The Smile have announced the details of a new album titled Cutouts, set for release on October 4 via XL Recordings. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Two new tracks off the record are released today “Foreign Spies” and “Zero Sum” with a video or “Zero Sum” directed by audiovisual artist Weirdcore. Advertisement Cutouts is the band’s third studio album following A Light For Attracting Attention in 2022 and Wall Of Eyes, released in January this year. You can pre-order Cutouts here. It’s available on standard black vinyl,...
When Jake Lenderman’s dad would ferry his son around their hometown of Asheville in the family van, he’d play his favourite music: Neil Young, Son Volt, My Morning Jacket, Band Of Horses, Drive-By Truckers. “That was the stuff that stuck with me,” says Lenderman, who records as MJ Lenderman when he’s not playing guitar in alternative rockers Wednesday. “I remember my dad had the Truckers’ Gangstabilly CD in the van and that album cover spooked me so much as a kid.” JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE...
Two years ago, when North Carolina singer-songwriter Dawn Landes was first inspired to make an album based on a 1971 book of feminist folk songs and poems dating back across two centuries, her first thoughts concerned how best she could interpret them. Next, her thoughts turned to whose help she might enlist to help her put her own contemporary yet timeless stamp on them. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! By the time she had collaborated with producer Josh Kaufman and singers such as...
Crystal Starr has once again captivated audiences with the acoustic version of her hit single, “Don’t Waste the Night.” Known for her vibrant blend of pop and R&B, Starr takes a bold step by stripping down the track to its emotional core. This rendition reveals a more intimate side of the artist, emphasizing her versatility and depth. The original version of “Don’t Waste the Night” was a high-energy anthem, fueled by pulsating rhythms and infectious melodies. However, the acoustic version shifts focus to Starr’s raw vocals and a delicate piano accompaniment. Seated under a soft spotlight, Starr’s performance exudes...
Oasis have announced their first live dates for 16 years. Liam and Noel Gallagher will play 14 shows in the UK and Ireland beginning in July 2025. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Advertisement The news comes two days before the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut album, Definitely Maybe, which was released on August 29, 1994. A Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition of Definitely Maybe is released on Friday, August 30. Tickets for the UK dates go on sale from 9am on Saturday, August 31 and will...
The Hard Quartet have announced their self-titled debut album with a new single, “Rio’s Song“. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! The band – who feature Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White and Emmett Kelly – will release their album on October 4 via Matador Records. You can pre-order and pre-save here. Advertisement “Rio’s Song” comes with a video. “The ‘Rio’s Song’ video is The Hard Quartet’s homage to street rock in the hot afternoon & clowning around with lifer friends in downtown New York City....
Panda Bear and Sonic Boom – aka Noah Lennox and Pete Kember – have released the Reset Mariachi EP, a reworking of two tracks from their 2022 album, Reset. You can hear the EP below. JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! Advertisement Resert Mariachi was rerecorded with the Mexico City outfit Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto Pérez. The EP features two Spanish-language versions of “Peligro (Danger)” and “Viviendo en las sequelas (Livin’ in the After),” one sung by Panda Bear and Sonic Boom and one sung by the vocalists of Mariachi 2000 de Cutberto...
The Specials’ bassist on his journey to the Dirt Road Band: “I knew that there was a new world somewhere” JIMI HENDRIX, A BIG STAR CD, GILLIAN WELCH, FONTAINES D.C. AND MORE – ORDER YOUR COPY OF THE NEW UNCUT HERE! THE BYRDS Advertisement “5D (Fifth Dimension)” CBS, 1966 I joined The Searchers’ fanclub when I was 11, but the first single I ever bought was “5D (Fifth Dimension)” by The Byrds. I didn’t have the faintest idea what it was on about, and you couldn’t dance to it because it was in waltz time, but it was fantastic....
That elderly lady in the loft, who had no shower or kitchen, who threw parties for the bohemian crowd, where she played strange, ringing, twanging instruments with a faraway look in her eyes? Around New Orleans they said she lived in a hippy commune before hippies existed, or worked her passage as a cabin girl on a Mississippi steamboat, or ran away to a monastery in Mexico with an anarchist priest. They said she had two kids, that she had studied in Europe and travelled all over the world; some said she was secretly involved in a famous pop...
Both Jewish and Arab, musically omnivorous but unmistakeably Middle Eastern, globe-trotting trio El Khat are a fascinating hot mess of sounds and influences. Their founder, frontman and primary songwriter Eyal El Wahab is part of the huge Yemeni-Jewish population in Israel, mostly children of refugees who fled persecution in Yemen in the late 1940s, a diaspora now numbering over 400,000. Named after the plant famous for inducing mind-bending euphoria, El Khat’s mission is to keep the unsung cultural heritage of their ancestors alive, but on their own terms, adding a healthy dollop of DIY attitude, psych-rock energy and noisy experimentalism. They are promiscuous folk-punk mongrels,...