Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes Expansion
On 1975’s Expansions, American jazz musician and composer Lonnie Liston Smith took the big leap. It’s an album that’s rightly feted as key to a very open, dynamic form of jazz-funk fusion, one that’s less about tricksy musicianship, more about texture, space and groove....
Introducing…The Ultimate Music Guide to Lou Reed!
This doesn’t seem like a very Lou Reed kind of place. We’re in Cleveland, Ohio – but it’s not so much the location that’s in question as the occasion. This, in 2015, is the induction ceremony of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame,...
Stereolab Instant Holograms On Metal Film
It begins with 56 seconds of sequencers going haywire, a warning siren from the heart of the cosmos. Then, after a few ominous organ chords, a wise and familiar voice emanates from the speakers. “The numbing is not working any more,” intones Laetitia Sadier,...
Judas Priest are getting their own documentary, co-directed by Tom Morello
Judas Priest are due to get their own documentary film soon, and it’s being co-directed by Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello – find out more below. Sony Music Vision has announced the upcoming documentary film, The Ballad Of Judas Priest, in an exclusive...
Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s new Manchester live EP featuring anti-Trump speeches
Bruce Springsteen is releasing a live EP, ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’ from the opening night of his current tour, which includes his speeches heavily criticising the Trump administration. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen live in London: the heartland hero remains firmly at his majestic peak...
Paul Weller announces new album, Find El Dorado
Paul Weller has announced details of a new studio album, Find Eldorado. The album is released on July 25 on Parlophone. THE JULY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING NICK DRAKE., A 15-TRACK NEW MUSIC CD, THE WHO, BLACK SABBATH,...
Tom Petty’s Wildflowers album to be celebrated in new book
Tom Petty‘s 1994 album Wildflowers is to be celebrated in a new book from Genesis Publications and the Tom Petty Estate. Tom Petty: Wildflowers will go behind the scenes of Tom’s self-proclaimed favourite album, featuring never-before-seen photographs and handwritten lyrics alongside reflections from Petty...
Introducing the new Uncut: Nick Drake, a free 15-track CD, The Who, Black Sabbath, Pulp, Brian Eno and more
When is the end really ‘the end’…? For some bands, it seems, bowing out can be interpreted in many different ways, some more definitive than others. The original lineup of Black Sabbath are due to play their last ever concert in July, while a...
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