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The Children’s Hour Going Home
Before Josephine Foster was an idiosyncratic solo singer, she was a member of short-lived folk duo The Children’s Hour. Here, Foster’s taut, strange voice and occasional harp, piano, ukulele and harmonium player was paired with Andy Bar’s loose and scratchy guitar. The duo recorded an EP and one excellent, underlooked album, SOS JFK, which came out in 2003 on Rough Trade and featured Tim Daisy on drums. But The Children’s Hour recorded a second album not long after, this time as a fully-fledged trio with Dave Pajo. That record, Going Home, is finally getting released on Drag City after...
Faye Webster Underdressed At The Symphony
Faye Webster is most at home in her own head. Every song on her fifth album puzzles over the way her brain works, how it worries over certain details, how it fixates on certain unpleasant feelings, how it works so often against her. She remembers the smell of her old apartment on “eBay Purchase History”, and she thinks she’s figured out why she’s so self-conscious on “Wanna Quit All The Time”. She tries in vain to evict an ex from her brainpan on, well, pretty much every song. That’s not to say she’s an introvert – Webster is active...
Uncut’s New Music Playlist for March 2024
2024’s torrent of great new music just keeps on coming. This month, we bring you further evidence of Mick Head’s glorious renaissance, Brett Anderson covering Echo & The Bunnymen, Bonny Light Horseman finding inspiration in a remote Irish pub, new singles from Khruangbin and Isobel Campbell, and career-best stuff from Ben Chasny’s Six Organs Of Admittance. THERE’S PLENTY MORE NEW MUSIC COVERAGE INSIDE THE NEW UNCUT! ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Plus the return of US indie scufflers Les Savy Fav and Diiv, beautifully bleak new business from Keeley Forsyth and Stars Of The Lid’s Adam Wiltzie, and news of...
Take a look inside the new Uncut
As you’ll have gathered by now, there’s a new issue of Uncut currently in shops, featuring a cavalcade of excellent new interviews and features as well as our definitive reviews section and a free, 15-track CD. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Here’s a rundown of some highlights from the new issue… Advertisement PINK FLOYD With his SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS band, NICK MASON is on a mission to save the potent, foundational music of PINK FLOYD. In doing so, he aims to reassert the Floyd’s historic creative path from three-minute...
The Jesus And Mary Chain announce memoir, Never Understood
The Jesus And Mary Chain have announced details of their memoir. Never Understood will be published by White Rabbit books on August 15. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Written by Jim and William Reid, with Ben Thompson, the memoir is available in hardback, trade paperback, ebook and audio digital download, alongside a White Rabbit special edition and a vinyl audiobook. You can pre-order a copy here. Advertisement The Jesus And Mary Chain also star in this month’s issue of Uncut, where they discuss their new album Glasgow Eyes, how...
Bruce Springsteen announces new Greatest Hits set
As Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band head out onto the road this month, Sony Music are releasing Best Of Bruce Springsteen, a new compilation spanning 1973’s Greeting from Asbury Park, NJ to 2020’s Letter To You. PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE The album is released on April 19 and will come in physical formats as an 18-track set across 2 LPs or 1 CD – and digitally as an expanded 31-song package. Advertisement You can pre-order the album here. The album and CD tracklisting is: Growin’ UpRosalita (Come Out Tonight)Born To RunThunder...
“It’s shamanic!”
In an excerpt from this month’s Pink Floyd cover story, Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets – aka Mason, Guy Pratt, Gary Kemp, Lee Harris and Dom Beken – reveal their 10 favourite vintage Floyd songs to play live… PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE “CANDY AND A CURRANT BUN” Advertisement “ARNOLD LAYNE” B SIDE; 1967 LEE HARRIS: I absolutely love this song. I think it might be Syd at his best – a three minute pop single that still manages a freakout section. When we first played it, it only...
Watch Keith Richards cover The Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting For The Man”
To celebrate what would have been Lou Reed’s 82nd birthday, Keith Richards has released a video showing him recording a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting For The Man”. It’s the first track on The Power Of The Heart: A Tribute To Lou Reed, to be released by Light In The Attic on Record Store Day (April 20). PINK FLOYD ARE ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE Advertisement “To me, Lou stood out,” says Richards. “The real deal! Something important to American music and to ALL MUSIC! I miss him and his...
Peg Luke’s Latest Musical Offering, “The Church’s One Foundation,” Invites Soulful Reflection
Peg Luke, a distinguished artist with nominations for both Emmy and Grammy awards, unveils her latest musical creation, “The Church’s One Foundation.” With a career marked by performances at illustrious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Cadogan Hall, Luke’s music resonates deeply with audiences worldwide, offering a soul-stirring journey of introspection and spiritual depth. In the midst of grappling with a life-altering autoimmune diagnosis three years ago, Peg Luke turned to her music as a source of solace and inspiration. Despite the tumultuous landscape of the pandemic, she remains resolute in her mission to spread positivity and hope through...Recent Posts
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