HAVE A COPY SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR HOME Queen, The Clash, King Crimson, Joan Shelley, Nancy Sinatra, The Delines, Billy Childish, Norman Whitfield, Yo La Tengo and Dennis Bovell all feature in the new Uncut, dated July 2022 and in UK shops from May 19 or available to buy online now. This issue comes with an exclusive free CD, comprising the best tracks of the month. QUEEN: Welcome to Uncut’s deep dive into Queen’s 30 greatest songs – from glam smashes to arena-sized anthems, deep cuts and more. Brian May, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert share with John Lewis tales behind...
Andrew Dominik’s second documentary about Nick Cave begins with a feint worthy of This Is Spinal Tap. “I’ve retrained as a ceramicist,” Cave tells the camera, deadpan, “because it’s no longer viable to be a musician.” And it’s true. Inspired by his collection of Staffordshire pottery, Cave has diversified into trinkets. Not just any trinkets. After a flawed attempt to cast a mantelpiece ornament of a saint boiling in oil, Cave has moved on to a series of 18 figurines telling the story of the Devil. Here is the (unglazed) Devil as a baby. ORDER NOW: Miles Davis is on...
What is Americana, exactly? Since its birth in the margins of Nashville, and in off-lying corners of the American South and Midwest, it’s become a vast, amorphous catch-all for American music that is vaguely rootsy, twangy and aware of tradition, but that does not purport to be country or blues. Today, in America at least, it’s swelled beyond a discernible sound or identity, making way for legions of imitators in brimmed hats and put-on Southern accents – working-class cosplay in search of a record deal on Music Row. ORDER NOW: Miles Davis is on the cover of the latest issue...
The Americans’ profile is still pretty low-key, but the band comes with high-end endorsements. Greil Marcus was swept up by 2017 debut I’ll Be Yours and was left hankering for more. T Bone Burnett and Jack White commandeered them for The American Epic Sessions, with Burnett singing their virtues as “genius 21st-century musicians that are reinventing American heritage music for this century. And it sounds even better this century.” ORDER NOW: Miles Davis is on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut Belated second album Stand True reveals the West Coast threesome of Patrick Ferris (vocals/guitar), Jake Faulkner (bass)...
Kikagaku Moyo seemed like a band going places. After initially struggling to make headway in their native country – despite tapping into a noble lineage of Japanese longhairs stretching back through Acid Mothers Temple to Happy End and Flower Travellin’ Band, Kikagaku bandleader Go Kurosawa complained to MonsterChildren.com that “most people don’t like this kind of thing, they like following the rules” – they’d been steadily building a worldwide following since relocating to Amsterdam in 2017. They toured with Wooden Shjips and hooked up with Ryley Walker at Le Guess Who? for a heady live improv set,...
“Exile On Main St stands apart from other Stones albums, even other Stones albums from that period,” says The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel. “It’s not just that it’s a double album. It’s not just the circumstances in which it was recorded. There’s something about it – a vibe, a feeling. It has such a sound. The horns, the R&B, the blues. I listen to Exile all the time and still get blown away by it.” ORDER NOW: Miles Davis is on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut Released 50 years ago in May, Exile On Main St...
One of r&b’s favorite artists, Larry D has been keeping it real with his amazing new release called “Just We.” Emotional yet romantic at the same time, the iconic artist delivers an outstanding composition that’s filled with soothing vocals, lovely sequences and positive melodies. The catchy single embodies how talented Larry D really is and his soaring voice adds on to that. An amazing feature, Jessica Ray manages to add her magical touches on the song, elevating it to another level. Packed with romantic lyrics and sensational performances, “Just We” takes any listener away and gives them a joyous...
As the band head out on a major reunion tour, we present the Ultimate Music Guide to The Eagles. A band who made melodic music drawing on an explosive creative tension, their massive-selling albums unleashed the metaphorical power of California for a generation. “Two voices called to you from where they stood…” Buy a copy here!
BUY THE EAGLES ULTIMATE MUSIC GUIDE HERE One thing you can be pretty sure the Eagles never did was to take it easy. Though already veterans of several countrywide late 1960s bands from the tail-end of the country rock boom, by the time the original line-up came together at Doug Weston’s Troubadour Club in Los Angeles, they weren’t so much disheartened by what had gone before, more primed and ready to make their next move. In the band’s circle were other promising artists. Linda Ronstadt, with whom they first performed together. John David Souther, who was in a band...
Through the past couple of years of fresh hell there have been records that might console you (Ignorance), albums that might sustain you (Rough And Rowdy Ways) and even pop songs so defiantly absurd they could make you briefly forget the relentless ongoing catastrophe (“WAP”/“Chaise Longue”). But no song from the long years of lockdown was more likely to make you throw open the windows and dance on the table than “Like I Used To”, Sharon Van Etten’s magnificent 2021 collaboration with Angel Olsen. ORDER NOW: Miles Davis is on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut Way back...