It is 1987 and the Sugarcubes’ extraordinary debut single, “Birthday” is galloping up the charts. As the band put the finishing touches to their breakthrough album Life’s Too Good, Melody Maker’s Chris Roberts learns the Icelandic art of creation, and inspiration from Björk, Einar and their cohorts
It's April 6, 1966. We're in EMI Studios on Abbey Road, where tape loops, drones and mystical incantations derived from The Tibetan Book Of The Dead herald this next revolutionary phase in The Beatles’ career
Curtis Mayfield covered a vast amount of ground during the ’60s with The Impressions, but as a solo artist he went into overdrive. Bandmates and family tell us about the soul superstar’s creative peak in the early ’70s
Blending ‘retro’ R&B with lo-fi garage grit, Leon Bridges became a Grammy-winning Texan success story. Back home in Fort Worth, he tells us of the nocturnal LA sessions that birthed his third album Gold-Diggers Sound
As Lindsey Buckingham resumes his solo career as one of rock’s most discreet musical radicals, he tells Uncut about false starts, his “crisp and dirty” new songs, the death of Peter Green and the ongoing soap opera around his alma mater
In-depth reviews of every album. Remarkable contemporary encounters. And fantastic new interviews with band members and key players about the band’s incredible legacy
