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Brian Wilson urges fans to boycott The Beach Boys

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Brian Wilson urges fans to boycott The Beach Boys
Tomorrow (Feburary 5), Mike Love's current touring line-up of The Beach Boys are due to play the Safari Club International Convention in Reno, Nevada – a gathering of the world's biggest trophy hunting companies at which Donald Trump Jr is the keynote speaker. A petition is currently circulatin...

Tomorrow (Feburary 5), Mike Love’s current touring line-up of The Beach Boys are due to play the Safari Club International Convention in Reno, Nevada – a gathering of the world’s biggest trophy hunting companies at which Donald Trump Jr is the keynote speaker.

A petition is currently circulating on Change.org which calls on fans to “stop buying or downloading all Beach Boys music, going to Beach Boys concerts, and purchasing any Beach Boys merchandise until the Beach Boys withdraw from the SCI Convention and publicly state their opposition to this sick ‘sport’ of killing animals for ‘fun’.”

Yesterday, Brian Wilson tweeted his support for the petition, writing: “This organization supports trophy hunting, which Both Al [Jardine] and I are emphatically opposed to. There’s nothing we can do personally to stop the show, so please join us in signing the petition.”

According to The Guardian, the the Safari Club International Convention “sells guns and other hunting equipment, features seminars including Designing and Building Your Trophy Room and Managing Hunting Stress – Make Accurate Shots No Matter the Intensity, and auctions off hunting trips in South Africa, Texas, New Zealand and more.”

Mike Love has so far declined to pull out of the event. “We look forward to a night of great music in Reno and, as always, support freedom of thought and expression as a fundamental tenet of our rights as Americans,” he wrote in a statement.

Love is a prominent supporter of the Trump family, telling Uncut in 2017: “Donald Trump has never been anything but kind to us. We have known him for many a year. We’ve performed at some of his venues at fundraisers and so on.”

Hear Nadine Shah’s new single, “Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love)”

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Hear Nadine Shah’s new single, “Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love)”
Nadine Shah has announced that her new album Kitchen Sink will be released by Infectious on June 5. Watch a video for the first single "Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love)" below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX9bxRCVWnI "My brother was making a comment on sexism when he was younger and m...

Nadine Shah has announced that her new album Kitchen Sink will be released by Infectious on June 5.

Watch a video for the first single “Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love)” below:

“My brother was making a comment on sexism when he was younger and made a painting of a man embracing a goat with the phrase ‘ladies for babies, goats for love’,” Shah explains. “It always stuck with me, I guess cause it sounded daft but really because even back then I knew its true meaning and intent.

“I was also thinking about a lot of the songs I would have been listening to at the time, songs I sang along to innocently without question of the meaning. ‘Ladies For Babies’ is a direct response to ‘All That She Wants’ by Ace Of Base. I reversed the gender and I poke fun at a husband who expects nothing more from me, as a wife, than to carry his child and perform the role of the obeying subservient trophy wife. Only this time the mistress is a farmyard animal. A lot of my album explores subjects of sexism and tradition. It’s not all about bestiality, I promise.”

Pre-order Kitchen Sink here and peruse the tracklisting below:

1. Club Cougar
2. Ladies For Babies (Goats For Love)
3. Buckfast
4. Dillydally
5. Trad
6. Kitchen Sink
7. Kite
8. Ukrainian Wine
9. Wasps Nest
10. Walk
11. Prayer Mat

Rustin Man announces new album, Clockdust

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Rustin Man announces new album, Clockdust
Following a 17-year gap between his first two albums, Rustin Man – AKA former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb – has now announced his second album in two years. Clockdust, the follow-up to 2019's Drift Code, will be released by Domino on March 20. Watch a video for lead track "Jackie's Room" now:...

Following a 17-year gap between his first two albums, Rustin Man – AKA former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb – has now announced his second album in two years.

Clockdust, the follow-up to 2019’s Drift Code, will be released by Domino on March 20. Watch a video for lead track “Jackie’s Room” now:

The roots of Clockdust can be found in the same extended sessions that birthed Drift Code. “Early on I realised I had two albums worth of material,” Webb explains. “The first tunes I wrote were electric guitar based, with long arrangements that built up in layers to something sonically quite dense. These became the bulk of Drift Code. As a reaction, I wrote a batch of songs that were tighter in their structure but had more feeling of space. These make up the bulk of Clockdust.

“I think of the album as containing stories from people who’ve reached their present situation through many years of experiences,” he adds. You can pre-order Clockdust here.

Rustin Man has also announced his first live shows since 2003, at which he’ll be backed by members of Belgian band Dez Mona. Dates below:

Thu 12 Nov – Het Zonnehuis, Amsterdam
Fri 13 Nov – 4AD Presenteert, Diksmuide
Sat 14 Nov – Union Chapel, London

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday (February 7).

The reformed Black Crowes announce European tour

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The reformed Black Crowes announce European tour
Last year, Uncut brought you news that warring brothers Chris and Rich Robinson had buried the hatchet and reformed The Black Crowes. Now they've announced a European tour for the autumn, playing their classic album Shake Your Money Maker in full, plus "all the hits". Check out the full list of t...

Last year, Uncut brought you news that warring brothers Chris and Rich Robinson had buried the hatchet and reformed The Black Crowes.

Now they’ve announced a European tour for the autumn, playing their classic album Shake Your Money Maker in full, plus “all the hits”. Check out the full list of tourdates below:

October 10 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
October 12 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
October 15 – Glasgow, UK – SSE Hydro
October 16 – Nottingham, UK – Motorpoint Arena
October 20 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo
October 23 – Cardiff, UK – Motorpoint Cardiff
October 24 – Leeds, UK – First Direct Leeds
October 27 – Paris, France – Olympia
October 28 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS
October 30 – Bochum, Germany – Ruhr Congress
October 31 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom
November 04 – Antwerp, Belgium – Lotto Arena
November 05 – Munich, Germany – Zenith
November 09 – Zurich, Switzerland – Samsung Hall
November 10 – Milan, Italy – Forum
November 12 – Madrid, Spain – WiZink Center
November 14 – Lisbon, Portugal – Campo Pequeno

Tickets go on sale on Friday (February 7) from here.

Gang Of Four co-founder and guitarist Andy Gill dies aged 64

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Gang Of Four co-founder and guitarist Andy Gill dies aged 64
Andy Gill, guitarist and founding member of Gang Of Four, has died following a short respiratory illness. The news was announced in a statement posted today (February 1) on the band’s official Twitter account. “This is so hard for us to write, but our great friend and Supreme Leader has died ...

Andy Gill, guitarist and founding member of Gang Of Four, has died following a short respiratory illness.

The news was announced in a statement posted today (February 1) on the band’s official Twitter account. “This is so hard for us to write, but our great friend and Supreme Leader has died today,” the statement begins.

“Andy’s final tour in November was the only way he was ever really going to bow out; with a Stratocaster around his neck, screaming with feedback and deafening the front row.”

Signed by his bandmates John Sterry, Thomas McNeice and Tobias Humble, Gill is described as “one of the best to ever do it,” adding that “his influence on guitar music and the creative process was inspiring for us, as well as everyone who worked alongside him and listened to his music.” Read the full post below.

Gill played guitar for Gang Of Four since the Leeds band’s inception in 1976, alongside original members Jon King, Dave Allen and Hugo Burnham. Though the band’s line up changed several times over the years, Gill remained the sole original member of Gang Of Four throughout – a career ranging from 1978 debut single “Damaged Goods” to 2019’s Happy Now, their most recent studio album.

Gill was also a highly respected producer, not only on much of Gang Of Four’s work, but several high-profile bands including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Killing Joke, Therapy?, The Jesus Lizard and The Futureheads.

Gill is survived by his wife Catherine Mayer, his brother Martin and “many family and elective family members who will miss him terribly” according to a separate press statement.

Bill Fay – Countless Branches

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Bill Fay – Countless Branches
For decades, from the quiet of a tiny home studio, Bill Fay has contemplated God, the natural world and our complex existence as it relates to those things. With new album Countless Branches he invites the listener inside. As with many of Fay’s newer records, Countless Branches was culled from ...

For decades, from the quiet of a tiny home studio, Bill Fay has contemplated God, the natural world and our complex existence as it relates to those things. With new album Countless Branches he invites the listener inside.

As with many of Fay’s newer records, Countless Branches was culled from a backlog of self-recorded demos, tracked with a Technics keyboard and a Korg D8 in short spurts as inspiration strikes. More instrumentation and lyrics are then added as the spirit moves the songwriter.

On Countless Branches, Fay again worked with producer Joshua Henry, who he’s collaborated with since his 2012 return, Life Is People. But instead of the earthen rock moments on that album, Countless Branches is vast in its conveyance of Fay’s profound introspection, his piano and voice ringing clear. Its more minimalist style is a welcome return to the sound of some of the finest moments from Life Is People, like “Never Ending Happening” and his elegiac cover of Wilco’s “Jesus, Etc.”, where Fay’s sage and kindly presence is palpable, lyrics flowing from heart across larynx and directly into the listener’s ears. In this sense Countless Branches is a terrific reminder that two things can exist at the same time: that amid the firehose of digital noise and innovation there exists a quiet corner of a London home where a septuagenarian songwriter has been working with the same spartan tools for decades.

“My dad always used to say, ‘If you think you can eat a bit more, that’s the time to stop,’” Fay says. “The songs lend themselves to that.” This ethos first presented itself when Fay and Henry tracked album opener “In Human Hands”. Tape was rolling when Fay played it through on piano, his voice soft and close. Henry preferred to leave the song in that state, drawing the listener in with Fay’s clear-eyed and soulful inflection as he sings, “I wanna turn my back on the force from hell/And feel my heels touch something real.” It’s an invocation of the posture that makes Countless Branches such a compelling listen, vivid scenes of nature and the human condition presented with minimal fuss. Fay’s gentle vocal rasp is front and centre, acting as narrator and friend, woven with threads of acoustic instrumentation for texture.

It’s a warmer interpretation of Fay’s celebration of and concern for the state of the world than on 2015’s icier Who Is The Sender? Here on Countless Branches Fay’s thoughts are hopeful, enveloped by the warmth and intimacy from simple piano chords and tender acoustic guitar or cello: he relays the enduring legacy of love on “Love Will Remain”, and the hope he finds in children’s laughter on “Filled With Wonder Once Again”.

The sentiment culminates in the title track as Fay sings, “I’m thinking ’bout the word that Abraham heard/In thee and in thy seed/Shall all families of the earth be blessed”, a transmission of his regular ponderings in nature, in this case beneath the many branches of a literal and metaphorical family tree. Rather than condemn the evil he sees in the world, he leans into the good – family, children, trees and the wonder he finds in these simple blessings. That’s not to say Fay’s worry doesn’t present itself on Countless Branches, but it does so in a more relatable manner, less an all-encompassing dark void than interstitials of existential angst in an organ of peace and hope.

When asked if he’ll tour Countless Branches, Fay demurs, as he usually does, leaving fans to pine for a physical exchange of song and spirit. And so the bonus tracks included here feel especially like a gift, presenting full band versions of “Your Little Face”, “Filled With Wonder Once Again”, “How Long, How Long” and “Love Will Remain”, which hint at how the songs might have been interpreted for the stage, flipped from spare meditation to full proclamation. At the very least, they pull back the curtain on the 10 days Fay and company spent at London’s Snap Studios, working up full arrangements for guitar, bass, drums and strings before shedding most of those things altogether.

Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie on Peter Green: “Every guitar player adores him”

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Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie on Peter Green: “Every guitar player adores him”
Ahead of a major tribute concert at the London Palladium, the latest issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here – celebrates the brilliance of blues-rock guitarist Peter Green. Christine McVie, Jeremy Spencer and John Mayall are among the friends and former bandmat...

Ahead of a major tribute concert at the London Palladium, the latest issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here – celebrates the brilliance of blues-rock guitarist Peter Green. Christine McVie, Jeremy Spencer and John Mayall are among the friends and former bandmates who help Rob Hughes chart Green’s course from the British blues boom, through Fleetwood Mac’s early success to the wilderness years and his low-key comeback. Plus we discover what Green is up to now…

Every three months or so, Bernie Marsden makes a two-hour drive from his home near Oxford, heading south-west. He’ll arrive at his destination – an unremarkable house in a quiet residential street – feeling a little nervous. A short while after he rings the bell, the front door opens. “I go, ‘Hello Pete’,” says Marsden. “Or sometimes I’ll call him Pedro. Then he invites me in and makes me a cup of tea. Mentally, I still pinch myself as I walk through the door.”

As former songwriter and guitarist with UFO, Paice Ashton Lord and Whitesnake, Marsden isn’t normally given to starry-eyedness. But these visits are different. The person he comes to see is Peter Green, his idol as a young guitarist growing up in the late ’60s. The fanboy, it transpires, has never quite left him.

Before too long, Marsden and Green move to the front room with their guitars, where they are joined by Green’s neighbour, Paul. “He makes sure Peter plays every other day,” says Marsden. “I think they go fishing together, too.”

The three of them begin playing – a loose jam between friends, with no agenda. Marsden sets a tape running to record what they do: “Last time around we did ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On’, Little Richard’s ‘Lucille’, ‘The Young Ones’ by The Shadows and The Beatles’ ‘Help!’ Then we’ll start rolling into ‘Oh Well’.”

“Oh Well” is the only concession made to Green’s own legacy. Originally released in 1969, it arrived at the commercial peak of early Fleetwood Mac, the band that Green founded during the British blues boom. As singer and lead guitarist, Green was a formidable figure back then – blessed with a preternatural talent that enabled him to assimilate American blues into his own distinct vision.

“All of us in the band realised that Peter was very gifted,” says Jeremy Spencer, fellow guitarist in the original Fleetwood Mac. “I learned so much from him, especially when it came to less is more.” For Christine McVie, who joined the group just as Green was departing, “Fleetwood Mac were like a bluesy Beatles. Each of them carried an amazing charisma, yet Peter stood out. You could tell that Peter had a talent way beyond most other people. He was the one who created the genius behind it all. I thought he was just unbelievable.”

Green left the band in May 1970, less than three years into Fleetwood Mac’s career. His life has taken many turns over the ensuing decades, yet his influence endures. His prowess as a live performer has recently been documented in Before The Beginning – a collection of live Fleetwood Mac recordings from 1968 and 1970 – while his debut solo album, The End Of The Game, is reissued next month. Also in February, Mick Fleetwood hosts a special celebration of Green’s music at the London Palladium on behalf of the Teenage Cancer Trust, joined by a host of famous friends and ex-bandmates – Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman and more. “For a man who was only really performing for a total of maybe four years – and you’re talking 50 years ago now – every guitar player I talk to adores him and how he developed his magic,” says Christine McVie.

The only thing missing from the Palladium, in all likelihood, will be the master himself. On his most recent visit to Green’s place, shortly before Christmas, Bernie Marsden took with him a bootleg of Fleetwood Mac recordings, circa 1967–68. “It’s BBC sessions and two American concerts,” he says. “Really good quality. When I mentioned that one section sounded particularly good, Peter just went, ‘Bit messy!’ I imagine that’s what he was like to be in the band with at the time – really tough. But he admitted, ‘Yeah, we were a good little band.’”

You can read much more about Peter Green in the latest issue of Uncut, on sale now with Kate Bush on the cover.

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets to release live album and film

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Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets to release live album and film
Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets – the band he formed to play early Pink Floyd songs – have announced the release of Live At The Roundhouse for April 17. The album and film – which come packaged together on CD/DVD format, or separately on double LP and Blu-ray – were recorded at the ba...

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets – the band he formed to play early Pink Floyd songs – have announced the release of Live At The Roundhouse for April 17.

The album and film – which come packaged together on CD/DVD format, or separately on double LP and Blu-ray – were recorded at the band’s sold-out shows at the legendary London venue in May 2019.

Watch them performing “Fearless” below:

The film will also be coming to cinemas in selected cities worldwide for one night only on March 10. This theatrical event will include a pre-recorded cinema exclusive Q&A with Nick Mason and the band where they will answer questions submitted by fans. Tickets are on sale now from here. Watch a trailer:

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets head back out on tour in April, dates below:

Thursday 23rd April – Guildford G Live
Friday 24th April – Brighton Dome
Saturday 25th April – Oxford New Theatre
Monday 27th April – Ipswich Regent
Wednesday 29th April – Dublin Convention Centre
Friday 1st May -York Barbican
Saturday 2nd May – Leicester De Montfort Hall
Monday 4th May – Southampton Mayflower
Tuesday 5th May Cardiff St David’s Hall
Thursday 7th May London Royal Albert Hall
Friday 8th May Liverpool Philharmonic
Saturday 9th May Sheffield City Hall
Monday 11th May Birmingham Symphony Hall
Tuesday 12th May Bath Forum
Thursday 14th May Gateshead Sage
Friday 15th May Manchester Apollo
Saturday 16th May Edinburgh Usher Hall
Monday 18th May – Brussels Cirque Royale
Tuesday 19th May – Luxembourg Den Atelier
Wednesday 20th May – Freiburg Konzerthaus
Friday 22nd May – Paris – Grand Rex
Saturday 23rd May – Lucerne KKL
Sunday 24th May – Nuremberg Meistersinger Halle
Tuesday 26th May – Vienna Gasometer
Wednesday 27th May – Prague Forum
Thursday 28th May – Frankfurt Jahrunderhalle
Saturday 30th May – Muenster Munsterlandhalle
Sunday 31st May – Eindhoven Muziekgebouw
Tuesday 2nd June – Hamburg Laeiszhalle
Wednesday 3rd June – Berlin Tempodrom
Friday 5th June – Randers Vaerket
Sunday 7th June – Bad Honnef Insel Grafenwerth

The Psychedelic Furs announce first new album in almost 30 years

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The Psychedelic Furs announce first new album in almost 30 years
The Psychedelic Furs have unveiled their first new album since 1991's World Outside. Made Of Rain will be released by Cooking Vinyl on May 1. Hear the lead single, "Don't Believe", below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603KqtjKDSg To celebrate the release of Made Of Rain, The Psychedelic F...

The Psychedelic Furs have unveiled their first new album since 1991’s World Outside.

Made Of Rain will be released by Cooking Vinyl on May 1. Hear the lead single, “Don’t Believe”, below:

To celebrate the release of Made Of Rain, The Psychedelic Furs have announced a special show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 14. Tickets go on general sale next Friday (February 7), but you can sign up for a pre-sale by pre-ordering the new album from the band’s Official Store.

Check out the tracklisting for Made Of Rain below:

The Boy That Invented Rock & Roll
Don’t Believe
You’ll Be Mine
Wrong Train
This’ll Never Be Like Love
Ash Wednesday
Come All Ye Faithful
No-One
Tiny Hands
Hide The Medicine
Turn Your Back on Me
Stars

Hear previously unreleased Cat Stevens song “Butterfly”

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Hear previously unreleased Cat Stevens song “Butterfly”
On April 10, Cat-O-Log Records/BMG will release the 'super deluxe' version of Cat Stevens' 1978 album Back To Earth. It features the original album (remastered at Abbey Road) together with previously unheard tracks "Butterfly" and "Toy Heart", which were considered by Stevens as too ‘pop’ at ...

On April 10, Cat-O-Log Records/BMG will release the ‘super deluxe’ version of Cat Stevens’ 1978 album Back To Earth.

It features the original album (remastered at Abbey Road) together with previously unheard tracks “Butterfly” and “Toy Heart”, which were considered by Stevens as too ‘pop’ at the time. Listen to both of those songs below:

The super deluxe edition of Back To Earth also features demos, out-takes and material from UNICEF’s 1979 Year Of The Child concert, the singer’s last live performance as Cat Stevens for more than 30 years.

View the complete tracklisting for the box set and pre-order here.

It’s also been announced that Yusuf/Cat Stevens will headline this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival on July 30-Aug 2, alongside Seasick Steve, Suzanne Vega, Lankum, Martha Wainwright and Fatoumata Diawara – more details and ticket info here.

Shabaka Hutchings announces Barbican takeover

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Shabaka Hutchings announces Barbican takeover
UK jazz figurehead Shabaka Hutchings will curate Propaganda, a weekend of music, art and spoken word at the Barbican (and other London venues) on May 8-10. The opening concert at the Barbican Hall will feature Hutchings and his band Sons Of Kemet performing Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concert as w...

UK jazz figurehead Shabaka Hutchings will curate Propaganda, a weekend of music, art and spoken word at the Barbican (and other London venues) on May 8-10.

The opening concert at the Barbican Hall will feature Hutchings and his band Sons Of Kemet performing Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concert as well his own orchestral suite Babylon, backed by Britten Sinfonia. The first half of the concert will be the world premiere of a new work, written by Mica Levi and performed by Hutchings.

The closing Propaganda session, also at the Barbican Hall, features Shabaka & The Ancestors supported by gnawa master Maâlem Houssam Guinia.

Other performers across the weekend include Ammar 808, Kit Downes Quintet, Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda and The Comet Is Coming’s Dan Leavers aka Danalogue presenting his new spiritual project Suite Of The Elements.

For full details and tickets for Propaganda, go here.

Super Furry Animals reunite as Das Koolies

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Super Furry Animals reunite as Das Koolies
Super Furry Animals have often spoken in interviews of their fantasy 'parallel band' called Das Koolies. Now the fantasy has become a reality as Das Koolies unveil their debut single, "It's All About The Dolphins", out now on Strangetown. Listen below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S41DTo8P...

Super Furry Animals have often spoken in interviews of their fantasy ‘parallel band’ called Das Koolies.

Now the fantasy has become a reality as Das Koolies unveil their debut single, “It’s All About The Dolphins”, out now on Strangetown. Listen below:

Das Koolies comprises SFA mainstays Huw ‘Bunf’ Bunford, Cian Ciarán, Dafydd Ieuan and Guto Pryce, although not at this stage Gruff Rhys (who has his own new solo album coming later in 2020). Instead, Bunford, Ciarán and Ieuan have shared lead vocals on “It’s All About The Dolphins”, which is billed as a song about “a specific case of animal mistreatment”.

According to the press release, “More material follows, with more diverse inspiration, more voices taking to the front and more free musical expression.”

Michael Kiwanuka, Caribou and Mac DeMarco for Green Man

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Michael Kiwanuka, Caribou and Mac DeMarco for Green Man
Michael Kiwanuka, Caribou and Mac DeMarco have been unveiled as the headliners for this year's Green Man festival, taking place in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, from August 20-23. The festival has also snagged Lucinda Williams, Thundercat, Gruff Rhys, Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Goldfrapp, Little Drag...

Michael Kiwanuka, Caribou and Mac DeMarco have been unveiled as the headliners for this year’s Green Man festival, taking place in the Brecon Beacons, Wales, from August 20-23.

The festival has also snagged Lucinda Williams, Thundercat, Gruff Rhys, Ty Segall & Freedom Band, Goldfrapp, Little Dragon, This Is The Kit, Parquet Courts, Richard Dawson, Lankum and Nadine Shah.

There are also plenty of exciting newer names in the form of Kokoroko, The Murder Capital, Sudan Archives, Vanishing Twin, Sarathy Korwar, Nap Eyes and Aoife Nessa Frances.

Tickets are on sale now over at the official Green Man site, and you can check out the full line-up below:

Hear Anna Calvi’s new duet with Courtney Barnett

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Hear Anna Calvi’s new duet with Courtney Barnett
Anna Calvi has announced a mini-LP of intimate reworkings of songs from her 2018 album Hunter. Hunted includes duets with Courtney Barnett, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julia Holter and Joe Talbot from Idles. The seven-track affair will be released by Domino on March 6. Listen to "Don't Beat The Girl...

Anna Calvi has announced a mini-LP of intimate reworkings of songs from her 2018 album Hunter.

Hunted includes duets with Courtney Barnett, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julia Holter and Joe Talbot from Idles. The seven-track affair will be released by Domino on March 6.

Listen to “Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy (ft. Courtney Barnett)” below:

“During a break from touring I went back and listened to the first recordings I ever made of Hunter,” says Calvi. “These recordings capture the very moment I first wrote these songs, and recorded them on my own, in my attic studio. I find something especially intimate about sharing these most private recordings with my favourite singers and asking them to lend their voices and artistic sensibility. Courtney Barnett is an amazing artist. Her voice and guitar playing together are mind blowing. Her ability to connect the profound to the smallest moments of human experience is the unique talent of a true artist.”

Barnett said of working together: “Anna is a completely awe-inspiring performer, it’s impossible to take your eyes off her onstage. I love her songwriting for its beautiful and perfect balance between aggression and tenderness”.

Pre-order Hunted here and view all of Anna Calvi’s forthcoming live dates below:

31st January – Windmill Brixton, London (Independent Venue Week)
30th March – Palais Montcalm, Quebec City
1st April – Mod Club, Toronto
2nd April – Empty Bottle, Chicago
5th April – Music Hall of Williamsburg
6th April – Rough Trade NYC, Brooklyn
9th April – The Echo, LA
11th April – Coachella, California
15th April – The Independent, San Francisco
18th April – Coachella, California
29th May – All Points East, London
6th August – Haldern Pop Festival, Haldern
19th September – Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg

Robert Wyatt: “Supporting Hendrix was very scary!”

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Robert Wyatt: “Supporting Hendrix was very scary!”
In the latest issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here – we celebrate the 75th birthday of a legendary musical maverick. Robert Wyatt invites Uncut's Tom Pinnock to his home in Louth, Lincolnshire, for carrot cake and tales of Soft Machine, Pink Floyd and Wyatt's...

In the latest issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here – we celebrate the 75th birthday of a legendary musical maverick. Robert Wyatt invites Uncut’s Tom Pinnock to his home in Louth, Lincolnshire, for carrot cake and tales of Soft Machine, Pink Floyd and Wyatt’s own wide-ranging musical adventures.

Talking about the years of heavy gigging before the accident in 1973 that left him wheelchair-bound, Wyatt says: “That was a whole life there, even two. Before ’68, we were this English grammar school band, a bit shaky, but we did our thing. That was a really friendly little band, with Daevid Allen and Kevin Ayers, just friends. We were also not like each other, which is why it couldn’t have lasted. But to be young with, they were great. The early years playing in bands like The Wilde Flowers was the most fun – if I’d only ever done that, I’d be quite happy.”

Once Soft Machine took off, though, Wyatt was playing all the time, from UFO and Middle Earth to touring America with Jimi Hendrix. “Playing the gigs required such concentration, listening to each other and keeping it all flowing, that I’d hardly register where we were, exactly. Talking of places like UFO, I remember that us and Pink Floyd and used to watch each other when we played the same venues, and there was just total mutual respect – you couldn’t be rivals when you were trying to do completely different things. I’m just grateful to the brilliant musicians I got to play for. Supporting Hendrix was very scary – if you’re in an aircraft hangar with 5,000 Texans in it, you’ve gotta fuckin’ get on with it and not stop until your half-hour is up. But it meant we came back to the UK really able to hit the ground running.”

Kevin Ayers was lost somewhere along the way, though… “Yeah, without Kevin, of course. He’d had enough, and quite rightly he wanted to go and write his songs. I do get upset when he’d say later that he ‘wasn’t technical enough’ for the band – he was very good! I loved drumming with his bass playing, I loved his deep sprechgesang singing, a good contrast to mine, and I loved doing his songs.”

When did everything start for you? I imagine it must have been a huge moment when Daevid Allen first turned up to lodge with your family in Lydden. “I’d already got into a lot of music through my brother Mark – he brought home the first Mingus and Ornette Coleman – but Daevid showed me how to live another way. Lydden was a little village then, there was just a post office, a few houses, a pub, and Daevid used to take his dog out for a walk, up and down… his dog being a tin on a long string. I was very impressed by that. When I first played music with Daevid, it was jazz and poetry. He would read out this poetry and Hugh Hopper and I would fiddle-fiddle, toodly-boodly behind him. I was at school and doing worse as the years went by, but one of the people who said “you don’t have to approach life like that” was Daevid. He was the person who was doing what we assumed Dadaists did, which was inventing their own lives, writing their own scripts. That became a way out for me.”

You can read much more from Robert Wyatt in the latest issue of Uncut, in shops now with Kate Bush on the cover.

Massive Attack confirmed for All Points East on May 24

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Massive Attack confirmed for All Points East on May 24
Massive Attack have been confirmed as the latest headliners for London's All Points East festival. They'll play Hackney's Victoria Park on Sunday May 24, supported by Nils Frahm, Young Fathers, Neneh Cherry, Sevdaliza, Gaika, Skinny Pelembe, Hotel Lux and Mad Professor, with more names to come. ...

Massive Attack have been confirmed as the latest headliners for London’s All Points East festival.

They’ll play Hackney’s Victoria Park on Sunday May 24, supported by Nils Frahm, Young Fathers, Neneh Cherry, Sevdaliza, Gaika, Skinny Pelembe, Hotel Lux and Mad Professor, with more names to come.

Massive Attack join previously announced headliners Tame Impala (May 23) and Kraftwerk (May 29).

Tickets for all days are available from the official All Points East site.

Mike Campbell talks Fleetwood Mac and new band, The Dirty Knobs

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Mike Campbell talks Fleetwood Mac and new band, The Dirty Knobs
Mike Campbell, guitarist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and more recently Fleetwood Mac, has unveiled a new band called – ahem – The Dirty Knobs. The LA-based band will release their debut album Wreckless Abandon via BMG on March 20. It was produced by Campbell with George Drakoulias, and ...

Mike Campbell, guitarist for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and more recently Fleetwood Mac, has unveiled a new band called – ahem – The Dirty Knobs.

The LA-based band will release their debut album Wreckless Abandon via BMG on March 20. It was produced by Campbell with George Drakoulias, and all songs are written by Campbell. The album features contributions from singer–songwriter and guitarist Chris Stapleton as well as fellow Heartbreaker Benmont Tench. Additionally, Klaus Voormann created the album artwork.

Watch a video for the title track below:

“It started out as something to do between Heartbreakers tours,” Campbell tells Uncut. “I got these guys and we played little clubs around town. We just became a good little band and got really close. It’s my band – I write the songs and get to sing the best I can – but it’s a real band, it’s not a solo project. We’re not together for money – we love to play together and we were having a blast. And then when life dealt me the cards it dealt me, I thought, what am I going to do now? I always thought, at some point, if the Heartbreakers retire then I’ll do my band – so now I’m doing it and I’m having a blast.

“We’re going to go on tour in the States – start small, play the little places, and see how far we get. It’s exciting. I can’t just sit around and play Heartbreakers records, I’ve got to go out and do something. I’m really enjoying it.”

Campbell also reveals that Fleetwood Mac are currently on hiatus after their recent mammoth world tour. “It was a year and a half! I’ve never toured that long in my life. It was really joyful. Great songs, and I love that rhythm section – I had so much fun playing with Mick and John. We ended the tour and we had a meeting. They are all even older than me, and I’m pretty old, and they were saying, I don’t think we’re up for doing any more long tours like this ever again. Stevie wants to do a solo show, she’s doing that right now, but in a year or so, if a handful of dates show up that made sense, everybody is open to doing those. So we’re on hiatus until things develop.”

The 2nd Uncut New Music Playlist Of 2020

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The 2nd Uncut New Music Playlist Of 2020
Now we're getting deeper into January, things are hotting up for new releases. Very pleased to have Margo Price and Arboretum back. We've been digging Malkmus' album since last year and the good news “Xian Man” is typically representative of this excellent record. Looking forward to hearing mor...

Now we’re getting deeper into January, things are hotting up for new releases. Very pleased to have Margo Price and Arboretum back. We’ve been digging Malkmus’ album since last year and the good news “Xian Man” is typically representative of this excellent record. Looking forward to hearing more from the Enos (Enoi..) album; Roger Eno is such an elegant pianist, it’s terrific to hear his work given such discreet and sympathetic treatment by his brother. Also: strong new stuff from M. Ward, Waxahatchee and Nap Eyes. The Thundercat record is immense.

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ROGER ENO AND BRIAN ENO
“Celeste”
(Deutsche Grammophon)

MARGO PRICE
“Stone Me”
(Lorna Vista Recordings)

ARBOURETUM
“A Prism In Reverse”
(Thrill Jockey)

THUNDERCAT
“Black Qualls [feat. Steve Lacy & Steve Arrington]”
(Brainfeeder)

DEVENDRA BANHART
“Love Song [Helado Negro Remix]
(Nonesuch)

STEPHEN MALKMUS
“Xian Man”
(Domino)

TONY ALLEN & HUGH MASEKEA
“We’ve Landed”
(World Circuit)

WAXAHATCHEE
‘Fire”
(Merge)

MUTE DUO
“Red-Winged Blackbirds)
(American Dreams Records)

NNAMDI
“Price Went Up”
(Sooper Records)

NAP EYES
“Mark Zuckerberg”
(Jagjaguwar)

M. WARD
“Migration Of Souls”
(ANTI-)

CROWHURST ANS GAVIN BRYARS
“Blistered Glaciers”
(Prophesy)

Sparks announce new album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

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Sparks announce new album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
Sparks have announced that their new album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, will be released by BMG on May 15. It's the follow-up to 2017's Hippopotamus, which reached the UK Top 10. Watch the band's video announcement below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGO3FXEcSFQ&feature=youtu.be Sparks ha...

Sparks have announced that their new album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, will be released by BMG on May 15. It’s the follow-up to 2017’s Hippopotamus, which reached the UK Top 10.

Watch the band’s video announcement below:

Sparks have also announced a European tour for October, visiting the following venues:

Sunday 11 Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller Music Hall
Monday 12 Sweden, Stockholm, Cirkus
Wednesday 14 Denmark, Copenhagen, The Koncerthuset
Thursday 15 Germany, Berlin, Metropol
Saturday 17 Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso
Sunday 18 Belgium, Brussels, AB Flex
Tuesday 20 France, Paris, Casino de Paris
Wednesday 21 UK, London, Roundhouse
Friday 23 UK, Manchester, Albert Hall
Saturday 24 UK, Glasgow, The Barrowland Ballroom
Monday 26 UK, Belfast, Limelight Club
Tuesday 27 IRE, Dublin, Vicar Street

Tickets go on general sale on Friday (January 31) at 9am, but you can sign up to a pre-sale by pre-ordering the album here.

Watch Aerosmith reunite with Run-DMC at the Grammys

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Watch Aerosmith reunite with Run-DMC at the Grammys
Last night's Grammy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles' Staples Center was overshadowed by the news of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, who died hours earlier in a helicopter crash. Run-DMC were among the many acts to pay tribute, holding up one of Bryant's No. 24 vests after they 'gatecrashed' Aero...

Last night’s Grammy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles’ Staples Center was overshadowed by the news of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, who died hours earlier in a helicopter crash.

Run-DMC were among the many acts to pay tribute, holding up one of Bryant’s No. 24 vests after they ‘gatecrashed’ Aerosmith’s two-song performance to reprise “Walk This Way” together:

Another duet featured Grammys host Alicia Keys teaming up with Brittany Howard on a new song, “Underdog”. Watch that below:

When it came to the awards themselves, Billie Eilish swept the board, picking up trophies for Album, Record and Song of the year, as well as Best New Artist. There were also gongs for Vampire Weekend, Lizzo, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, The Chemical Brothers and Gary Clark, Jr. View the full list of winners here.

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