White noise

Tempestuous marriage of rock and radiophonics on remastered experimental gem

Forgive the constant references to domestic business at Uncut these past few days, but it's been hard to review much music when we've been in the throes of moving office. We're now firmly established in our luxurious new building just behind the Tate Modern, and have spent the morning trying to understand the new phones and get used to the decor: roughly MODE magazine, redesigned by IKEA, but a damn sight nicer than our old place.

Lavish two-CD repackaging for Bowie's 1993 return to form

Slowcore pioneers’ landmark releases smoulder anew

It's the latest preview of his first album in a decade, Mercy

It's one of 13 previously unreleased tracks on White Blood Cells XX

Austin’s finest defy the lockdown blues to make a rollicking new album in 30 days

From double LP to seven-disc set, complete with outtakes, demos and studio banter

While the latest issue of Uncut was turning up in the UK last week, I was a long way from “Basement Tapes” frenzy, on holiday in Athens. I saw all the classical sites, accidentally walked into both a Tino Sehgal performance piece and a NATO delegation, and also, true to form, found time to do a little record shopping.

Beck is set to release a recorded version of his Song Reader project with an all-star cast including Jack White, Jeff Tweedy, Laura Marling and Jarvis Cocker.