Taken from Uncut’s September 2019 issue It’s been five years since Ride reformed, and according to guitarist and vocalist Mark Gardener, the creative energies sparked by this momentous event are as strong as ever. “When you still have the creative magic, you can just...
Jack White has been booked as the last-minute replacement musical guest for this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live. The weekly live variety show’s musical guest for this week had been set to be the country artist Morgan Wallen, but he was removed from...
When Ali Farka Touré died in 2006, Afel Bocoum seemed perfectly placed to take over the great man’s mantle. Touré’s compelling desert blues had earned him a roster of western admirers ranging from Ry Cooder to Jimmy Page to John Lee Hooker, and a...
The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This...
Phoebe Bridgers, Mac DeMarco and Angel Olsen are among the artists set to play a virtual fundraiser for Planned Parenthood this month. The event, billed as ‘Village Of Love Planned Parenthood’, will be held online on October 25 and also feature a raffle, auction...
It’s an image of contrast: a soldier with dragonfly wings rendered in bleeding graffiti sprays, the personification of the title Hybrid Theory. On the cover artwork of Linkin Park’s masterful, ground-moving debut, the entire concept is there: loud guitars with hip-hop beats, rap verses between...
The mission statement that accompanies this album might seem like an uncharacteristic hippie flex, but anyone who’s paid even slight attention to Thurston Moore’s output down the decades will recognise it. Here, then, is a newly urgent formulation of a long-standing belief in music’s...
Spotify have revealed that streams of mental health playlists have doubled this year. Gathered to mark World Mental Health Day, which takes place tomorrow (October 10), the data shows a dramatic rise in playlists and podcasts related to self-care during the coronavirus pandemic. Read...
Matt Bellamy has confirmed that he has started working on a new Muse album. The frontman said that the early stages of the follow-up to the trio’s 2018 album ‘Simulation Theory’ have been inspired by “the protests and all the chaos” that have “kicked...
Arlo Parks has spoken about the importance of self-care of her own mental health in a preview clip from tonight’s Channel 4 special The Whole Truth (October 9). The programme, which is hosted by Jordan Stephens and also features Kojey Radical and Che Lingo, will air tonight...
