Hit Singles
Introducing…The Ultimate Music Guide: Page & Plant
The song remains the same – but also different A tough act to follow, Led Zeppelin. And as you’ll read in the latest Ultimate Music Guide, just because you were Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, the band’s main songwriters, didn’t mean that you found it easy. For Robert Plant, in the first place it meant retrenching in the past: gathering some bandmates from 15 years ago, and songs even older than that. The mission? To shake out the cobwebs round Britain’s university venues with a band he called the Honeydrippers. Jimmy Page meanwhile hit the rehearsal rooms with Chris...
Laurie Anderson Amelia
Amelia Earhart was the pioneering American aviator who, among her many achievements, became the first women to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932. She led the way in other areas too, using her fame to champion women’s rights, including the Equal Rights Movement, endorse commercial air travel, write bestselling books, take on sponsorship deals and, more broadly, promote her passions in public. She had the ear of President Roosevelt and blazed a trail for women in an industry where female pilots and mechanics are still woefully underrepresented. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND...
Mark Lanegan Band Bubblegum XX
The urge to disentangle certain charismatic artists from the mythos that clings to them is as eternally irresistible as it is futile. Interviews and memoirs are useful for this only if the subject/narrator is 100% reliable; the internet, teeming with wild opinions and purported truths, is no place to look for verification. Which is why a combination of cultural romanticism and institutionalised trust still has us looking to an artist’s songs for clues as to who they “really” are. As someone drawn to the dark side – well documented, not least of all in his unflinching autobiography Sing Backwards...
I’m New Here Jacken Elswyth
Jacken Elswyth was always likely to be an alternative folk musician. Until recently, her parents were members of the band Sproatly Smith, at the centre of Herefordshire’s ‘Weirdshire’ folk scene; they’re also the two guests joining Elswyth on her new album, At Fargrounds. “It’s not exactly a standard narrative,” she smiles. “My parents aren’t old folkies who sang in folk clubs while I was young. We’re both approaching folk from a slightly oblique angle and doing something a bit strange with it. But it does mean that there is a connection there to the image of traditional song being...
The confounding young Scotland
When Josef K were promoting a retrospective compilation in 1987, they were asked about the title. Why was it called Young And Stupid? “Because we were,” they replied. Since then, the Edinburgh band’s mystique has only grown, and their slim catalogue has been endlessly reappraised. The fact that Josef K’s music was released on Postcard Records has been a help and a hindrance. The group were outshone by the more flamboyant Orange Juice, and the label’s sock-drawer Svengali Alan Horne sometimes gave the impression he had signed them by mistake. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES...
Introducing the new Uncut: Jimi Hendrix, a Big Star CD, Gillian Welch, Fontaines D.C. and more
NOT long before we started planning this Jimi Hendrix cover story, I found myself playing Running The Voodoo Down! Explorations In Psychrockfunksouljazz 1967–80, a great compilation from 2017 that explored black America’s response to the volume and possibilities of psychedelic rock. Along with George Clinton, Sly Stone and Miles Davis, Hendrix casts a sizable shadow over the proceedings – either in a very overt sense, like the way the Isley Brothers segue from CSNY’s “Ohio” into Hendrix’s “Machine Gun”, or else as a galvanising force, whose questing and progressive imperative encouraged others to follow his example. We visit some...
Uncut October 2024
HAVE A COPY SENT DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Fontaines DC, Yes, Jack White, John Mayall, Nick Cave, Chris Bell, Thurston Moore, Mercury Rev, Cass McCombs, Lone Justice, David Crosby, Lawrence, Steve Van Zandt, Paul Heaton, Brown Horse and more all feature in Uncut‘s October 2024 issue, in UK shops from August 16 or available to buy online now. All print copies come with a free Big Star CD featuring 10 tracks of power-pop perfection, rarities and alternate mixes! Advertisement INSIDE THIS MONTH’S UNCUT: JIMI HENDRIX: In June 1970, the completion...
Loka Manya Prawiro’s “Sea Waves” Video: A Visual Journey of Love
Drawing inspiration from his own experiences, particularly the profound journey of marriage, Loka Manya Prawiro crafted “Sea Waves” as a standout piece on his album. The song’s ability to resonate with listeners on a deep level has earned it widespread praise for its honest and relatable portrayal of love and life’s complexities. Loka Manya Prawiro has unveiled a new visual companion to his beloved track, “Sea Waves,” from the acclaimed album ‘I Love You Evermore.’ Loka Manya Prawiro’s ‘I Love You Evermore’ is a testament to his musical prowess and the talent of his collaborators. The music video, a...
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings share new song, “Hashtag”
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have shared a new track from their upcoming album, Woodland. You can hear “Hashtag” below. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE “Hashtag” is the second track to be lifted from Woodland after “Empty Trainload Of Sky”. Advertisement Woodland – which is named after their recording studio in Nashville – is released on their own Acony Records label on August 23. You can pre-order the album here. You can read the only major UK interview with Gillian and David in the new issue of Uncut, which goes on...Recent Posts
Baz Luhrmann is also working on an Elvis stage musical
Listen to a raw 1975 demo of Talking Heads classic hit ‘Psycho Killer’
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was found not to have violated any rules following investigation
Manchester Orchestra drummer Timothy Very dies aged 42: “We love you Tim, thank you for loving us”
Stars of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ to perform at 2026 BRIT Awards