Imarhan have long been anointed as official heirs to Tinariwen’s desert-rock throne. Frontman Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane (aka Sadam) is the cousin of Tinariwen’s bassist Eyadou Ag Leche and has joined them as a touring member on occasion. The bond between the two bands continues on this album, with Tinariwen’s Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni and Mohammed Ag Itlale (aka Japonais) contributing guest vocals – the latter, poignantly, in his final recording session before his death in February. ORDER NOW: Johnny Marr is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut While the music Imarhan make draws from the same...
Tamara Lindeman, aka The Weather Station, has announced a new album, How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars. The album is a companion piece to last year’s Ignorance – which was voted Uncut’s Best Album Of 2021. Lindeham has shared a track from the album – here’s “Endless Time“: Advertisement How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars was recorded live at Toronto’s Canterbury Music Studios between March 10 – 12, 2020, with Jean Martin co-producing. Lindeman’s band for the record include Christine Bougie on guitar and lap steel, Karen Ng on saxophone and...
Neil Young wants his music “immediately” removed from Spotify, which he says is “spreading false information” about the COVID-19 vaccine. ORDER NOW: Johnny Marr is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut READ MORE: Neil Young & The Crazy Horse – Barn review The legendary folk-rocker shared an open letter to his team Monday (January 24), formally requesting that they – his agents at Lookout Management and the corporate leadership at Warner Bros. – “act on this immediately” and keep Young “informed of the time schedule”, as Rolling Stone reports. He took particular aim at controversial podcaster...
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band have announced details of their new album, Dear Scott. The follow-up to 2017’s Adiós Señor Pussycat, Dear Scott has been produced by Bill Ryder-Jones and will be released on May 27 via Modern Sky UK. CLICK HERE TO BUY OUR NEW ISSUE “I’ve been working with Bill Ryder-Jones in his studio in West Kirby, which is brilliant – dead chilled,” Head told Uncut at the end of last year. “It’s the first time Bill and I’ve worked together and it’s been magical. As well as a producer, he’s a gifted multi-instrumentalist –...
Bob Dylan has announced details of a spring run of dates for his ‘Never Ending Tour’. ORDER NOW: Johnny Marr is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut READ MORE: Reviewed! Bob Dylan – Shadow Kingdom The tour resumes in Phoenix on March 3 and will run for 27 dates over five weeks. Dylan’s website hints that more dates will be announced after this, saying that the tour will run until 2024. Advertisement A ticket pre-sale for this run of dates begins on January 27, with a general on-sale beginning on January 28. You can purchase tickets...
Hip-Hop artist Tiing is back with some powerful sounds. His new album is titled Lost Files and includes the outstanding song named “Options,” among 11 other tracks. Filled with a motivational spirit and visionary lyricism, Tiing is proving the hype around each of his drops with these new releases. From the melodies to the instrumentals and beats, everything is carefully placed and intertwined with perfection to create an otherworldly listening experience. Tiing grew up playing the violin. Music ran in the family as his father was a master drummer in the jazz music scene. It was around 2012 that...
If you happened to be looking for the precise moment at which the stars came into alignment for David Bowie in 1972, there are plenty of occasions to choose from. It could be the point where, arriving on a plane into Los Angeles, the name “Ziggy Stardust” occurs to him for the first time. Whole books have been written on the hard to challenge notion that lightning finally strikes for Bowie (and an entire TV viewing population) after the performance of “Starman” on Top Of The Pops on July 6th. BUY NOW: The Ultimate Companion to Ziggy Stardust It...
If you happened to be looking for the precise moment at which the stars came into alignment for David Bowie in 1972, there are plenty of occasions to choose from. It could be the point where, arriving on a plane into Los Angeles, the name “Ziggy Stardust” occurs to him for the first time. Whole books have been written on the hard to challenge notion that lightning finally strikes for Bowie (and an entire TV viewing population) after the performance of “Starman” on Top Of The Pops on July 6th. BUY NOW: The Ultimate Companion to Ziggy Stardust It...
Presenting our latest online exclusive: The Ultimate Companion to Ziggy Stardust. The full scoop on Bowie’s most famous creation – Ziggy Stardust. Includes a massive new interview, the lowdown on every Bowie’s music from 1970-1973. Also: rediscovered interviews, all in this latest issue. Buy a copy here!
The next band to kindly volunteer for a gentle grilling by you, the Uncut readers, are alt.country pioneers Cowboy Junkies. Formed in Toronto in 1985 by Michael, Margo and Peter Timmins plus bassist Alan Anton, Cowboy Junkies have were ahead of the curve in rejecting ’80s studio trickery to record landmark album The Trinity Session in a church, its languid and haunting sound proving hugely influential. Since then, the band’s discography has expanded to include more than 20 albums, including the powerful recent one-two of All That Reckoning – partly inspired by William Blake and described by Uncut as...