Hit Singles
The Last Poets Africanism
For more than 55 years, The Last Poets have been documenting a dystopian world. Formed in the cultural mayhem that followed Martin Luther King’s murder in 1968, they quickly became legendary for their incendiary verses – from “Wake Up Nigger” to “White Man’s Got A God Complex” – which are always cited as an early incarnation of hip-hop. They were filled with witty, shocking and provocative lines, but the presentation was often deliberately austere. If their early disciple Gil Scott Heron would leaven his political diatribes with some soothing baritone crooning, The Last Poets denied us such bourgeois deviation:...
The Band’s Garth Hudson has died, aged 87
Garth Hudson, the last surviving original member of The Band, has died aged 87. Advertisement THE FEBRUARY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING THE BAND, THE YARDBIRDS, SHARON VAN ETTEN, KEITH RICHARDS, THE VERVE, ASWAD AND MORE IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW According to the Toronto Star, Hudson “passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York”. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Hudson co-founded The Band in the mid-’60s, having previously played with Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Levon Helm in The Hawks. Advertisement Although he was best-known for playing the Lowrey...
City To City: Catching up with Therapy?
In partnership with Marshall Advertisement As Andy Cairns stands outside the Limelight club in central Belfast, he recalls a Therapy? show at the venue many years before. Cairns had come straight from his day job at a tyre factory and was changing out of his work clothes in the car park opposite, when his car was surrounded by the RUC demanding to know what was going on. That was par for the course in Belfast during the Troubles, and although the city has changed a great deal over the past three decades, the Limelight is still standing and so...
ThankYouSmitt: Swagger, Vulnerability, and the Vision Behind “Baretta Everyday Chopper”
ThankYouSmitt is rapidly establishing himself in the hip-hop scene with his unapologetic style and captivating energy. His new video for “Baretta Everyday Chopper,” from his debut album Call God, perfectly shows this swagger, drawing viewers into a world defined by confidence, hustle, and raw authenticity. In an exclusive interview, he delved deeper into the creative process behind the video, the meaning of the song, and how he balances East Coast swagger with vulnerability. When it comes to creating visuals for his music, ThankYouSmitt emphasizes the importance of aligning the video’s vibe with the song’s emotion. “I often think about big...
“80’s Travel” by El Chico: A Pop Journey Through Time
El Chico, the emerging artist blending vintage charm with contemporary soundscapes, has released his new single “80’s Travel“, and it’s a shimmering ode to a bygone era. Clocking in at just over two minutes, the track manages to encapsulate a sense of nostalgia. The song is so catchy, opening with a playful declaration: “Hey people, we are spectating a travel to the past, so buckle up, let’s goooooo!” From the very first note, it’s clear that El Chico knows how to hook his listeners. The melody is bright and infectious, drawing from the iconic rhythms and textures of the...
Hear neil young and the chrome hearts’ debut single, “big change”
Neil Young has today unveiled the first single by his new band neil young and the chrome hearts, entitled “big change” (the accompanying press releases insists that “the band name and track title are in lower case”). Advertisement Joining Neil Young in the chrome hearts are Spooner Oldham (Farfisa organ), Micah Nelson (guitar), Corey McCormick (bass) and Anthony LoGerfo (drums). The single has been co-produced by Young and Lou Adler. Hear it below: According to John Hanlon, Young’s long-term mixing engineer, “big change” is “in-your-face loud irreverent rock’n’roll paint splatter on the canvas in the vein of...
Tributes paid to David Lynch
The film director David Lynch has died aged 78. The creator of films including Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart and Mulholland Drive and, with Mark Frost, the TV series Twin Peaks, had recently revealed an emphysema diagnosis. THE FEBRUARY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING THE BAND, THE YARDBIRDS, SHARON VAN ETTEN, KEITH RICHARDS, THE VERVE, ASWAD AND MORE IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW Advertisement Lynch’s fellow filmmakers have paid fulsome tribute. In a statement, Steven Spielberg wrote: “I loved David’s films. ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘Elephant Man’ defined him as a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films...
David Lynch: Film By Film
From Uncut’s May 2007 issue (Take 120). We spoke to David Lynch for our Film By Film feature, covering his classic movies from Eraserhead and Wild At Heart through Twin Peaks on TV and his late classics, including Mulholland Dive. “They say that films are like children,” he told Stephen Troussé. “And I love all of my children, except for one child named Dune.” Does the director of Wild At Heart and Blue Velvet look back over the past three decades and see a pattern to his career? “It’s weird, I see it as a year to make a...
Introducing…The Ultimate Music Guide: The Police
We already know their ubiquitous singles, and their world-beating albums. As you’ll discover in this new magazine, in addition to their artistic achievements, The Police must also have been the world’s most self-aware band. Advertisement As they freely confess in the classic interviews we’ve picked from the archive for you here, this wasn’t a band to keep their cards close to their chest or their motivations to themselves. Forming to take advantage of punk. Ditching their original guitarist when he couldn’t keep up. Frankly discussing the economics of the trio format. For all their unanimity of image – three...Recent Posts
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