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Neil Young & Crazy Horse announce new album Barn coming in December

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse announce new album Barn coming in December
Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced the release of a new album called Barn. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue READ MORE: Neil Young – Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide Set to arrive on December 10, the follow-up to 2019’s Colorado comes after ...

Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced the release of a new album called Barn.

Set to arrive on December 10, the follow-up to 2019’s Colorado comes after Young teased its arrival back in June, saying that “the Horse is back in the barn, shaking off the rustâ€.

“We are so happy to be back in the barn, a barn built to replicate the 1850s barn that had collapsed in exactly the same place, high in the mountains of Colorado,†Young said. He added that the personnel who have worked on the record include: Larry Cragg, Jeff Pinn, Bob Rice and Paul Davies.

In addition to the album news, Young & Crazy Horse unveiled a new track, “Song Of The Seasons”, available to stream for subscribers of his Neil Young Archives site.

The official Neil Young Archives Twitter account shared the news on Twitter, writing: “Hey now there’s a special treat for all you NYA members up on the Archives now … enjoy.”

Barn will be released on December 10 via Reprise. You can see the album’s tracklisting below.

1. “Song Of The Seasons”
2. “Heading West”
3. “Change Ain’t Never Gonna”
4. “Canerican”
5. “Shape Of You”
6. “They Might Be Lost”
7. “Human Race”
8. “Tumblin’ Thru The Years”
9. “Welcome Back”
10. “Don’t Forget Love”

Earlier this month, Young released Carnegie Hall 1970, the first release in his new official bootleg series.

The last couple of years have seen Young share a number of unreleased projects from his extensive vault, including 1975’s Homegrown and a number of live recordings like 1990’s Way Down In The Rust Bucket.

Meanwhile, Young has criticised hosting live shows during the pandemic, and called on big promoters to cancel their planned concerts.

In a recent blog post on his official website, Young labelled COVID-era gigs as “super-spreader events†and said “the big promoters are responsible†for any rise in cases that come from live shows.

“The big promoters, if they had the awareness, could stop these shows,†Young wrote in the blog post. “Live Nation, AEG, and the other big promoters could shut this down if they could just forget about making money for a while…

“They control much of the entertainment business. They hold the power to stop shows where thousands congregate and spread. It’s money that keeps it going. Money that motivates the spreading. The big promoters are responsible for super spreaders.â€

Inside Uncut’s new free posterzine, Bowie Bulletin No. 2

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Inside Uncut’s new free posterzine, Bowie Bulletin No. 2
The December 2021 issue of Uncut – in shops now and available to order online by clicking here – comes with not one but two free gifts: a 15-track CD of the month's best new music and a giant fold-out David Bowie posterzine, celebrating the upcoming release of his 'lost' album Toy. When Bowie...

The December 2021 issue of Uncut – in shops now and available to order online by clicking here – comes with not one but two free gifts: a 15-track CD of the month’s best new music and a giant fold-out David Bowie posterzine, celebrating the upcoming release of his ‘lost’ album Toy.

When Bowie recorded Toy and its B-sides, he brought into the spotlight a brace of neglected songs from the early part of his career. In our posterzine – entitled Bowie Bulletin No. 2 – the musicians who played on those ’60s and ’70s originals share their memories of the sessions and of vintage Bowie himself – travelling fast, on the cusp of breakthrough.

“I saw the potential in David as soon as we started working together in 1967,” Tony Visconti tells us. “I could see it, I could hear it. He was so driven and enthusiastic. I first met him in my publisher’s office, with a view to recording with him, not long after he’d been dropped by Deram. But I knew all about his early writing and knew he was going to be a star in some shape or form. More importantly, he knew he was a star back then.

“Even though he was still struggling to sell records, David was very persistent. He believed in what he was doing. That’s why he ended up re-recording those early songs for Toy. It was as if he decided, ‘I wrote these great songs and they were ignored. If you didn’t know about them before, you’re gonna know it now!’ He knew what he’d written and never forgot them.”

You can read much more from Tony Visconti, plus a host of other early Bowie collaborators, in Bowie Bulletin No. 2, free with the December 2021 issue of Uncut – on sale now!

Introducing our latest online exclusive: Curated By Sleaford Mods

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Introducing our latest online exclusive: Curated By Sleaford Mods
There were a couple of moments during one of my interviews with Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods where the difference between his past life and his present came sharply into focus. BUY NOW: Curated By Sleaford Mods We were talking, at one point, about a time some years ago when things wer...

There were a couple of moments during one of my interviews with Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods where the difference between his past life and his present came sharply into focus.

We were talking, at one point, about a time some years ago when things were not going well with his music career, when his residential situation was unstable and a promising development seemed to be a couple of under-populated gigs in London – only for his flow to be interrupted by a smiling figure at the end of the table.

“Recognised you from over there – can I have a selfie?â€

“No problem.â€

It’s taken about 15 years for Sleaford Mods to develop from sofa-surfing solo project founded on uncleared samples and limited-run CDRs, to being a principled duo on the point of launching an arena tour, and a happy candidate for town centre selfies. And it’s fair to say, Jason seems to be loving it. As he describes it, he had a eureka moment when “the formula†for Sleaford Mods – looping a piece of music and then shouting over it – came to him, and since then he’s been driven by a conviction to make it work.

It’s an inspiring story you can read in full in this new “Curated By…†Special Edition, in which we dive deep, with the band’s help, into the world of Sleaford Mods. As they do to their band, Jason and Andrew Fearn have fully-immersed themselves in this project, too: they’ve been interviewed on every aspect of their career, to build the fullest possible picture of their life in music. We’ve asked them about the formula, of course. And also their influences. Their beats. Their relationship. The pivotal events. All those CDRs. The key places. Even their clothes.

It’s all here. We’ve spoken to collaborators and former associates, hearing about formative experiences, key moments and enduring inspirations. We’ve jumped on a Zoom call with movie directors and tracked down local DJs. Gone with them to the venue where they met. We’ve even joined Sleaford Mods in the studio as work on new songs begins.

At this stage, one called “Pit To Pitâ€, conflating world vibrations during lockdown with Jason’s experiences in the vintage terracewear underworld, sounds especially promising. With that in mind, we spent some illuminating time talking to Jason about his favourite clothing. His attitude to his look seemed to mirror that he has to his band.

“Hardwearing,†he says of one piece. “Absolutely not concerned what you think about it.â€

Enjoy the magazine.

Buy a copy of the magazine here. Missed one in the series? Bundles are available at the same location…

Curated By Sleaford Mods

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Curated By Sleaford Mods
Presenting our latest online exclusive: Curated By Sleaford Mods. The full Sleaford Mods story, in their own words. Includes a massive new interview, the lowdown on every Sleaford Mods album, and making the videos. Also: the band on their influences, their relationship, their gigs, clothes, and thei...

Presenting our latest online exclusive: Curated By Sleaford Mods. The full Sleaford Mods story, in their own words. Includes a massive new interview, the lowdown on every Sleaford Mods album, and making the videos. Also: the band on their influences, their relationship, their gigs, clothes, and their new songs. More Mods!

Buy a copy here!

Michael Chapman on his remarkable career: “I used to write on anything that would move”

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Michael Chapman on his remarkable career: “I used to write on anything that would move”
Michael Chapman quit music just the once. Returning from America in 1971, where he’d supported Cannonball Adderley, been threatened by Black Panthers and very much failed to be paid, he vowed to leave it all behind. His new life lasted about three days. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover...

Michael Chapman quit music just the once. Returning from America in 1971, where he’d supported Cannonball Adderley, been threatened by Black Panthers and very much failed to be paid, he vowed to leave it all behind. His new life lasted about three days.

“A promoter friend of mine in Holland called,†the songwriter recalled in 2016. “I told him I’d retired and he said, ‘Oh, you don’t want to tour with The Everly Brothers, then…’
I said, ‘When does it start?’ ‘Tomorrow.’ Since then, no, I’ve not wanted to give it up. It’s not plain sailing, you know, it’s not a regular job. But there’s a saying around here, ‘If you can’t shit, get off the pot.’â€

For the next 50 years, Chapman resolutely stayed on that pot, releasing records and touring at a rate that would exhaust most musicians. When he passed away last month at the age of 80, at the rustic house set between the north Pennines and Hadrian’s Wall where he’d lived since failing to quit the business a half-century before, he was revered – a no-nonsense legend, always authentic, the fully qualified survivor that the title of his second album had promised. He had gigs booked for 2022 and was busy practising.

“Very few of us make any money,†Chapman told Uncut. “That’s what we do it for, the free T-shirts and stories. But you’re always welcome at a dinner party.â€

The occasion for our trip north was the release of 50, Chapman’s penultimate solo album and his first proper ‘American’ album, on North Carolina’s Paradise Of Bachelors label. In that wild landscape, Uncut found an artist excited about music, the album and the interview, keen to share his stories, his guitars and his impressive wine collection. The trucker cap stayed on everywhere except the house, where Chapman fixed visitors with a stare through his aviator glasses, warmly teasing them in his gruff, Yorkshire tones, while genuinely interested in learning their thoughts on life and music. He wasn’t always laughing, but he was, it seems, always joking.

The house was a marvel, a step back in time, heated only by an Aga and a wood fire – the kind of place where, in Chapman’s case anyway, you keep your cowboy boots on in the lounge. The walls were adorned with artful pictures of Chapman and his wife Andru, LP sleeves, posters and, of course, a huge record collection, which the guitarist would plumb throughout the evening. A Grant Green record was replaced by an electric Django Reinhardt rarity, in turn followed by a CD-R of Daniel Land live at London’s Lexington. And so on, long into the night.

Listen to Michael Kiwanuka’s stirring new song “Beautiful Life”

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Listen to Michael Kiwanuka’s stirring new song “Beautiful Life”
Michael Kiwanuka has shared his latest song "Beautiful Life" - you can hear the track below. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue The new single was recorded by the Mercury Prize-winning artist while he was writing and demoing new tracks for his upcoming f...

Michael Kiwanuka has shared his latest song “Beautiful Life” – you can hear the track below.

The new single was recorded by the Mercury Prize-winning artist while he was writing and demoing new tracks for his upcoming fourth record, the follow-up to 2019’s KIWANUKA.

“Beautiful Life” will serve as the title music for Orlando von Einsiedel‘s new documentary Convergence: Courage In A Crisis, which arrived on Netflix yesterday (October 12).

Recorded in London alongside producer St Francis Hotel, Kiwanuka said of “Beautiful Life”: “In this song I wanted to focus on the feeling that there’s a real strength in the human spirit when you try to look for beauty even in difficult situations.

“Of course, in some situations that becomes more and more difficult. But I just wanted to ponder on that and wonder what life would be like if I lived it like that.

“Ultimately whatever people feel from hearing the song is ok with me. But what I was trying to emit through the music was a feeling of defiance. A feeling of strength through adversity.â€

Kiwanuka will headline Green Man Festival next summer and is set to provide support to Liam Gallagher during one of his sold-out shows at Knebworth.

Before that, Kiwanuka will head out on tour in May 2022 – you can check out the dates below and find tickets here.

May 2022
6 – O2 Academy, Glasgow
8 – O2 Academy, Leeds
9 – De Montford Hall, Leicester
11 – Corn Exchange, Cambridge
13 – Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
14 – Bonus Arena, Hull
17 – O2 Apollo, Manchester
18 – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
20 – Brighton Centre
21 – Pavilions, Plymouth
23 – O2 Academy, Brixton
25 – Alexandra Palace, London

Watch Billy Corgan perform pre-Smashing Pumpkins songs and rarities

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Watch Billy Corgan perform pre-Smashing Pumpkins songs and rarities
Billy Corgan dusted off some of his pre-Smashing Pumpkins tracks during a run of intimate acoustic shows this month – check out the videos below. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue READ MORE: Smashing Pumpkins perform “Quiet†for the first time in ...

Billy Corgan dusted off some of his pre-Smashing Pumpkins tracks during a run of intimate acoustic shows this month – check out the videos below.

As Stereogum reports, the frontman has performed at Madame ZuZu’s tea shop in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois over the previous two weekends (on October 2/3 and October 9/10).

Footage from Corgan‘s stripped-back gig on Saturday (October 9) has since emerged on YouTube. The first half of the set consisted of songs by the musician’s early goth-rock band Marked, including opener “Now That I Feel This Way”, “First Curse” and “The Dream”.

Appearing under the banner of William Patrick Corgan Early Years 1985-1990, the singer then treated those in attendance to a string of early Pumpkins material, playing “Pain”, “The Vigil”, “There It Goes”, “With You” and more.

You can see a selection of fan-shot videos from the show below, with the full set available to watch here.

William Patrick Corgan played:

“Now That I Feel This Way”
“Pictures Of Phillip”
“First Curse”
“Mao Say Tongue #1”
“Ring Of The Shadow”
“The Dream”
“Mao Say Tongue #2”
“Pain”
“The Vigil”
“There It Goes”
“Jennifer Ever”
“With You”
“La Dolly Vita”

Band Of Horses announce new album Things Are Great, their first in five years

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Band Of Horses announce new album Things Are Great, their first in five years
Band Of Horses have announced details of their first new album in five years, Things Are Great. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue READ MORE: Band Of Horses – Why Are You OK review The new record, which will be released on January 21, 2022, is being...

Band Of Horses have announced details of their first new album in five years, Things Are Great.

The new record, which will be released on January 21, 2022, is being previewed by its first single “Crutch”, which you can hear below.

Speaking about the new track, frontman Ben Bridwell said: “I think like a lot of my songs, ‘Crutch’ starts with something from my real life. Obviously ‘Crutch’ means some of the things that I was dependent on. My relationship for one. I think I wanted to say, ‘I’ve got a crush on you,’ and I thought it was funny how relationships also feel like crutches.

“I feel like everybody has had a time when nothing goes right and you still have to carry on. I think that feeling hits you in this song even if you don’t know what the specifics are.”

Listen to “Crutch” and see the tracklist for Things Are Great below:

1. “Warning Signs”
2. “Crutch”
3. “Tragedy of the Commons”
4. “In The Hard Times”
5. “In Need of Repair”
6. “Aftermath”
7. “Lights”
8. “Ice Night We’re Having”
9. “You Are Nice To Me”
10. “Coalinga”

Band Of Horses‘ last full-length album, Why Are You OK, came out in the summer of 2016. The following year, two members of the band, guitarist Tyler Ramsey and bassist Bill Reynolds, both quit within a couple of hours of one another.

Writing on Instagram, Ramsey announced that he would be leaving Band Of Horses to release and tour a solo record, and that he would miss “the beautifully dysfunctional family we became.†He added, fondly: “We certainly had some good times.â€

Reynolds said he was moving in a slightly different direction, explaining to his Facebook followers that he wished to focus on record production and photography.

The Boo Radleys announce Keep On With Falling, their first new album in 24 years

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The Boo Radleys announce Keep On With Falling, their first new album in 24 years
The Boo Radleys have announced details of Keep On With Falling, their first new album in nearly 24 years. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue Tim Brown (bass/guitar/keyboards), Simon “Sice†Rowbottom (guitar/vocals) and Rob Cieka (drums) announced the...

The Boo Radleys have announced details of Keep On With Falling, their first new album in nearly 24 years.

Tim Brown (bass/guitar/keyboards), Simon “Sice†Rowbottom (guitar/vocals) and Rob Cieka (drums) announced their reunion in the summer, and last month released the EP A Full Syringe And Memories Of You.

The Boo Radleys are now set to release their first album of all-new music in nearly 24 years with Keep On With Falling, which is set to arrive on March 11, 2022 via their own Boostr label.

“The freedom of sharing files, comments, praise and concerns made it possible to quickly make music where the beauty of the songs shine through,” Brown said in a statement about the record.

The Boo Radleys
The Boo Radleys – ‘Keep On With Falling’ vinyl.

“As with all Boo Radleys music, there were no limitations on structure, instruments and sounds, but this time we all had freedom to express our thoughts about the music we were making.â€

You can see the tracklist for The Boo Radleys‘ Keep On With Falling below:

1. “I’ve Had Enough I’m Out” (album version)
2. “Keep On With Falling”
3. “All Along”
4. “I Say A Lot Of Things”
5. “Tonight”
6. “A Full Syringe And Memories Of You” (album version)
7. “Call Your Name”
8. “Here She Comes Again”
9. “You And Me”
10. “I Can’t Be What You Want Me To Be”
11. “Alone Together”

The band have also shared new single “I’ve Had Enough I’m Out”, with Rowbottom explaining that the track “is a statement on the disavowal of religion, using Catholicism as its exemplar”.

“It is harmonious and melodic, as The Boo Radleys always are, and harks back to our deep, alternative 80’s influences,” he added.

The Boo Radleys will head out on tour later this month, marking their first live gigs since their 1997 Reading Festival appearance.

Exclusive! Hear a new song by outsider folk legend Michael Hurley

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Exclusive! Hear a new song by outsider folk legend Michael Hurley
Outsider folk artist Michael Hurley – a big influence on Will Oldham, Cat Power and Devendra Banhart, among many others – will release his first album in 12 years on December 10. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut's December 2021 issue The Time Of The Foxgloves is coming ou...

Outsider folk artist Michael Hurley – a big influence on Will Oldham, Cat Power and Devendra Banhart, among many others – will release his first album in 12 years on December 10.

The Time Of The Foxgloves is coming out on No Quarter, with cover art by Hurley himself. Listen to the lead track “Boulevard” below:

The Time Of The Foxgloves was recorded at Hurley’s own Bellemeade Phonics studio in Brownsmead Hill, Oregon, and the nearby Rope Room in Astoria; guests include Gill Landry and Josephine Foster.

Pre-order the album here.

Uncut – December 2021

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Uncut – December 2021
CLICK TO GET THE NEW UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR David Bowie, Pink Floyd, REM, The Waterboys, Led Zeppelin, Modern Nature, Michael Chapman, Gil Scott-Heron, Dion, Dean Wareham and The Beatles all feature in the new Uncut, dated December 2021 and in UK shops from October 14 or available to buy on...

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David Bowie, Pink Floyd, REM, The Waterboys, Led Zeppelin, Modern Nature, Michael Chapman, Gil Scott-Heron, Dion, Dean Wareham and The Beatles all feature in the new Uncut, dated December 2021 and in UK shops from October 14 or available to buy online now. As always, the issue comes with a free CD, this time comprising 15 tracks of the month’s best new music.

DAVID BOWIE: On the cusp of a new century, what does David Bowie do? Having plotted a dramatic course forward across four decades, he decides instead to revisit a number of songs from the earliest days of his career. But the album he records, called Toy, is consigned to Bowie’s vaults, where it has been the subject of much intense speculation ever since. To celebrate its imminent release – 21 years late! – we bring you the definitive account of David Bowie’s legendary lost album as told by Bowie’s closest collaborators and confidants. “It’s a ghost album,†Tony Visconti tells Peter Watts. “I’m so glad people are now getting to hear it, because I think some of David’s finest work is on Toy.â€

OUR FREE CD! CONVERSATION PIECES: 15 fantastic new tracks, including songs by Courtney Barnett, Modern Nature, Endless Boogie, Bedouine, Richard Dawson & Circle, Tobacco City, Damon Albarn, New Age Doom & Lee “Scratch†Perry and more.

This issue of Uncut is available to buy by clicking here – with FREE delivery to the UK and reduced delivery charges for the rest of the world.

Inside the issue, you’ll find:

PINK FLOYD: From Roger Waters’ kitchen table in the South of France to the cavernous soundstages of Pinewood Studios, stadia and beyond… With a new book featuring previously unseen artwork due out this month, Gerald Scarfe rebuilds Pink Floyd’s The Wall. “They thought I was ‘fucking mad’,†he tells Nigel Williamson.

THE WATERBOYS: Riding high on the creative momentum of Fisherman’s Blues, in 1989 The Waterboys reconvened at their new spiritual home on the west coast of Ireland to make the follow-up, with a seven-piece live band that had been hitting rare heights of roots rock rapture on tour. Mike Scott’s plan to broaden the sound didn’t quite go to plan, but as a new box-set reveals, Room To Roam was far from the misfire it was initially dismissed as. Graeme Thomson gets the whole story from the artists formerly known as “The Magnificent Sevenâ€.

GIL SCOTT-HERON: Poet, jazz musician, rap pioneer, radical activist… Gil Scott-Heron broke a lot of ground during the early ’70s. As his landmark album Pieces Of A Man turns 50, collaborators and eyewitnesses tell Sam Richards about Scott-Heron’s creative peak, the power of his songs and the importance of what he was saying: “He was serving the entire community, the entire world, by bringing these things to light…â€

MODERN NATURE: Zookeeper, garage-rock avatar, avant-garde explorer… Jack Cooper had already travelled long distances before he left the city for the right kind of quiet. But while this move has given Cooper fresh perspective, what does it mean for his band, Modern Nature? Tom Pinnock joins Cooper in a field in England: “I’m after openness and expansiveness now.â€

MICHAEL CHAPMAN: With Michael Chapman’s passing, we have lost a true original: an indefatigable singer-songwriter who bridged the gap between the visionary guitarists of the ’60s and their 21st century counterparts. In this interview from 2016 – much of it previously unpublished – Chapman talks Tom Pinnock through the many highlights of his remarkable and enduring career: “All there is, is freedom.â€

DION: 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. “I’m tellin’ ya!â€

REM: The making of “Electroliteâ€.

LARAAJI: Album by album with the American multi-instrumentalist.

DEAN WAREHAM: First solo album from the man who gave us Galaxie 500 and Luna.

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In our expansive reviews section, we take a look at new records from Damon Albarn, Bedouine, Margo Cilker, Endless Boogie, Curtis Harding, Richard Dawson & Circle, and more, and archival releases from The Beatles, Radiohead, John Coltrane, Echo & the Bunnymen, Leo Nocentelli and others. We catch Genesis and New Order live; among the films, DVDs and TV programmes reviewed are Dune, Last Night In Soho, The French Dispatch and Look Away; while in books there’s Bobby Gillespie, Paul Morley and Shane MacGowan.

Our front section, meanwhile, features Led Zeppelin, The Wedding Present, Charles Lloyd, Dead Moon and Billy Nomates, while, at the end of the magazine, Nubya Garcia reveals the records that have soundtracked her life.

You can pick up a copy of Uncut in the usual places, where open. But otherwise, readers all over the world can order a copy from here.

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Jeff Tweedy releases two new tracks, “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent”

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Jeff Tweedy releases two new tracks, “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent”
Jeff Tweedy has released two new tracks for the Sub Pop Singles Club series, "C’mon America" and "UR-60 Unsent". ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue READ MORE: Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King review "C’mon America", the A-side on the seven-inch ...

Jeff Tweedy has released two new tracks for the Sub Pop Singles Club series, “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent”.

“C’mon America”, the A-side on the seven-inch vinyl release, is a slacker-influenced number plucked “from an unreleased group of songs with mostly sci-fi lyricsâ€. Meanwhile, “UR-60 Unsent” was described by Sub Pop as “a pitiful tale of an unsent lovesick mixtape, taken from a separate batch of unreleased songs with mostly pitiful lyrics”.

Listen to the two tracks below:

The sixth volume of Sub Pop’s Singles Club will also include contributions from TV Priest, Hand Habits and Porridge Radio, among other acts. The vinyl collection is released December 7.

Tweedy released his latest solo album Love is the King in 2020, a year after Wilco released their 11th LP, Ode to Joy. The band are currently celebrating the release of Ode to Joy with a US tour, following on from their It’s Time co-headline tour with Sleater-Kinney back in August.

Since the release of Love is the King, Tweedy has performed a number of covers including Japanese Breakfast‘s “Kokomo, IN”, Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten‘s “Like I Used To” and the Ted Lasso theme. He also contributed to the debut album of the Parks and Recreation fictional band Mouse Rat.

Queen unveil limited seven-inch vinyl releases for London’s Carnaby Street pop-up store

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Queen unveil limited seven-inch vinyl releases for London’s Carnaby Street pop-up store
A new Queen pop-up store, Queen The Greatest, has unveiled a line of limited seven-inch vinyl soon for sale at London’s Carnaby Street. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue READ MORE: Introducing Queen: The Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide The vinyl seri...

A new Queen pop-up store, Queen The Greatest, has unveiled a line of limited seven-inch vinyl soon for sale at London’s Carnaby Street.

The vinyl series will comprise four unique editions, each release dedicated to the work of a Queen band member.

The tracks were personally curated by Brian May and Roger Taylor, with each A-side representing a hit song and the B-side a deep cut written by a respective band member. Each vinyl copy is individually numbered and comes with a member’s printed signature.

Its first – for drummer Taylor – was released last Friday and has since sold out. It features “Radio Ga Ga” on its A-side and “I’m In Love With My Car” on the B-side on blue vinyl.

As revealed in a press release, the remaining seven-inch releases will be issued weekly, with one for Freddie Mercury releasing this Friday (October 15). Mercury’s release features “Somebody To Love” and “You Take My Breath Away” on yellow vinyl.

John Deacon’s release, due October 22, will feature “Spread Your Wings” and “One Year of Love” on green vinyl. The series will conclude with a release for May on October 29, featuring “We Will Rock You” and “Sail Away Sister”.

All four editions have been printed at 1,000 copies – 500 available at the pop-up store, and 500 online at its official website.

Queen The Greatest opened at Carnaby Street last month (September 28) and also features a range of exclusive merchandise for sale.

Last week, it was revealed that May had begun working on a new Queen song but then “suddenly lost interestâ€, according to Taylor.

Ringo Starr says The Beatles turned down reunion concert offer in 1973

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Ringo Starr says The Beatles turned down reunion concert offer in 1973
Ringo Starr has opened up about a bizarre reunion offer made to The Beatles in 1973, which they turned down. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue READ MORE: Famous fans revisit Revolver at 55: “I believed it was everybody’s favourite Beatles record†...

Ringo Starr has opened up about a bizarre reunion offer made to The Beatles in 1973, which they turned down.

In a New Yorker profile on Paul McCartney yesterday (October 11), it was revealed that McCartney had flown to Los Angeles to visit John Lennon that year, after his breakup with Yoko Ono.

The duo’s brief time together – which reportedly involved studio sessions with Stevie Wonder and Harry Nilsson – sparked rumours of a Beatles reunion.

Starr is featured in the profile talking about the band turning down “a fortune†to reunite for a concert, which proposed an opening act of a man wrestling a shark.

“We called each other and said no,†Starr said. “We were taking our own roads now.â€

Ringo Starr in 1973
Starr in 1973. Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images.

The profile had focused on The Beatles: Get Back, the upcoming three-part documentary series due November by director Peter Jackson.

The limited series proposes a different look into the making of the band’s 1970 album Let It Be, which was originally captured in the film of the same name.

Starr is quoted earlier in the profile about his reaction after a private screening of the series. “They put some joy in!†Starr told the writer. “That was always my argument – we were laughing and angry.â€

Earlier this week McCartney dispelled long-held rumours about the band’s breakup in a BBC interview, stating that Lennon was responsible for their split.

“I didn’t instigate the split. That was our Johnny,†he said. “This was my band, this was my job, this was my life, so I wanted it to continue.â€

Liam Gallagher adds headlining dates in hometown Manchester and Glasgow

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Liam Gallagher adds headlining dates in hometown Manchester and Glasgow
Liam Gallagher has announced new headlining dates in Manchester and Glasgow. ORDER NOW: David Bowie is on the cover of Uncut’s December 2021 issue READ MORE: Liam Gallagher reveals injuries after he “fell out of a helicopter†following Isle of Wight set Gallagher revealed yesterday...

Liam Gallagher has announced new headlining dates in Manchester and Glasgow.

Gallagher revealed yesterday (October 11) that he will perform at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium on June 1, 2022 and Glasgow’s Hampden Park on June 26 to support his recently announced album C’MON YOU KNOW.

“I’m super proud to announce I’m doing a gig in my hometown of Manchester on 1st June 2022 – home of the champions of English football Manchester City,†he tweeted.

“Also can’t wait to play Glasgow’s famous Hampden Park on 26th June 2022, C’MON YOU KNOW LG xâ€

The headline dates will see Gallagher return to these venues for the first time since Oasis’ 2005 stadium tour. The Streets will open in Manchester, and Kasabian in Glasgow. Goat Girl will open on both dates.

The announcement follows up the news that his two dates in Knebworth on June 3 and 4 – touted as “the biggest show of his solo career” – had sold out quickly. “Absolutely blown away by the love and support,†he wrote to fans.

Fans who pre-order C’MON YOU KNOW on Gallagher’s official website by 3pm on Wednesday (October 13) will receive access to a pre-sale for tickets that opens at 9.30am on Thursday (October 14).

The remaining tickets will then go on general sale on Friday (October 15) via Ticketmaster, Gigs And Tours, and Live Nation. For Glasgow, tickets will also be available via Gigs In Scotland and Scottish Event Campus.

C’MON YOU KNOW, his third studio album, is set for release on May 27, 2022.

While a tracklist has yet to be released, Gallagher has revealed two song titles: “Better Days” and “I Wish I Had More Power”, the latter apparently dedicated to his brother and former bandmate Noel Gallagher.

This summer, Gallagher headlined Reading & Leeds, the Isle of Wight Festival and TRNSMT. He also performed a free gig for NHS workers in London.

A David Bowie special, Pink Floyd, The Waterboys, REM and more star in the new issue of Uncut

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A David Bowie special, Pink Floyd, The Waterboys, REM and more star in the new issue of Uncut
By now most of us, I guess, will have a view on ‘lost’ albums. Should an album that has been deliberately withheld from release – in some instances for several decades – finally be given its moment in the sun? Does the excitement of hearing, say, Neil Young’s Homegrown – only 45 years la...

By now most of us, I guess, will have a view on ‘lost’ albums. Should an album that has been deliberately withheld from release – in some instances for several decades – finally be given its moment in the sun? Does the excitement of hearing, say, Neil Young’s Homegrown – only 45 years late! – somehow rob it of its mystique? Or, with hindsight, can a once lost album now help us understand more clearly the motives of an artist during a certain period in their career? There are tantalising counter-narratives to consider – what if Springsteen had released the electric band version of Nebraska instead of the sparse, haunted acoustic one? There’s a lot of thinking to be done, in other words.

David Bowie’s Toy, from 2001, is remarkable for several reasons. Most obviously: it is a rare instance of this most forward-looking artist reconnecting with his early, pre-fame self. But what does Toy say about Bowie at the start of the second millennium, staring back through the decades to his young, hungry self? And once he’d reckoned with his past, how did Toy’s disappearance from the schedules affect him?

More significantly, perhaps, Toy represents one of the last substantial pieces of unreleased work from Bowie. Some kind of soundtrack for The Man Who Fell To Earth exists – but how extensive it is and in just what shape the material is seems uncertain. But Toy is the whole thing – an actual album by a genuinely great artist recorded during a period of transition. You can read about it on page 90, in Peter Watts’ deep dive into its genesis, creation and afterlife. As long-serving Bowie guitarist Earl Slick tells Peter, “Even now he’s gone for five years or more, the surprises keep coming.â€

Our Bowiefest doesn’t stop there. Subscribers and purchases of the bagged newsstand edition will also receive our latest Bowie Bulletin – an A1-sized posterzine featuring new interviews with the musicians who played on Toy’s original ’60s counterparts – and a glorious Collector’s Cover.

There’s much more than Bowie in this issue, of course. We cover a lot of ground: from Dion to Modern Nature, Gil Scott-Heron to REM, Laraaji to The Waterboys, Pink Floyd to Michael Chapman, plus Charles Lloyd, Dead Moon and Nubya Garcia. There’s definitive reviews of The Beatles, Radiohead, Damon Albarn, Richard Dawson and Endless Boogie, an exclusive on the new Led Zeppelin documentary and a brilliant story involving Martin Sheen’s dentist. Dig in!

Courtney Barnett on new album Things Take Time, Take Time: “I ended up making calm, simple, repetitive, meditative music”

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Courtney Barnett on new album Things Take Time, Take Time: “I ended up making calm, simple, repetitive, meditative music”
The last place Courtney Barnett visited before a global pandemic destroyed her plans, along with everyone else’s, was a picturesque spot in the Mojave Desert named Sunfair. “Looking back, it seems like a moment hovering in time,†she says. “It’s beautiful, boundless and mysterious out ther...

The last place Courtney Barnett visited before a global pandemic destroyed her plans, along with everyone else’s, was a picturesque spot in the Mojave Desert named Sunfair. “Looking back, it seems like a moment hovering in time,†she says. “It’s beautiful, boundless and mysterious out there. Properly out in the desert. I happened to be staying in Joshua Tree, having a break after my solo tour. I went to Stella’s [Mozgawa, Warpaint drummer] birthday party. I was feeling particularly socially anxious that day, so I felt unnecessarily insecure meeting new people. By the time I fell asleep early the next morning, all those fears and insecurities had faded. That same day, I started writing a song.â€

Sunfair Sundown appears as the second track on Barnett’s new album, Things Take Time, Take Time. “It centres around a mutual friend,†she explains. “She had just bought a house that day, so we were celebrating that, musing on life, existence, the art of getting lost, all those kinds of things.â€

“The sunsets are ever-changing and always mind-blowing in the desert,†says Stella Mozgawa. “It’s a very special place; it makes a huge effect on people, especially artistic people. Everyone there that night has acknowledged that it was kind of the last party of our lives, because then immediately the Covid spike emerged and everyone flew back home. That was our final memory of a different world, I think.â€

After that celebration – its poignancy akin to something from a doomsday sci-fi novel – Barnett flew back to Melbourne to begin a period of enforced isolation. Living on her own, in a new apartment, she found herself undergoing cold turkey after seven years of manic activity, travel and expanding fame.

“It’s been one of the quietest periods of my life, I guess,†says Barnett on a video call from Melbourne, her music room dim in the light of the Australian winter. “But I’ve been rolling with it. I’m lucky enough to be able to work from home, which is a real privilege. It’s been quiet, but I think it’s been a nice reflective time, catching up on all the books you should read and the movies you should watch.â€

Of course, Barnett is no slacker – even if some still misguidedly call her one. Her time in isolation has produced her third solo album, the title “a lesson in patience, a gentle reminderâ€, according to its creator. In many ways it’s her boldest yet, a loose stew of drum machines, percussion, droning guitars and expansive keyboards. Primarily featuring only Barnett and Mozgawa on a huge array of instruments, mostly old and cranky, Things Take Time, Take Time finds Barnett stretching herself as an artist, the new sonic textures setting her evocative songs in even deeper relief.

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger reveal why The Rolling Stones don’t play “Brown Sugar” anymore

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Keith Richards and Mick Jagger reveal why The Rolling Stones don’t play “Brown Sugar” anymore
The Rolling Stones have discussed why they haven't been playing their hit "Brown Sugar" on their current US tour. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: The Rolling Stones’ producer Chris Kimsey on Charlie Watts: “It’s all in the sty...

The Rolling Stones have discussed why they haven’t been playing their hit “Brown Sugar” on their current US tour.

The band’s No Filter tour kicked off in St Louis, Missouri on September 26, which the band dedicated to their late drummer Charlie Watts, who died at the age of 80 in August.

In a new interview with The Los Angeles Times Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were asked about the omission of “Brown Sugar” from the setlist so far, and whether it’s related to its slavery-referencing opening line: “Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields.â€

“You picked up on that, huh?” Richards answered. “I don’t know. I’m trying to figure out with the sisters quite where the beef is. Didn’t they understand this was a song about the horrors of slavery? But they’re trying to bury it.

“At the moment I don’t want to get into conflicts with all of this shit. But I’m hoping that we’ll be able to resurrect the babe in her glory somewhere along the track.”

The Rolling Stones perform the 2021 'No Filter' Tour
The Rolling Stones perform the 2021 ‘No Filter’ Tour opener in St. Louis at The Dome at Americas Center on September 26, 2021 Credit: Getty

Jagger added: “We’ve played ‘Brown Sugar’ every night since 1970, so sometimes you think, ‘We’ll take that one out for now and see how it goes.’ We might put it back in. The set list in a stadium show, it’s kind of a tough one. We did ‘Let It Bleed’ last night, which I managed to play on 12-string guitar.”

Paul McCartney sets record straight on who broke up The Beatles: “I didn’t instigate the split”

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Paul McCartney sets record straight on who broke up The Beatles: “I didn’t instigate the split”
Paul McCartney has set the record straight on who instigated the break-up of The Beatles, claiming that it was actually John Lennon. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue READ MORE: Famous fans revisit Revolver at 55: “I believed it was everybodyâ...

Paul McCartney has set the record straight on who instigated the break-up of The Beatles, claiming that it was actually John Lennon.

Probably the most analysed break-up in rock history, the Fab Four split over 50 years ago, prompting McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all to go their separate ways.

For years it was believed that McCartney was unilaterally behind the band disbanding after he answered a question from a journalist in 1970 with the claim that The Beatles no longer existed. However, in an upcoming episode of new BBC Radio 4 interview series This Cultural Life, he claims this isn’t the case.

“I didn’t instigate the split. That was our Johnny,” he tells interviewer John Wilson (per The Guardian). “This was my band, this was my job, this was my life, so I wanted it to continue.”

Asked about his decision to go solo during the candid chat set to be broadcast later this month, McCartney says: “Stop right there. I am not the person who instigated the split. Oh no, no, no. John walked into a room one day and said, ‘I am leaving the Beatles‘. Is that instigating the split, or not?”

Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney. Credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage.

McCartney goes on to explain that confusion about who actually caused the break-up came about because the group’s new manager, Allen Klein, had told the band to keep quiet about the split while he concluded some business deals.

“So for a few months we had to pretend,” McCartney tells Wilson. “It was weird because we all knew it was the end of The Beatles but we couldn’t just walk away.” Eventually, McCartney, who became unhappy with the secrecy, “let the cat out of the bag” because “I was fed up of hiding it”.

Remembering the unpleasant atmosphere at the time, McCartney says: “Around about that time we were having little meetings and it was horrible. It was the opposite of what we were. We were musicians not meeting people.”

Paul McCartney and John Lennon
Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Credit: Getty Images

McCartney believes a split became inevitable because Lennon “wanted to go in a bag and lie in bed for a week in Amsterdam for peace. And you couldn’t argue with that.”

If Lennon had not quit The Beatles, their musical journey could have been a lot longer, McCartney agrees. “It could have been. The point of it really was that John was making a new life with Yoko,” he says in the upcoming interview series. “John had always wanted to sort of break loose from society because, you know, he was brought up by his Aunt Mimi, who was quite repressive, so he was always looking to break loose.”

McCartney‘s This Cultural Life interview airs October 23, followed by his biography The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present, which is set for release on November 2.

Next month, Peter Jackson will release his Disney+ Beatles documentary, The Beatles: Get Back. The film will focus on the making of Let It Be and will showcase their final concert as a band, on London’s Savile Row rooftop, in its entirety.

Disney+ has confirmed the documentary will arrive in three separate parts on November 25, 26 and 27. Each episode is approximately two hours in length.

Watch Bruce Springsteen perform “Sherry Darling” from unreleased Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts film

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Watch Bruce Springsteen perform “Sherry Darling” from unreleased Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts film
A performance of "Sherry Darling" from Bruce Springsteen's Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts has been shared ahead of the concert film's worldwide release next month. ORDER NOW: The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Uncut’s November 2021 issue Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, is a concer...

A performance of “Sherry Darling” from Bruce Springsteen‘s Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts has been shared ahead of the concert film’s worldwide release next month.

Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, is a concert film of Springsteen and The E Street Band containing never-before released performances from the band’s Madison Square Garden MUSE benefit concerts and full footage of the band’s entire setlist.

The concerts were held between September 21-22, 1979 at the iconic New York venue when The Boss was between his fourth and fifth studio albums, Darkness On The Edge Of Town and The River. “Sherry Darling”, a clip of which you can watch below, was unreleased at the time of the recording but later featured on The River.

In the video Springsteen, who was aged 31 at the time, is seen shaking his hips and leaning in to address the crowd in the front rows.

Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts was edited by longtime Springsteen collaborator Thom Zimny from the original 16mm film alongside remixed audio from Bob Clearmountain.

It’s released worldwide digitally in HD on November 16, followed by physical formats (CD and DVD, CD with Blu-Ray and vinyl) on November 23. Pre-order here.

Zimny said of the work: “A few years ago, I started re-examining the filmed archives for Bruce and the Band’s appearances at the No Nukes concerts of 1979. I quickly realised that these were the best performances and best filming from the Band’s legendary Seventies, and dedicated myself to bringing out the full potential of the footage.

“Having worked as Bruce’s principal director and editor for the last 20 years, I can say without reservation that this newly re-edited, re-mixed and restored ninety minute film is the gold standard for Bruce and the Band live during one of their greatest creative periods.”

Meanwhile, handwritten lyrics to Springsteen songs “Thunder Road”, “For You”, and “Night” are set to go under the hammer at auction later this month.

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