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Laurie Styvers Let Me Comfort You: The Hush Rarities

When Laurie Styvers died in 1998, aged 48, obituaries apparently entirely failed to recall her bohemian musical incarnation almost three decades earlier. No wonder, really. Recent years had been spent running an animal sanctuary in Texas, where she’d been born Laurette Stivers; her two albums, 1971’s Spilt Milk and 1973’s The Colorado Kid, were already long forgotten. Her one brush with success, her debut’s breezy, evergreen opener, “Beat The Reaper”, had also missed the charts even after British radio play, and despite Alan Freeman’s support, a follow-up 7”, The Colorado Kid’s playful, banjo-embellished “All American Long Haired Denimed Song-Writing...
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James Blackshaw Unraveling In Your Hands

It’s been nine long years since English guitarist James Blackshaw released his last album, Summoning Suns. Up until that point, he’d been churning out music with almost alarming frequency, and between 2003 and 2015, he averaged at least an album a year, a gorgeous run of music that shifted from intimate guitar soli ritual to expansive, galaxy-swallowing, epic compositions. Not to mention collaborations with similarly quixotic artists like Pantaleimon and Lubomyr Melnyk, and appearances on albums by Current 93, Myrninerest, Peter Wright and Michael Gira. THE FEBRUARY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING THE BAND, THE YARDBIRDS, SHARON VAN ETTEN,...
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Hear Bob Mould’s new track, “Here We Go Crazy”

Bob Mould has announced of a new studio album, Here We Go Crazy, which is released on March 7 via Granary Music/BMG Records. You can hear the title track below. 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 “I’ve been spending time in the Southern California desert over the past few years, and the video was shot there. Chilly wilderness atop a mountain, expansive vistas below the hills, distant places to escape life’s routines,” Mould says of the video. “’Going crazy’ can...
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Throwing Muses announce Moonlight Concessions album

Throwing Muses have announced details of their new album, Moonlight Concessions, which is released on March 14 via Fire Records. They’ve released a new track from the album, “Summer Of Love” which you can hear below. 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 The album announcement follows the release last November of “Drugstore Drastic“, which accompanied UK and EU tour dates. Moonlight Concessions was produced by Kristin Hersh at Steve Rizzo’s Stable Sound Studio in Portsmouth, Rhode Island....
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Frank Black My Life In Music

The Pixies mainman welcomes us to his planet of sound: “You have to embrace the simplicity, the rawness” 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 THE BEATLES The Beatles APPLE, 1968 Advertisement This would not have been my first Beatles experience, but it’s probably the first one that connected with me in a more intellectual way. Songs like “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” or “Birthday” are very minimalist. There’s an attitude of, ‘We don’t need to...
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Mike Scott: “There’s a sense of musical history in the record”

Following this week’s announcement about the new Waterboys album, Life, Death And Dennis Hopper, here’s the Mike Scott talking about the record in our Album Preview from Uncut’s January 2025 issue. 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 MIKE SCOTT: “It’s a concept record that tells several stories at the same time. There’s a central story , but it’s also telling the story of our times, the story of the counterculture, which is a fascinating subject. And...
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Inside our latest free Uncut CD Take A Load Off: 15 tracks of the month’s best music

The Weather Station, The Delines, Richard Dawson, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and more feature on our latest free CD. The 15-track compilation, Take A Load Off, showcases the month’s best new music, and comes with our issue dated February 2025. Advertisement See below for more on the full tracklisting… ORDER A COPY FROM US HERE 1 Chris EckmanButtercupThe Land We Knew The Best is our Album Of The Month, and finds the former Walkabouts guitarist and singer making some of the best music of his life in his adopted home of Slovenia. Advertisement...
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The Waterboys announce new album, Life, Death And Dennis Hopper

The Waterboys have announced details of their sixteenth studio album, Life, Death And Dennis Hopper, which is released on April 4 via Sun Records. THE BAND, THE VERVE, SHARON VAN ETTEN AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT; ORDER A COPY HERE Advertisement Running to 25 tracks, the album is a song cycle framing the late actor/director/photographer’s life story against the last 75 years of western pop culture. “The arc of his life was the story of our times,” says Mike Scott. “He was at the big bang of youth culture in Rebel Without A Cause with James Dean; and...
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Neil Young to release Oceanside Countryside on vinyl

Neil Young releases Oceanside Countryside, the latest of his great “lost” albums, on February 14 as part of his Analog Original Series (AOS) via Reprise. THE BAND, THE VERVE, SHARON VAN ETTEN AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT; ORDER A COPY HERE Advertisement The album was recorded from May to December 1977, preceding the release of Comes A Time in 1978. The two albums share the same country/folk sound, and three songs (“Goin’ Back”, “Human Highway” and “Field Of Opportunity“) appear on both albums. The vinyl release of Oceanside Countryside includes some tracks that are on the CD...
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Sunny Jorge’s “Murder She Wrote” Explores Luxury, Respect, and Personal Transformation

Sunny Jorge’ s latest track “Murder She Wrote” feels like a turning point in his career. The New Jersey artist—best known for his poetic roots—delivers a swaggering, self-assured anthem alongside the legendary Fetty Wap, blending luxurious themes with a message of deep respect for women. But beyond the catchy beats and addictive hooks, the track reveals the growing pains of an artist finding his voice in a competitive industry. “Murder She Wrote” might sound like a crime story at first glance, but for Jorge, the title is about giving credit where it’s due. It’s a salute to women who...
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