“Watch this,” whispers Kim, leaning in conspiratorially. “Hey Josephine, I think we should try ‘Launched’ next album…” “Shut up!” explodes…
Features & Interviews
Joy Division: “We didn’t know Ian Curtis was approaching his breaking point”
Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris on the making of Closer
Alex Turner: “Making an Arctic Monkeys album is not an easy alchemy”
Arctic Monkeys on their future, their past and working with Josh Homme
MC5 on ‘Kick Out The Jams’: “We weren’t on a meth power trip… just a power trip”
The full story of the Detroit rebels' revolutionary, band-baiting song
The B-52s on ‘Rock Lobster’: “There’s not any songs like it!”
"Pass the tanning butter!" The making of an unlikely surf-rock hit
Eric Clapton and friends on Derek And The Dominos’ “Layla”: “It still knocks me out every time”
The guitarist, Pattie Boyd and Bobby Whitlock tell the full story of the lovestruck hit
Chrissie Hynde: “It’s been a pretty rough ride for the human race”
Do you still visit India? I haven’t been for a while. I’ve been thinking about it, though. I still follow…
Steve Winwood: “I always felt the need to work with the people with crazy ideas”
The talented Winwood takes us through his work with the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and more
Eddie Kramer on working with Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Led Zeppelin
The prolific producer reflects on his steep learning curve
Bryan Ferry: “People like you to be difficult and weird”
For your pleasure: Ferry on his finest solo work, album by album
The Damned: “We were horrible English hooligans”
The success of Phantasmagoria – and the non-album single, “Eloise” – was not without its downside. After two years’ solid…
James Taylor: “The success was a surprise…”
That’s Why I’m Here Columbia, 1985 After intense rehab and failed sessions in Montserrat, Taylor is reborn with a synth-heavy…
Graham Nash on his greatest albums: “No amount of technology can make a bad song into a good song”
The songwriting legend on his finest work, from The Hollies to CSNY
Mark E Smith 1957-2018
John Robinson recalls the playful, elusive genius of the leader of The Fall
Mark E Smith’s final Uncut interview: “The Fall is like a Nazi organisation…”
Smith discusses The Fall past and present, America and art in this feature from September 2017
Nick Drake remembered: “My first impression was that he was a genius – it was that simple”
The story of Drake's life and career as told by Joe Boyd, John Wood, Richard Thompson, Beverley Martyn and more
Julian Cope: “I had to release Fried to prove I was still a functioning human being”
The Archdrude on his early solo career, from the disintegration of the Teardrops to that giant turtleshell
Try on, tune in, drop out: the story of Granny Takes A Trip and London’s psychedelic tailors
Starring Kenney Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Joe Boyd, Nigel Weymouth and more
The Best Reissues Of 2017 – The Uncut Top 30
Our rundown of the year's reissues and comps
The Best Albums Of 2017 – The Uncut Top 50
Our albums of the year revealed!