Michael Nesmith has died aged 78, his family have confirmed. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut “With Infinite Love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and...
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...
To hope for the impossible is a favourite pastime of anyone who ever loved The Wrens. True believers have remained steadfast through the New Jersey band’s decades-long saga. Yet the near-misses, bad luck and self-sabotage that fill this history make it absurd to keep...
Almost a decade has passed since Pye Corner Audio made its debut on Ghost Box. At the time, the label was vaunted as the epicentre of something called “hauntology”. The term, borrowed from the philosopher Jacques Derrida, had come to refer to a distinctly...
Fifty years on from its initial release, Marvin Gaye’s masterpiece still sounds like an argument wrapped in a dream. Structurally, it has the shape and logic of a sermon, sounding both urgent and relevant to the turmoil of the moment. At the same time,...
More than 50 years after “After The Gold Rush”, Neil Young still feels like getting high – Rocky Mountain high, that is. Barn, his latest album with Crazy Horse, was recorded way up in the Telluride, Colorado, area, 2,667 meters (8,750 feet) above sea...
The Rolling Stones paid tribute to late drummer Charlie Watts on Monday (6 December) in an intimate show held in Ronnie Scott’s in London’s Soho. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut READ MORE: How Charlie Watts turned...
Robbie Shakespeare has died. He was 68 years old. It’s been reported by The Jamaica Gleaner that Shakespeare had recently undergone surgery related to his kidneys. The Jamaican artist was hospitalised in Florida. ORDER NOW: Paul Weller is on the cover in the latest issue of...
As All Things Must Pass receives a deluxe anniversary release, The Ultimate Music Guide to one of the world’s best-loved musicians. Never mind “the quiet one”. Meet the other George Harrisons: Sonic innovator! Spiritual adventurer! Film producer! Buy a copy here!
BUY THE GEORGE HARRISON ULTIMATE MUSIC GUIDE HERE When I last talked to anyone who knew George Harrison, it was about how he played the guitar. In the early 1960s, Brian Griffiths (“Griff”) along with his pals John Gustafson (“Gus”) and John Hutchinson (“Hutch”)...