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BUY THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ULTIMATE MUSIC GUIDE HERE “What startling possibilities awaited us” When Lou Reed died in 2013, Uncut lovingly entered into an enterprise tinged...

Bruce Springsteen contains multitudes: activist, balladeer, bandleader, rock star and more. Many of these different Bruces align in his landmark No Nukes concert performance – which is finally given a full release this month, 40 years on. With help from some of Springsteen’s closest allies, Stephen Deusner examines how in 2021 the Boss is still searching for ways to reconcile these different sides of himself.

How did a member of Radiohead end up soundtracking a Princess Di biopic? It’s “weirdly like a horror film”, explains Jonny Greenwood

Albarn on Tony Allen, cormorants, solar flares and an abandoned cruise ship

The best albums, films and books of 2021, plus The Weather Station, Mogwai, Can and more…

Isbell on Otis Redding, REM, Vic Chesnutt and Cat Power

The latest Uncut magazine features a map of Springsteen's America, the year’s 75 Best Albums, a free Best Of 2021 CD and more!

Tacked on the end of New Adventures... this happy-sad-elegy to Hollywood was initially disliked by Stipe, "but turned out to be one of our best songs ever"

The writer and Patti Smith guitarist will field your enquiries in a future issue of Uncut

The irrepressible rock’n’roller shares his stories of a life well lived, from riding rhinos in Bronx Zoo to watching Dylan go electric – and even getting on the good side of Lou Reed