Hit Singles
Nilüfer Yanya My Method Actor
There have yet to be reports of Nilüfer Yanya refusing to answer to her own name, terrifying production assistants, or exhibiting any of the demanding off-camera behaviour once expected of Marlon Brando, Daniel Day-Lewis and other master thespians. Nevertheless, the notion of the method actor is a potent one for the London singer-songwriter. She’s spoken of the kinship she feels with these counterparts’ determination to ground performances in personal experiences and memories of trauma, essentially re-living those emotions in order to lend authenticity and urgency to present-day expressions. She sees her songs as a potential means to do the...
Nick Lowe Indoor Safari
When Nick Lowe toured America to promote Quality Street, his 2013 album of Christmas songs, his backing band was Yep Roc labelmates Los Straitjackets, retro rockers whose own albums suggested they hadn’t heard any new music since about 1965, their records awash with twanging instrumental rock’n’roll, rockabilly, surf music, teen ballads, some Tex-Mex and country. Nick, meanwhile, had been reversing into tomorrow, to borrow an old Stiff sales slogan, for most of his career, plausibly even earlier. They were a perfect musical match. And what a spectacle they offered! Four burly Americans in black hitman suits festooned with gold...
Lone Justice for all!
“People are saying it’s the first new Lone Justice record in 40 years, and I’m like… is it?” says Maria McKee, the band’s firebrand vocalist. The answer is both yes and no. While the group hasn’t released a proper full-length since 1986’s Shelter, upcoming album Viva Lone Justice isn’t technically new. McKee recorded the bulk of the material with ex-bandmates Marvin Etzioni and Don Heffington as demos for her 1992 solo effort You Gotta Sin To Get Saved. Dusting off those tapes in the wake of Heffington’s passing in 2021, Etzioni encouraged McKee to turn the sessions into a...
Kara Major Inspires with New Single “Win” and Empowering Music Video
Kara Major, the emerging singer-songwriter from Hollywood, FL, has made a strong impression with her latest single, “Win,” paired with a visually captivating music video. The track highlights themes of self-confidence, perseverance, and strength, blending her dynamic vocals with electronic rhythms. With lyrics such as “Our highest selves are always calling. It’s important we pick up! Self love rescues. Self love WINS,” Kara Major aims to motivate her listeners to face challenges and focus on personal growth. This release marks an important milestone in her career, as she continues to demonstrate her skill in merging genuine storytelling with energetic...
Introducing the new Uncut: The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Michael Kiwanuka, a free 15-track CD and more
One of my last jobs on this issue has been proofing our field report from the End Of The Road festival, which Uncut was proudly involved with again this year. I’m hard-pressed to find another festival which reflects so much of what we do here at Uncut – mixing familiar names (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Slowdive, Lankum, Yo La Tengo) with upcoming faces (Kassi Valazza, Sanam, Florence Adooni, Snõõper) across a variety of genres and styles. THE BEATLES, JONI MITCHELL, VAN MORRISON, MICHAEL KIWANUKA AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! By way of evidence,...
Uncut November 2024
CLICK TO GET THE NEW UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR THE BEATLES: With a new boxset collecting the Fabs’ ’64 US LPs, eyewitnesses and contemporaries relive the mania of the British Invasion. “In music, there is The Beatles and then there is everybody else…” VAN MORRISON: The Celtic soul guru on jamming with The Band, recording with Cliff, why he no longer performs “Brown Eyed Girl”, old songs and new arrangements, Veedon Fleece at 50, the nature of creativity and more. “I am nostalgic. But it’s my nostalgia, you know…” Advertisement MICHAEL KIWANUKA: Drawing inspiration from Gene Clark and...The Beatles’ 1964 US LPs collected for new mono vinyl set
The Beatles‘ American albums originally compiled for US release between January 1964 and March 1965 are reissued on November 22 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe as The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono. All seven albums – Meet The Beatles!, The Beatles’ Second Album, A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track), Something New, The Beatles’ Story (2LP), Beatles ’65 and The Early Beatles – have been analog cut for 180-gram audiophile vinyl from their original mono master tapes and feature replicated artwork and new four-panel inserts with essays. The albums’ new vinyl lacquers were cut by Kevin Reeves at...
City to City: Introducing King Nun
“We’re really more of a cult than a band,” grins drummer Caius Stockley-Young from underneath an unseasonal woolly hat as he tries to explain the chemistry that defines King Nun. The five-piece formed when they were at school in south-west London and meet Uncut in nearby Kingston, scene of some of their earliest successes. It turns out that King Nun are a fairly self-contained unit. Caius produced their 2023 album LAMB at the Marshall Studio, brother Ethan (bass, percussion) painted the cover art, guitarist James Upton drives the tour van with Caius, while bassist Nathan Gane – “the human...
Hear a previously unreleased live version of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performing “Helplessly Hoping” at the Fillmore East, 1969
David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young are releasing a newly-discovered live set recorded during the band’s September 20, 1969, concert at the Fillmore East in New York. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Live At The Fillmore East, 1969 will be available on 2xLP and CD. Pre-order here. Advertisement You can hear a previously unreleased live version of “Helplessly Hoping” below. Stephen Stills and Neil Young compiled and mixed the original eight-track concert recordings with John Hanlon at Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles. The...Recent Posts
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