The 1964 World’s Fair in New York saw the launch of colour TV, IBM personal computers, the Mustang Ford and, just in time for the Beatles first tour of the USA, a new development from the Eastman Kodak company, Super 8mm film. THE BEATLES, JONI MITCHELL, VAN MORRISON, MICHAEL KIWANUKA AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Since that point rock ‘n’ roll and the Super 8 were inseparable. It’s hard to think of any British band touring the States that wasn’t photographed at some point or other earnestly documenting their tour bus adventures...
“There are no second acts in American lives,” said Scott Fitzgerald, but he obviously never met Stevie Van Zandt. As this intimate and epic HBO documentary makes clear, he’s currently on his fourth or fifth incarnation and showing no signs of stopping any time soon. THE BEATLES, JONI MITCHELL, VAN MORRISON, MICHAEL KIWANUKA AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Born Steven Joseph Malafronte, in Massachusetts in 1950, he became Stevie Van Zandt after his mother remarried when he was seven and the family moved to New Jersey. Growing up, like many Italian American...
Athens, Georgia, in the late 1970s and early 1980s was a free-for-all. Bands popped up for house parties and backyard shows in direct defiance of what constituted a band: The B-52s were all beehives and surf licks, Pylon started out backing a Teach Your Parrot To Talk record before hiring one of rock’s great frontwomen. Perhaps no band during that first wave embodied that why-the-hell-not sensibility or exploded the drums-bass-guitar lineup as gleefully as Limbo District, a short-lived group that featured Jeremy Ayers reciting poetry and playing percussion, his boyfriend Davey Stevenson playing bass and Dominique Amet pounding out...
Joan Armatrading has announced that her new album, How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, will be released by BMG on November 22. THE BEATLES, JONI MITCHELL, VAN MORRISON, MICHAEL KIWANUKA AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Watch a video for the lead single, “I’m Not Moving”, below: Advertisement As Armatrading explains, she was immediately compelled to write the song after witnessing some alarmingly confrontational public behaviour by a young person: “He was like, ‘I’m going to kill everybody! I’m not moving! You can get the police! You...
Tamara Lindeman AKA The Weather Station has announced that her new album Humanhood will be released by Fat Possum on January 17. THE BEATLES, JONI MITCHELL, VAN MORRISON, MICHAEL KIWANUKA AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Watch a video for lead single “Neon Signs” below: Advertisement “I wrote ‘Neon Signs’ at a moment of feeling confused, upside down, at that moment when even desire falls away, and dissociation cuts you loose from a story that while wrong, still held things together,” Lindeman explains. “The song came with multiple strands entwined; the...
Varun Sheel, an emerging talent known for his emotive and atmospheric soundscapes, returns with his latest single “Here.” This track solidifies Varun Sheel’s place as a master of introspective songwriting, blending delicate melodies with vulnerable, soul-baring lyrics. His ability to create music that feels deeply personal yet universally relatable is what continues to set him apart in the ever-evolving indie scene. “Here” invites listeners into a world where time feels suspended. The track unfolds with subtle guitar riffs and Varun Sheel’s soothing vocals, creating an atmosphere that captures a fleeting moment of love and connection. The song is minimalistic...
The entire studio catalogue of pioneering post-punks Magazine will be reissued on vinyl by PIAS Catalogue this autumn. Their first three albums, Real Life (1978), Secondhand Daylight (1979) and The Correct Use of Soap (1980) will be available on November 15. Magic, Murder And The Weather (1981), No Thyself (2011) and Rays & Hail 1978-2011 – a compilation being released on vinyl for the first time – will follow on December 13. THE BEATLES, JONI MITCHELL, VAN MORRISON, MICHAEL KIWANUKA AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Advertisement The tracklistings of the original studio...
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band have extended their 2025 European tour to include eight new shows – three of which are in the UK. THE BEATLES, JONI MITCHELL, VAN MORRISON, MICHAEL KIWANUKA AND MORE STAR IN THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Springsteen will play two dates at Manchester’s Co-Op Live Arena on May 17 and 20, plus a show at Anfield in Liverpool on June 4. Advertisement See the full list of his 2025 European tourdates (with ticket on-sale dates) below. Tickets are available via Springsteen’s official site here. 17 May – Manchester, England...
When Nick Cave lived here in the mid-’80s, the Friedrichshain district which houses the Uber Arena was part of East Berlin. A lot has changed since then, of course; not least for Nick Cave. While a preserved stretch of the Berlin Wall opposite the Arena acts as a reminder of darker times, the tempo around here is brisk and upbeat, thriving with coffee shops, bars and boutiques. Cave himself has enjoyed similar gentrification; today, he is an artist with his own range of miniature ceramic figurines, an invitation to the Coronation and a zealous commitment to air fryers. THE...
In amidst the billowing synthesisers and windswept guitars, here’s a couple of lines where Robert Smith in “Alone” – The Cure’s first new single for 16 years – sings about “a boy and girl / who dream the world is nothing / but a dream”. In some respects, it’s not too much of a stretch to see The Cure as Robert Smith’s own dream world – a self-sufficient fiefdom which operates on his own terms, largely without external influence. Musically, The Cure always been skilled at conjuring up their own hermetically-sealed musical environments, but this is also a band who...
