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Bridget St John: “They all had kind hearts”

A new mini-album celebrates her lost ‘brothers’: Nick Drake, John Martyn, Kevin Ayers and Michael Chapman. Bridget St John explains all to Uncut… UNCUT: On Covering My Brothers, you pay tribute to four artists who were important to you. Did you feel like a sister to them?BRIDGET ST JOHN: They were my brothers – never lovers! They were people that stayed in my life, other than Nick, who died so young. I saw John Martyn three months before he died, he came to New York . Even though I didn’t see them all...
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Hear the title track of Bruce Springsteen’s lost film soundtrack, Faithless

On June 27, Sony Music will release Tracks II: The Lost Albums – a 9-LP or 7-CD collection comprising seven previously unreleased full-length albums by Bruce Springsteen. Advertisement THE JUNE 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING R.E.M., A DOORS RARITIES CD, BON IVER, PRINCE, SHACK, AMY WINEHOUSE, DIRE STRAITS, STEREOLAB AND MORE One of those albums is Faithless, a soundtrack recorded in 2005-6 for a movie that was never made. Hear the title track below: “This was a really unusual collection of songs,” Springsteen remembers. “You could recognise details and maybe a character...
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Hear an exclusive track from a new live EP by The Saints ’73-’78

Last autumn, Ed Kuepper toured Australia with a reconfigured line-up of punk pioneers The Saints, fronted by Mudhoney’s Mark Arm. Advertisement THE JUNE 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING R.E.M., A DOORS RARITIES CD, BON IVER, PRINCE, SHACK, AMY WINEHOUSE, DIRE STRAITS, STEREOLAB AND MORE Concentrating on the band’s early material – hence the moniker Saints ’73-’78 – the five-piece added a horn section for their shows at Brisbane’s Princess Theatre, the highlights of which are now being released on a new digital-only EP entitled Nights In Venice Live… Vol. 1, due out tomorrow (May...
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Tarric Delves Into Emotions with New Single “You Were Gone”

Tarric navigates the complexities of emotional distance in his latest single, “You Were Gone“, from his upcoming album, Method. He draws inspiration from the ’80s new wave influences and modern sensibility. Tarric avoids dramatisation and invites listeners to study the feeling of loss. The track dives into the aftermath of relationships explored in his debut album, Lovesick. Tarric‘s music resonates with the textures of ’80s new wave, reminiscent of bands like The Smiths and Depeche Mode, yet maintains a contemporary edge. He sharpens the sound for clarity, stripping away excessive sentimentality to ensure every element in the mix serves...
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How Nini Iris Is Redefining Indie Pop With Her New Single “Release Me”

Nini Iris ‘s new single, “Release Me,” is not designed for passive listening. It demands your full attention—and then it breaks your heart in real time. This is not heartbreak diluted for mass consumption. This is heartbreak rendered in its purest form: intimate, angry, poetic, and unfiltered. From the opening lines—“You left a hole in my precious soul / After trying to make my heart whole”— Iris sets the tone for what becomes a relentless emotional excavation. These aren’t just lyrics. They’re raw nerve endings set to music. What separates “Release Me” from the typical breakup ballad is the...
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Kassi Valazza From Newman Street

Kassi Valazza opens “Roll On”, a meditative country-tinged ballad from her third album, with a stark realisation: “I’ve made up my mind, I feel like I do”, she asserts over a slow-motion two-step rhythm and thick brushstrokes of pedal steel and fiddle. “And if I feel like I do, I’ll try moving on”. THE JUNE 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING R.E.M., A DOORS RARITIES CD, BON IVER, PRINCE, SHACK, AMY WINEHOUSE, DIRE STRAITS, STEREOLAB AND MORE Advertisement Her voice is a high, sharp lilt that brings to mind Joan Baez or Carolyn Hester or...
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Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII

Pink Floyd and experimental filmmakers were made for each other. Sketchy plot? Unknowable characters? Third act still in development? In the era immediately after the departure of Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd could certainly empathise with all of that – and for the right fee would be able improvise you some searching and intermittently explosive music to soundtrack it. THE JUNE 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING R.E.M., A DOORS RARITIES CD, BON IVER, PRINCE, SHACK, AMY WINEHOUSE, DIRE STRAITS, STEREOLAB AND MORE Advertisement It had recently worked for the BBC (the moon landings, 1969) and...
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Watch Neil Young play “Ordinary People” live for the first time since 1989

Neil Young and the chrome hearts performed at Stephen Stills’ Light Up the Blues autism benefit at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Among their set was a 17 minute version of “Ordinary People“, which Young hasn’t played live since 1989. You can watch the performance below. Advertisement THE JUNE 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING R.E.M., A DOORS RARITIES CD, BON IVER, PRINCE, SHACK, AMY WINEHOUSE, DIRE STRAITS, STEREOLAB AND MORE The song first appeared in 1988, as a Bluenotes/This Note’s For You era cut, but remained unreleased until...
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Inside our latest free Uncut CD: The Doors’ The Other Side rarities, demos and live classics!

The Doors are the stars of our latest free CD, The Other Side, available with the June 2025 issue of Uncut. The nine-track album includes rarities, alternate takes and live cuts, including a blistering performance from their final show outside America. Advertisement “In 1965, I hoped this band might pay my rent for a decade or so,” John Densmore tells Uncut, “but it’s 60 years and we are still talking about The Doors. I am very grateful and very proud. It’s so kind of Uncut to make this CD.” It’s very much our pleasure to present this journey through...
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Win a copy of A Complete Unknown!

The critically-acclaimed Searchlight Pictures’ A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, offers an intimate portrayal of Bob Dylan‘s transformative years in the early 1960s. Director James Mangold “conjures the buzz, hum, slush and drone of a Greenwich Village full of cranks, seers and, yes, tambourine men” (went the Uncut review) with Chalamet nailing “the hobo stroll, the mercurial moods and the inscrutable cool” of Dylan. Advertisement You can buy A Complete Unknown with never-before-seen bonus extras when the film arrives on 4k UHD, Blu-ray™ and DVD on April 28. Fans can bring home the film in breathtaking 4K Ultra HD Dolby Vision® along with...
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