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Hear Nadia Reid’s new track, “Changed Unchained”

Nadia Reid returns with a new track, “Changed Unchained“, her first new music for four years and first for new label Chrysalis Records. Scroll down to hear the new track. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Along with the track, Reid has announced details of a March 2025 headline tour of the UK and EU. General tickets are on sale from Friday, September 6 here. Pre-sale access can be gained by signing up to Nadia’s new mailing list on Thursday, September 5 at 10am here. March 3 Antwerpen, Belgium – Arenberg March 4 Hamburg, Germany – Aalhaus March 5 Berlin, Germany – Privatclub March 6 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Upstairs March 7 Tourcoing, France – Le Grand Mix March 8 Paris, France – La Boule Noire March 10 London – EartH Theatre March 11 Brighton – CHALK March 12 Leeds – Brudenell Social Club March 13 Glasgow – Room 2 March 14 Bangor – Court House March 15 Dublin – Whelans March 17 Nottingham – The Bodega March 18 Bristol – Strange Brew March 18 Manchester – YES (Pink Room)

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the innocence mission share new track, “This Thread Is a Green Street”

the innocence mission have announced details of their first studio album for four years, Midwinter Swimmers. You can also hear “This Thread Is A Green Street“, from the new album, below. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! The album is released on November 29 via Bella Union and once again features Karen Peris, Don Peris and Mike Bitts. You can pre-order here. Tracklisting for Midwinter Swimmers is: This Thread Is a Green Street Midwinter Swimmers The Camera That Divides The Coast Of Maine John Williams We Would Meet in Center City Your Saturday Picture Cloud To Cloud A Hundred Flowers Orange Of The Westering Sun Sisters And Brothers A Different Day

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Uncut’s Ultimate End Of The Road Festival 2024 Round-Up!

So that’s us just about back from another stupendous year at Larmer Tree Gardens. End Of The Road continues to demonstrate exactly why it’s the last great party of the summer – with a staggering array of amazing performances from brilliant artists covering a multitude of genres and styles. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! As ever, huge thanks to our crack team comprising Tom Pinnock, Sam Richards and Mark Beaumont, who represented Uncut so strongly down in Larmer Tree Gardens. Advertisement Thanks, also, to everyone who attended our Uncut Q&As – perhaps our best sessions yet, featuring packed crowds for Lankum, Sam Morton and Yo La Tengo. And now, for your edification, here’s a round up of all our EOTR 2024 blogs… Dig in! Advertisement We’re off to End Of The Road Festival 2024 It’s in the trees! Six End Of The Road Festival 2024 picks Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Richard Dawson, Laetitia Sadier: End Of The Road 2024 – Day 1 End Of The Road extra! Dawn Landes: “It’s just so powerful” Lankum Q&A: End Of The Road 2024 – Day 2 Baxter Dury, Lankum, Alabaster DePlume – End… Read More →

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Yo La Tengo, Stewart Lee, Altin Gün – End Of The Road 2024, Day 4

Say what you like about End Of The Road, but it’s surely the only festival where a comedian can venture a bit of ad-hoc new material about The Blue Orchids. This is Stewart Lee, of course, down on the Talking Heads stage, attempting to “establish a liberal consensus that dissolves on contact with the outside world”. It’s strictly one-in-one-out to hear him wring ever more nuanced laughs from some of his greatest hits (“These days, you say you’re English…”), even if he contends that most people are only there to watch him die trying to get back up the steep hill from the stage. Thankfully, a sighting of Lee later at Yo La Tengo’s secret Piano Stage set confirms that he made it out alive. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! As the afternoon skies darken, Florence Adooni brings more than a splash of colour to the Garden Stage: she and her co-singer are in sparkling purple dresses while her band – including a mini brass section and a guy providing regular awesome organ wig-outs – are in dazzling orange shirts. Her joyous Afrobeat carnival… Read More →

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Yo La Tengo Q&A: End Of The Road 2024, Day 4

When Yo La Tengo are having a shocker of a show, they don’t smash up their gear, abuse the audience or storm offstage to trash the dressing room. They simply, and very quietly, keep playing. In extremis. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! “We were at loggerheads with this club all night, and they turned the lights on on us with 40 minutes before the bar time,” frontman Ira Kaplan told Uncut reviews editor Tom Pinnock during the final Uncut Q&A of End Of The Road 2024, recalling the first time they ever did their half-hour slowcore revenge set. “We went back onstage anyway and did a song or two and then announced we were doing one more song ‘So when you’ve had enough, go home’. Then we started playing ‘Speedy Motorcycle’… we finished the singing and got to this little guitar solo and it never ended. We were playing really quietly and gently but just wouldn’t stop playing. They cut the power and broke into our van later that night and stole something, so I think we showed them.” Advertisement As Ira and bassist… Read More →

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Things we spotted at End Of The Road 2024

Semi-famous musicians passing through the Garden Stage area being thoroughly ignored in favour of End Of The Road’s real rockstars – the peacocks… Blue Lake on the Boat stage managing to tune into the same key as the nearby ferris wheel… The brilliant Song Gallery: a one-person listening cabin where you could immerse yourself in an uplifting new anthem by The Golden Dregs… Advertisement The reality-warping Alice Through The Looking Glass pub game arena, featuring boomerang skittles, a very long pool table and the six way ‘ping-pong thunderdome’… Click here for all our End Of The Road coverage A woman in an amazing fringed leather jacket watching Brown Horse while drinking from a pewter tankard… Advertisement The return to the campsite of the pop quiz photo round tent. But is that Captain Beefheart or Tom Sellick?… The giant ‘which EOTR band are you’ flowchart prompting some unexpected musical discoveries. “Who the fuck is Mozart Estate?” Oh, you’re in for a treat…. Some typically excellent selections from the Craft Beer Bar DJs – particularly blasting out Roots Manuva’s “Witness (1 Hope)” the very second Lankum finished… Stewart Lee watching Yo La Tengo’s piano stage set (despite earlier having mined plenty of… Read More →

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Slowdive, Brown Horse, Camera Obscura – End Of The Road 2024, Day 3

Saturday starts with a surprise: an unannounced midday solo set from Julia Jacklin on End Of The Road‘s Garden Stage. Her stark confessionals can be almost uncomfortably intimate, especially at this early hour, but Jacklin is a winning presence, especially when ambushed with a birthday cake (she turns 34 today). “So much attention all at once!” she blushes. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! It’s Brown Horse’s first time on a big festival stage, but they instantly feel like they belong, their rich accordion-and-pedal-steel-assisted country-rock filling the air. The songs from this year’s Reservoir album already feel like timeworn classics – which is very much the idea – while several newies bode well for the next one. They also deliver a brilliant and timely bonus: a cover of Woody Guthrie’s “All You Fascists Bound To Lose” in the style of “Cortez The Killer”. Advertisement Lebanese psych-rockers Sanam are a fantastic new discovery on the Garden Stage. Their addictive concoction of microtonal melodies, bowed electric guitar and bass-synth rumbles acts a raindance, summoning forth the day’s only few drops of the wet stuff. Click here for… Read More →

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Richard Hawley, The Lemon Twigs – End Of The Road 2024, Day 3

If End Of The Road can sometimes be a sonic whiskey sour – fiery but rewarding – Saturday brings some welcome froth. “Let’s rock this psych track!” yell The Lemon Twigs from the Woods stage. “I hope nobody gets a bad trip from this one.” Little knowing perhaps that their Rubber Soul version of psychedelia is significantly breezier than the sort of head-crushing sounds the peacocks of Larmer Tree Gardens have grown to love over the years. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Here to shamelessly plug their new album A Dream Is All We Know (“because that’s what this whole festival game is about!” Michael D’addario admits, their marketing plan as rooted in the past as their music) the Long Island brothers provide vivifying light relief. The Byrds’ honeyed folk rock, beat-era songwriting and Beach Boys harmonic blendings are dipped in a ‘70s pop rock sensibility to create – on “In My Head”, “Church Bells” and their actual Beach Boys cover “You’re So Good To Me” – a richly satisfying evocation of simpler pop times, like Silver Sun, Ben Folds or Weezer at their most retro-active. Advertisement They… Read More →

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Sam Morton Q&A: End Of The Road 2024, Day 3

Samantha Morton started singing young, and singing for her life. “I remember once singing for someone called Irene Scott to try and get her to foster me,” she told End Of The Road’s gripped Talking Heads stage at Uncut’s second Q&A of the festival. “She ended up becoming my foster mum. So I literally was singing for my supper.” JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! The discussion with Uncut reviews editor Tom Pinnock – like Morton’s debut album alongside producer and XL chief Richard Russell, Daffodils & Dirt – ranged freely across a host of Morton’s deeply personal traumas and revelations. For instance, talk of key album track “Broxtowe Girl”, which details the UB40 barricade parties Morton and her friends held in the children’s homes of Nottingham, led naturally to the stories of Morton’s time in such institutions as a child Advertisement “It’s like prison, isn’t it?” she said. “When you’re in a children’s home and they’ve locked the fridge or there’s abuse going on, the way that we expressed our power was by barricading ourselves into a room, putting furniture against the door, and just seeing how long… Read More →

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Idles, Sleater-Kinney, Kassi Valazza – End Of The Road 2024, Day 2

Idles’ Joe Talbot is determined to find End Of The Road’s inner punk. “Part the crowd into two halves,” he insists, envisioning a wall of death. “Come on, move your picnic chairs and wine racks…” It may be comfortably appointed, but EOTR can still rock out. A balmy Friday begins in understandably muted tones, with Arizona-via-Portland singer Kassi Valazza delivering beautifully vaporous country songs about sunken galleons and rising rivers; even “Rapture”, about a friend with “a fascination for lighting things on fire” smoulders sweetly. And out on the Piano Stage in the psychedelic woodlands, Gruff Rhys and Bill Ryder-Jones – kinsmen in luscious Welsh-language folk pop and upcoming co-headliner tourmates – come together for a laid-back fifteen minutes, swapping songs like campfire compadres. Advertisement Bill’s “If Tomorrow Starts Without Me” sets the chamber pop tone, while Gruff’s “Bad Friend” unravels a flamenco pop tale of comradely inconstancy and Welsh caravan holidays, stuttered out in dislocated chunks. They close with a Parisian folk showtune about death’s endless black, somehow lifted into a hymnal sing-along. A magical pairing indeed. By the time Sleater-Kinney take to the main Woods stage, however, EOTR’s punk gander is up. “We’ve got eleven albums so we’re… Read More →

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Baxter Dury, Lankum, Alabaster DePlume – End Of The Road 2024, Day 2

Just like a jazz musician, any great festival like End Of The Road needs to be able to improvise. Sometimes the results can improve upon the original scheduling. When Militarie Gun pull out of their Big Top slot, James Holden steps into the breach with his elemental and uplifting psychedelic rave salvo. And with Mdou Moctar sadly waylaid, a saviour is quickly installed in the form of Alabaster DePlume. He may not bring the noise in quite the same way as Moctar, but his twilight Garden Stage set certainly doesn’t lack intensity. DePlume reveals that he’s just come off a WhastApp call with a friend in the West Bank, and his whole set is charged with fury and sadness at what is happening in Palestine. Backed by drums, cello and the guitar of Rozi Plain, his music tonight often veers closer towards Godspeed-esque post-rock than jazz, topped by his own beautifully desperate saxophone howls. It is a little tougher for him, in this context, to offer his usual rousing messages of hope of self-care. But he still manages to thank everyone “for living”, suggesting that coming together at a festival like this is the first step towards banishing fear and… Read More →

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Lankum Q&A: End Of The Road 2024 – Day 2

If it feels odd for Lankum, at End Of The Road 2024’s first Uncut Q&A session, to face down a stacked terrace of wooden pews packed with several hundred festival-goers expecting sparkling banter – but at least it’s not the Leeds Irish Centre circa 2015. The night when, at their worst (and best) ever gig, they played to a crowd of nine-year-old Irish dancers, surrounded by a gang of hardcore crusties on Ecstasy. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! “We didn’t know how to say no,” says singer Ian Lynch, recalling the request they received from a Liverpudlian children’s Irish dancing group to perform at the event, otherwise populated by their squatter friends from Leeds and Bradford, very much ready to party. “One of them was after double-dropping. He was especially in bits. So we had all these nine-year-old Irish dancers…” Advertisement “And their grannies,” adds his brother Daragh. “There were two sound men completely drunk,” Ian continues. “The parents of the Irish dancers were really pushy, they were like ‘Play a set of reels so the kids can dance.’ We’re like ‘We don’t really… Read More →

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The Cure to release new songs for environmental charity

The Cure will release live versions of two two new songs as a double A-Side 12″ for climate charity Earth Percent. Find details on how to get “And Nothing Is Forever” and “I Can Never Say Goodbye” below. AAA Released via Naked Record Club – a record label that releases limited edition records on sustainable vinyl – The Cure – Novembre: Live in France 2022 was recorded during the band’s Shows Of A Lost World tour. Advertisement “And Nothing Is Forever” was recorded live in Montpellier at the Sud de France Arena on November 8, 2022, while “I Can Never Say Goodbye” was recorded live in Toulouse, Zénith, on November 13, 2022. Records 1-100 will be signed by Robert Smith and will be available via The Cure’s website. Meanwhile, numbers 101 – 5,000 will be available exclusively from Naked Record Club Store here. The Cure and Naked Record Club will donate 100% net profits from sales of this record to the climate charity Earth Percent, which was founded by Brian Eno. Advertisement Says Eno, “I’d like to thank The Cure and NAKED Record Club – both true innovators – for their generous support of vital climate projects through the release of ‘The Cure – Novembre: Live… Read More →

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Richard Dawson, Laetitia Sadier: End Of The Road 2024 – Day 1

There are strange noises afoot on the outskirts of End Of The Road’s 18th edition. Given the adventurous tastes of this festival, the Folly tent is heaving for Plantoid, Brighton’s latest venture into psych-jazz fusion. With guitarist Tom Coyne effectively earning a doctorate in quantum mathematics with every tumbling riff, singer Chloe Spence delivering cut-glass vocals and their producer Nathan Ridley acting as their tambourine-and-bongo Bez, theirs is a dynamic amalgam of basement bar jazz, creeping minimalism and stabbing rock, with occasional, howling forays into early Genesis. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! On The Woods stage, though, it’s very much a gentle introduction to the weekend. Laetitia Sadier, following the Stereolab reunion that rolled through Larmer Tree Gardens a couple of years back, is here in support of her fifth solo album Rooting For Love, containing, in her own words “sonic balm[s] to aid the evolution of Earth’s traumatized civilizations”. Her plan for humanity’s ascendence involves much of her trademark spare Gallic lounge pop, but also a fair bit of star-seeking. In passages inspired by Steve Reich and Terry Riley, she delves into space… Read More →

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Hear Kim Deal’s new track, “Crystal Breath”

Kim Deal has announced details of her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More. The album is released by 4AD on November 22. You can hear “Crystal Breath“, from the album, below. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! The album was co-engineered by the late Steve Albini and features Kelley Deal along with contributions from Jack Lawrence, Raymond McGinley and Josh Klinghoffer. Nobody Loves You More is released digitally and on CD, cassette (Bandcamp only), standard black vinyl, Florida Orange vinyl (indie retail only) and Dazzling Galaxy vinyl (4AD & artist store only). For pre-order information, head here. The tracklisting for Nobody Loves You More is: Nobody Loves You MoreCoastCrystal BreathAre You Mine?DisobedienceWish I WasBig Ben BeatBats In The Afternoon SkySummerlandCome RunningA Good Time Pushed

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Hear two new Smile tracks, “Foreign Spies” and “Zero Sum”

The Smile have announced the details of a new album titled Cutouts, set for release on October 4 via XL Recordings. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Two new tracks off the record are released today “Foreign Spies” and “Zero Sum” with a video or “Zero Sum” directed by audiovisual artist Weirdcore. Cutouts is the band’s third studio album following A Light For Attracting Attention in 2022 and Wall Of Eyes, released in January this year. You can pre-order Cutouts here. It’s available on standard black vinyl, CD, Limited Edition white vinyl at Indie Retail, Limited Edition purple cassette available from W.A.S.T.E. Tracklisting for Cutouts is: Foreign SpiesInstant PsalmZero SumColours FlyEyes & MouthDon’t Get Me StartedTiptoeThe SlipUGcgWGFkcWE=Bodies Laughing

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I’m New Here – MJ Lenderman

When Jake Lenderman’s dad would ferry his son around their hometown of Asheville in the family van, he’d play his favourite music: Neil Young, Son Volt, My Morning Jacket, Band Of Horses, Drive-By Truckers. “That was the stuff that stuck with me,” says Lenderman, who records as MJ Lenderman when he’s not playing guitar in alternative rockers Wednesday. “I remember my dad had the Truckers’ Gangstabilly CD in the van and that album cover spooked me so much as a kid.” JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Traces of all those artists can be heard on Manning Fireworks, his fourth solo album. Lenderman recorded most of the parts himself during breaks from touring with Wednesday, with that band’s Karly Hartzman (his girlfriend) and Xandy Chelmis contributing vocals and pedal steel respectively. Advertisement Lenderman is a busy soul, enjoying the acclaim he’s getting with Wednesday and as a solo artist. He also played guitar on Waxahatchee’s Tiger Bloods – earning him an appearance on The Late Show With Steve Colbert – and released the ecstatic live album And The Wind (Live And Loose!), recorded with his… Read More →

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Dawn Landes: “It’s just so powerful”

Two years ago, when North Carolina singer-songwriter Dawn Landes was first inspired to make an album based on a 1971 book of feminist folk songs and poems dating back across two centuries, her first thoughts concerned how best she could interpret them. Next, her thoughts turned to whose help she might enlist to help her put her own contemporary yet timeless stamp on them. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! By the time she had collaborated with producer Josh Kaufman and singers such as Rissi Palmer, Emily Frantz of Watchhouse and The Lone Bellow’s Kanene Pipkin to create The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, released in March of this year, she was already planning to take the project to a whole new level – presenting the album in a live setting. Advertisement The possibilities are considerable because, as Landes explains, there was always going to be plenty of room to roam within these centuries-old compositions. “A lot of the original lyricists were not musicians,” she says of the book, which she found in a thrift store near her Chapel Hill home. “They were taking other people’s songs… Read More →

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Crystal Starr’s Acoustic “Don’t Waste the Night” Shines with Emotional Depth

Crystal Starr has once again captivated audiences with the acoustic version of her hit single, “Don’t Waste the Night.” Known for her vibrant blend of pop and R&B, Starr takes a bold step by stripping down the track to its emotional core. This rendition reveals a more intimate side of the artist, emphasizing her versatility and depth. The original version of “Don’t Waste the Night” was a high-energy anthem, fueled by pulsating rhythms and infectious melodies. However, the acoustic version shifts focus to Starr’s raw vocals and a delicate piano accompaniment. Seated under a soft spotlight, Starr’s performance exudes a melancholic grace, offering a poignant contrast to the upbeat original. This new take on the song not only highlights Starr’s vocal prowess but also deepens the listener’s connection to the lyrics. The piano’s gentle melodies enhance the emotional weight of the song, making it a reflective and immersive experience. The accompanying music video, with its muted neon visuals, further amplifies the track’s introspective mood. Building on the success of her previous hit “Too Late,” which made waves on the iTunes Pop Charts, Starr continues to establish herself as a formidable talent. Her commitment to her craft and her community, through… Read More →

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Oasis announce UK and Ireland shows

Oasis have announced their first live dates for 16 years. Liam and Noel Gallagher will play 14 shows in the UK and Ireland beginning in July 2025. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Advertisement The news comes two days before the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut album, Definitely Maybe, which was released on August 29, 1994. A Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition of Definitely Maybe is released on Friday, August 30. Tickets for the UK dates go on sale from 9am on Saturday, August 31 and will be available from Ticketmaster, Gigs And Tours and See Tickets. Dublin tickets will be available from 8am that same day from Ticketmaster. Advertisement The shows are: JULY 2025 4th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium 5th – Cardiff, Principality Stadium 11th – Manchester, Heaton Park 12th – Manchester, Heaton Park 19th – Manchester, Heaton Park 20th – Manchester, Heaton Park 25th – London, Wembley Stadium 26th – London, Wembley Stadium AUGUST 2025 2nd – London, Wembley Stadium 3rd – London, Wembley Stadium 8th – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium 9th – Edinburgh, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium 16th – Dublin, Croke Park 17th – Dublin, Croke Park When… Read More →

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Stephen Malkmus’ The Hard Quartet announce debut album

The Hard Quartet have announced their self-titled debut album with a new single, “Rio’s Song“. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! The band – who feature Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White and Emmett Kelly – will release their album on October 4 via Matador Records. You can pre-order and pre-save here. “Rio’s Song” comes with a video. “The ‘Rio’s Song’ video is The Hard Quartet’s homage to street rock in the hot afternoon & clowning around with lifer friends in downtown New York City. Director Jared Sherbert shot it guerrilla style on St Mark’s Place and in The International Bar on July 15 2024. It features local NYC artists, musicians, activists, skaters and icons who are dear to the band.” Tracklisting for the album is: ‘Chrome Mess’‘Earth Hater’‘Rio’s Song’‘Our Hometown Boy’‘Renegade’‘Heel Highway’‘Killed By Death’‘Hey’‘It Suits You’‘Six Deaf Rats’‘Action for Military Boys’‘Jacked Existence’‘North of the Border’‘Thug Dynasty’‘Gripping the Riptide’