The latest instalment Uncut's Ultimate Music Guide series is available now - and the subject of this current edition is The Cure.
This lavish, 148 page magazine includes brand new reviews by Uncut's team of writers of all The Cure's albums.
Meanwhile, we revisit classic interviews from the archives of Melody Maker and NME, charting first hand the band's journey from their home town of Crawley to the enormodomes of America.
Mercury Rev will perform Deserter's Songs in full during their headline set at this year's Green Man Festival.
The band will perform their 1998 album in full on August 16 at the festival, which takes place on Glanusk Estate, Black Mountains in the Welsh Brecon Beacons.
Recently lso added to the bill are acts including Joanna Gruesome, The Field, Augustines, Ben UFO, Ought, The Pooh Sticks, Vancouver Sleep Clinic and H Hawkline, as well as DJ sets from Huw Stephens, Heavenly DJs and Simian Mobile Disco.
Morrissey has posted his first ever tweet.
Though the singer joined Twitter in June 2009, he only began posting on the social networking site last night (May 14), almost five years after the account was opened. He wrote:
Hello. Testing, 1, 2, 3. Planet Earth, are you there? One can only hope...
7:47 PM - 14 May 2014
The Jesus And Mary Chain are set to perform their 1985 debut album Psychocandy at three UK shows this November.
The gigs will take place in anticipation of the album's 30th anniversary, with the band kicking off the trio of concerts at London's Troxy on November 19, following it with shows at Manchester Academy on November 20 and Glasgow Barrowlands on November 21. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday May 16.
Sometimes great songs fall by the wayside, for whatever reason, and over the past year or so it’s felt that Hiss Golden Messenger’s “Brother, Do You Know the Road?” might unfortunately be one of those.
Bob Dylan has posted a new song on his website.
The track, called "Full Moon And Empty Arms", is a cover version of a 1945 song written by Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman and popularised by Frank Sinatra.
You can hear the song here.
We’re busy this week finishing the next issue of Uncut – the final pages are being signed off and sent as I write this. We’re also packing an ungodly amount of stuff into crates and boxes ahead of another office move this weekend to the floor below the one we’ve been calling home since the last time we packed up and moved.
