify the disruption. That’s the genius of the collaboration—it’s two artists refusing to compromise on tone, tempo, or tone of voice. The sense of control is what makes “My Chick” so compelling. This isn’t the Penomeco we met through Fanxy Child or even the… Read More →

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Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning, Villa Park, July 5, 2025

Those lucky enough to see Black Sabbath on their then-final The End tour back in 2016/17 (without original drummer Bill Ward) would have gone away happy knowing that this was three quarters of a band calling it a day while still at the peak of their powers. THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, SLY STONE, SCOTT WALKER, NEIL YOUNG, WET LEG, BLONDIE, BOOKER T, SADE AND MUCH MORE – CLICK HERE TO HAVE IT DELIVERED Advertisement Ozzy’s voice was strong as ever like it had been studio double tracked live, Geezer Butler’s bass was thunderously low and fluid, Tony Iommi’s riffs could still summon demons while drummer Tommy Clufetos stepped up to do a spectacular job of replicating Ward’s dinosaur swing on the traps. Even with Ward back in the fold, it was understandable that fans of Birmingham’s finest musical export had trepidations when Back To The Beginning was announced – a final farewell to the almighty Sabbath backed by a titanic line-up of mega fans, all keen to tread the boards with the heavy rock leviathans one last time. Devotees of Sabbath and the more underground end of doom metal scene endlessly debated who should be and… Read More →

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Oasis, Principality Stadium, Cardiff, July 4, 2025

Long prior to the roar that greets their arrival onstage at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, the noise around the return of Oasis has been deafening. THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, SLY STONE, SCOTT WALKER, NEIL YOUNG, WET LEG, BLONDIE, BOOKER T, SADE AND MUCH MORE – CLICK HERE TO HAVE IT DELIVERED Advertisement Splashed all over the tabloids every day, just as they were post Knebworth. Teenage fans spreading audio of soundchecks and rehearsals on TikTok, furiously speculating as to which songs might make the set. Giant popup stores with queues out of the door in cities across the UK. Documentaries. Books (one of which, A Sound So Very Loud, is especially good). All night radio and TV specials. Oasis are, nearly 30 years on from the release of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, everywhere in a way that they have never been before. In 2025, they will play to more people than they have in any other calendar year of their existence. Excitingly, too, these audiences will not be comprised solely of 45-year-olds looking to recapture their glory years. Multiple new generations – seduced by the chaotic swagger on display in 2016’s excellent Supersonic doc – want… Read More →

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Tarric Confronts the Quiet Collapse on “Lying With You”

It’s easy to talk about love when everything is going right. Tarric ’s new single “Lying With You” is about what happens when it all quietly falls apart—and you stay anyway. Built on glimmering synth textures and hollowed-out percussion, the track is emotionally raw but musically composed, like a breakup conversation in a perfectly curated gallery space. Tarric doesn’t scream through the pain—he whispers it with precision. “You make me say things I would not do / Cause I’ve been lying with you,” he sings, peeling back the layers of emotional self-distortion that creep into relationships like mold under wallpaper. This isn’t a revenge song or a dramatic farewell. It’s a self-inventory. A reckoning. That kind of maturity isn’t new to Tarric, but it’s more distilled than ever. While his debut album Lovesick danced through infatuation and its collapse, Method seems like the inevitable chapter two: disillusionment, clarity, survival. “Lying With You” sets that tone like a cracked mirror—beautiful, fractured, and reflective. Raised on a diet of The Smiths and Depeche Mode in the American Midwest, Tarric’s taste for melodic melancholy has always been clear. But it’s his ability to adapt those influences into something relevant—and resonant—that sets him apart… Read More →

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The V&A announces new details on the David Bowie Centre

The David Bowie Centre opens at the V&A East Storehouse on September 13, 2025. THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, SLY STONE, SCOTT WALKER, NEIL YOUNG, WET LEG, BLONDIE, BOOKER T, SADE AND MUCH MORE – CLICK HERE TO HAVE IT DELIVERED Advertisement New details have been revealed about the David Bowie Centre, at the recently-opened V&A East Storehouse. The David Bowie archive encompasses 90,000+ items. Bookings to see 3D items from the David Bowie archive, including costumes, musical instruments, models, props and scenery, can be made through the V&A’s new seven-day-a-week Order an Object service. Visitors can book up to five items per visit at a time that suits them. Bookings require at least two weeks’ notice and Bowie items will begin to go live for advance booking from September. Advertisement The Centre will open with two guest curated displays, by Nile Rodgers and The Last Dinner Party Nine rotating displays reveal aspects of Bowie’s extraordinary creative capacity, including ideas for projects that were never realised. Highlights include an idea to adapt George Orwell‘s 1984 and unrealised Young Americans and Diamond Dogs films. Other displays explore Bowie’s creation of his Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane and look at his embrace of… Read More →

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Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke announce new album Pareidolia

Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke are releasing a new album Pareidolia, out August 29 through Drag City. You can hear an edit of the title track below. THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, SLY STONE, SCOTT WALKER, NEIL YOUNG, WET LEG, BLONDIE, BOOKER T, SADE AND MUCH MORE – CLICK HERE TO HAVE IT DELIVERED A collage of improvised music from their 2023 European tour, Pareidolia follows Ishibashi’s latest album, Antigone, and O’Rourke’s Hands That Bind soundtrack. The tracklisting for Pareidolia is: ParEiDoLia

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Poor Creature – All Smiles Tonight

The great success of Lankum, and their producer John “Spud” Murphy’s ubiquity across the sonically radicalised new Irish trad scene, can make it seem as if Ye Vagabonds, ØXN, John Francis Flynn and co comprise an essentially single entity, passing through Murphy’s studios for ocean-deep overdubs as centuries of lyrical heritage are challenged and channelled through doomy, bestial drones. THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, SLY STONE, SCOTT WALKER, NEIL YOUNG, WET LEG, BLONDIE, BOOKER T, SADE AND MUCH MORE – CLICK HERE TO HAVE IT DELIVERED Advertisement The contrast between Lankum’s often thunderously heavy yet beautifully textured albums and Landless’s more sparely arranged harmonies, though, shows Murphy’s careful attentiveness to each distinct talent. Lankum’s Cormac MacDiarmada provided trademark string drones on Landless’s Lúireach (2024), and he and Landless’s Ruth Clinton are romantic partners, these days living away from Dublin in northwest Ireland. Alongside Lankum’s touring drummer John Dermody, their debut as Poor Creature sees Murphy characteristically knee-deep in its arrangements. The tenderness of the band’s name is reflected in their music, and the greater sense of space they require makes All Smiles Tonight an airier, optimistic contribution to Ireland’s new wave, despite trad songs haunted by limbo… Read More →