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Mac DeMarco unveils line-up for Margate all-dayer

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The line-up has been announced for Mac DeMarco… Will See You Now, a one-day festival taking place at the Dreamland amusement park in Margate on June 29. DeMarco himself will headline, supported by Aldous Harding, Yellow Days, Tirzah, Thurston Moore, Amyl And The Sniffers, Girl Ray, Kirin J Callin...

The line-up has been announced for Mac DeMarco… Will See You Now, a one-day festival taking place at the Dreamland amusement park in Margate on June 29.

DeMarco himself will headline, supported by Aldous Harding, Yellow Days, Tirzah, Thurston Moore, Amyl And The Sniffers, Girl Ray, Kirin J Callinan and Blueprint Blue.

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Tickets are on sale here, priced at £36 (or £41 including all day access to rides).

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

Bill Callahan announces new album, Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest

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Bill Callahan has announced his first album in almost six years, Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest. The 20-track affair will be released by Drag City on June 14. You can watch the LP being made in the video below: Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your home! https://www.youtub...

Bill Callahan has announced his first album in almost six years, Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest.

The 20-track affair will be released by Drag City on June 14. You can watch the LP being made in the video below:

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Callahan sets off on a world tour to accompany the album in June, arriving in the UK in October. Check out his full itinerary below:

US:
13/6/19 Pappy and Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, Pioneertown CA
14/6/19 The Lodge Room, Los Angeles CA
15/6/19 The Lodge Room, Los Angeles CA
17/6/19 Henry Miller Library, Big Sur CA
18/6/19 The Castro Theeatre, San Francisco CA
19/6/19 Gundlach-Bundschu Winery, Sonoma CA
21/6/19 Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR (Early Show)
21/6/19 Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR
22/6/19 Neptune Theatre, Seattle WA
5/7/19 Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence KS
6/7/19 Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis MN
7/7/19 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL
8/7/19 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit MI
10/7/19 The Sinclair, Cambridge MA
11/7/19 Murmrr Theatre, Brooklyn NY
12/7/19 White Eagle Hall, Jersey City NJ
13/7/19 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia PA
14/7/19 Miracle Theatre, Washington DC
15/7/19 Miracle Theatre, Washington DC
16/7/19 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC
17/7/19 Terminal West, Atlanta GA
18/7/19 Proud Larry’s, Oxford MS

Europe:
29/9/19 Vicar Street, Dublin IE
1/10/19 Usher Hall, Edinburgh UK
2/10/19 Albert Hall, Manchester UK
3/10/19 Eventim Apollo, London UK

5/10/19 La Cigale, Paris FR
6/10/19 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels BE
7/10/19 TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht NL
8/10/19 Admiralspalast, Berlin DE
10/10/19 Store Vega, Copenhagen DK
11/10/19 Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo NO
12/10/19 Göta Lejon, Stockholm SE
13/10/19 Pustervik, Gothenburg SE

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

Watch a video for The National’s new song, “Hairpin Turns”

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The National have released another song from their upcoming album I Am Easy To Find, due out on May 17. Watch a video for "Hairpin Turns" below: Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your home! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_aN81SBI3A&feature=youtu.be The video was ag...

The National have released another song from their upcoming album I Am Easy To Find, due out on May 17.

Watch a video for “Hairpin Turns” below:

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The video was again directed by Mike Mills and features I Am Easy To Find contributors Gail Ann Dorsey, Mina Tindle and Kate Stables (AKA This Is The Kit) as well as dancer Sharon Eyal.

“The video is a very simple portrait of the band (and the friends who helped make the song),” explains Mills. “You see all the instruments that make up the song in isolation, even hear them recorded live on set over the album version, kind of like showing you the tracks that make up the song. And you see everyone who contributed alone, including Gail Ann Dorsey, Pauline Delasser (aka Mina Tindle) and Kate Stables – but your mind puts them together. The dancer Sharon Eyal is sort of a continuation of Alicia Vikander’s character from the film I Am Easy To Find. We thought of her as Alicia’s unconscious, or her shadow self – that has her own life in this space.”

A series of worldwide screenings have been announced for Mill’s I Am Easy To Find film – see the full list below.

You can read an extensive interview with The National in the current issue of Uncut, in shops now or available to order online by clicking here. The band even curated this month’s free CD – read more about that here.

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

The Rolling Stones confirm details of Rock And Roll Circus reissue

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As previously reported, The Rolling Stones will release a deluxe anniversary reissue of their Rock And Roll Circus Soundtrack on June 28. The restored and remixed soundtrack has been expanded to 28 tracks, to be released on CD, digital formats and 3xLP formats (the album's first time on vinyl). Bon...

As previously reported, The Rolling Stones will release a deluxe anniversary reissue of their Rock And Roll Circus Soundtrack on June 28.

The restored and remixed soundtrack has been expanded to 28 tracks, to be released on CD, digital formats and 3xLP formats (the album’s first time on vinyl). Bonus material includes three additional songs by Taj Mahal and never-before-heard recordings of The Dirty Mac – AKA John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell – performing “Revolution” and “Warmup Jam.”

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The film will also be released separately on Blu-ray, DVD and TV on-demand, as well as in a Limited Deluxe Edition multi-format package of Blu-Ray, DVD, 2xCD soundtrack, and a perfect-bound 44-page book with David Dalton’s original 1969 Rolling Stone essay, and photographs by Michael Randolf.

Watch the Rock And Roll Circus film trailer and peruse the soundtrack tracklisting below:

1. Mick Jagger’s Introduction Of Rock And Roll Circus – Mick Jagger
2. Entry Of The Gladiators – Circus Band

3. Mick Jagger’s Introduction Of Jethro Tull – Mick Jagger

4. Song For Jeffrey – Jethro Tull
5. Keith Richards’ Introduction Of The Who – Keith Richards
6. A Quick One While He’s Away – The Who

7. Over The Waves – Circus Band

8. Ain’t That A Lot Of Love – Taj Mahal
9. Charlie Watts’ Introduction Of Marianne Faithfull – Charlie Watts
10. Something Better – Marianne Faithfull

11. Mick Jagger’s and John Lennon’s Introduction Of The Dirty Mac
12. Yer Blues – The Dirty Mac
13. Whole Lotta Yoko – Yoko Ono & Ivry Gitlis with The Dirty Mac
14. John Lennon’s Introduction Of The Rolling Stones + Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones

15. Parachute Woman – The Rolling Stones

16. No Expectations – The Rolling Stones

17. You Can’t Always Get What You Want – The Rolling Stones

18. Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones

19. Salt Of The Earth – The Rolling Stones

BONUS TRACKS
20. Checkin’ Up On My Baby – Taj Mahal
21. Leaving Trunk – Taj Mahal

22. Corinna – Taj Mahal

23. Revolution (rehearsal) – The Dirty Mac
24. Warmup Jam – The Dirty Mac
25. Yer Blues (take 2) – The Dirty Mac

26. Brian Jones’ Introduction of Julius Katchen – Brian Jones
27. de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance – Julius Katchen

28. Mozart: Sonata In C Major-1st Movement – Julius Katchen

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

Hear Violent Femmes’ new song, featuring Tom Verlaine

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Violent Femmes have announced that their new album, Hotel Last Resort, will be released by PIAS on July 26. Hear the title track, featuring Television's Tom Verlaine, below: Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your home! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc14JPwnp6M “One o...

Violent Femmes have announced that their new album, Hotel Last Resort, will be released by PIAS on July 26.

Hear the title track, featuring Television’s Tom Verlaine, below:

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“One of the greatest thrills of a long recording career is getting Tom Verlaine to play on one of our songs,” says Violent Femmes frontman Gordon Gano. “It’s just amazing to hear that sound.”

“We didn’t really give him much instruction,” adds bassist Brian Ritchie, “but he did exactly what we hoped he’d do. He clearly has an affinity for the song. He must’ve really clued in on the lyrics and he really interpreted them with a guitar.”

Hotel Last Resort was recorded at Mighty Fine Productions in Denver, Colorado, with producer Ted Hutt. As well as Verlaine’s appearance, it also features a guest turn by pro skateboarder Stefan Janoski and a reworking of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”.

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

Bob Dylan reveals Rolling Thunder boxset details

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To accompany the release of Martin Scorsese's Netflix documentary on June 12, Bob Dylan's latest boxset collates all the available material relating to his Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975-6. The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings will be released across 14 CDs by Columbia Records/...

To accompany the release of Martin Scorsese’s Netflix documentary on June 12, Bob Dylan’s latest boxset collates all the available material relating to his Rolling Thunder Revue tour of 1975-6.

The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings will be released across 14 CDs by Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings on June 7.

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It includes all five of Dylan’s full sets from that tour that were professionally recorded, as well as recently unearthed rehearsals from New York’s S.I.R. studios and the Seacrest Motel in Falmouth, MA, plus a bonus disc showcasing one-of-a-kind performances from the tour.

Pre-order The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings here and check out the full tracklisting below. You can read the definitive feature about Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue in the current issue of Uncut, in shops now or available to order online by clicking here.

DISC 1
October 19, 1975 – S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY

1. Rake and Ramblin’ Boy* [incomplete]
2. Romance in Durango* [incomplete]
3. Rita May*
4. I Want You# [incomplete]
5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit* [incomplete]
6. She Belongs to Me* [incomplete]
7. Joey [incomplete]
8. Isis
9. Hollywood Angel [incomplete]
10. People Get Ready#~
11. What Will You Do When Jesus Comes?#
12. Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
13. The Ballad of Ira Hayes
14. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)*
15. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You
16. This Land Is Your Land
17. Dark as a Dungeon*

DISC 2
October 21, 1975 – S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY

1. She Belongs to Me#
2. A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall
3. Isis
4. This Wheel’s on Fire/Hurricane/All Along the Watchtower
5. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
6. If You See Her, Say Hello
7. One Too Many Mornings#
8. Gwenevere [incomplete]
9. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts [incomplete]
10. Patty’s Gone to Laredo#
11. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

DISC 3
October 29, 1975 – Seacrest Motel Rehearsals, Falmouth, MA

1. Tears of Rage
2. I Shall Be Released
3. Easy and Slow
4. Ballad of a Thin Man
5. Hurricane
6. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
7. Just Like a Woman
8. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

DISC 4
November 19, 1975 – Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
4. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
5. Romance in Durango
6. Isis
7. Blowin’ in the Wind
8. Wild Mountain Thyme
9. Mama, You Been on My Mind
10. Dark as a Dungeon
11. I Shall Be Released

DISC 5
November 19, 1975 – Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA

1. Tangled Up in Blue
2. Oh, Sister
3. Hurricane^*
4. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
5. Sara
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
8. This Land Is Your Land

DISC 6
November 20, 1975 – Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain’t Me, Babe#~^
3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
4. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry*
5. Romance in Durango^*
6. Isis
7. Blowin’ in the Wind*
8. Wild Mountain Thyme
9. Mama, You Been on My Mind^
10. Dark as a Dungeon
11. I Shall Be Released

DISC 7
November 20, 1975 – Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA

1. Simple Twist of Fate^*
2. Oh, Sister
3. Hurricane
4. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
5. Sara
6. Just Like a Woman#
7. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door#^
8. This Land Is Your Land

DISC 8
November 21, 1975 – Afternoon – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
4. A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall
5. Romance in Durango
6. Isis
7. The Times They Are a-Changin’
8. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
9. Mama, You Been on My Mind
10. Never Let Me Go
11. I Shall Be Released^

DISC 9
November 21, 1975 – Afternoon – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA

1. Mr. Tambourine Man^
2. Oh, Sister
3. Hurricane
4. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
5. Sara^
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
8. This Land Is Your Land

DISC 10
November 21, 1975 – Evening – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll^
4. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry#^
5. Romance in Durango
6. Isis^
7. Blowin’ in the Wind^
8. The Water Is Wide^
9. Mama, You Been on My Mind
10. Dark as a Dungeon
11. I Shall Be Released

DISC 11
November 21, 1975 – Evening – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA

1. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
2. Tangled Up in Blue#^
3. Oh, Sister^
4. Hurricane
5. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)^
6. Sara
7. Just Like a Woman^
8. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
9. This Land Is Your Land

DISC 12
December 4, 1975 – Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Canada

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll*
4. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You^
5. A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall#^*
6. Romance in Durango#
7. Isis#~
8. Blowin’ in the Wind
9. Dark as a Dungeon
10. Mama, You Been on My Mind
11. Never Let Me Go#~
12. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine*
13. I Shall Be Released

DISC 13
December 4, 1975 – Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Canada

1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue^
2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit^
3. Tangled Up in Blue
4. Oh, Sister
5. Hurricane
6. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)#* 7. Sara#
8. Just Like a Woman
9. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
10. This Land Is Your Land

Disc 14
BONUS DISC – RARE PERFORMANCES

1. One Too Many Mornings*
October 24 – Gerdes Folk City, New York City, New York
2. Simple Twist of Fate*
October 28 – Mahjong Parlor, Falmouth, MA
3. Isis
November 2 – Technical University, Lowell, MA
4. With God on Our Side
November 4 – Afternoon – Civic Center, Providence, RI
5. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
November 4 – Evening – Civic Center, Providence, RI
6. Radio advertisement for Niagara Falls shows
Niagara Falls, NY
7. The Ballad of Ira Hayes*
November 16 – Tuscarora Reservation, NY
8. Your Cheatin’ Heart*
November 23
9. Fourth Time Around
November 26 – Civic Center, Augusta, Maine
10. The Tracks of My Tears
December 3 – Chateau Champlain, Montreal Canada
11. Jesse James
December 5 – Montreal Stables, Montreal, Canada
12. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
December 8 – “Night of the Hurricane,” Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

# included in the film Renaldo and Clara (1978 film)
~ released on 4 Songs From “Renaldo And Clara” E.P. (1978 album)
^ released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975 (2002 album)
* included in Rolling Thunder Revue (2019 film)

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

New Neil Young & Crazy Horse album due this autumn

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse's new album is finished and ready for release in "early fall" according to a post on NYA Times Contrarian. The currently untitled album features "11 new songs, ranging from 3 minutes to 14 minutes of music each" and according to Young himself "stands as one of the most ...

Neil Young & Crazy Horse‘s new album is finished and ready for release in “early fall” according to a post on NYA Times Contrarian.

The currently untitled album features “11 new songs, ranging from 3 minutes to 14 minutes of music each” and according to Young himself “stands as one of the most diverse albums I have ever made”.

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He adds that the album was “recorded at 9200 feet elevation in the Rocky Mountains, with our old tube board, mics and equipment… Whatever label this brand new Crazy Horse album is on, it will be a proud moment for all involved, something we were not sure we would get to do. We did it though and it rocks!”

The scheduling of the new Crazy Horse album, with tour dates sure to follow, will have a knock-on effect: “That means there will be schedule changes and release date adjustments as this new album finds its release date in the early Fall of 2019, displacing older re-release projects!”

Presumably, though, it won’t affect the release of 1973 live album Tuscaloosa, announced yesterday for a June 7 release.

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

Watch Elvis Costello guest with Spinal Tap

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This Is Spinal Tap is 35 years old this year, with the anniversary marked by a special screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York this past weekend (April 27). Following the screening, the three members of Spinal Tap played an acoustic set for which they were joined at the end by Elvis Cost...

This Is Spinal Tap is 35 years old this year, with the anniversary marked by a special screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York this past weekend (April 27).

Following the screening, the three members of Spinal Tap played an acoustic set for which they were joined at the end by Elvis Costello to play “Gimme Some Money”. Watch that below:

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Watch the complete set – featuring Tap classics “Hell Hole”, “Big Bottom” and “Sex Farm” – below.

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

Nils Lofgren – Blue With Lou

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Guitarist to the stars, Nils Lofgren teamed up with Lou Reed circa 1979, via producer Bob Ezrin, and Blue With Lou finds the guitarist documenting their collaboration 40 years on. Lofgren’s voice is crackly, but plays perfectly into rockers like the hook-laden “Attitude City”. The dark, funky ...

Guitarist to the stars, Nils Lofgren teamed up with Lou Reed circa 1979, via producer Bob Ezrin, and Blue With Lou finds the guitarist documenting their collaboration 40 years on. Lofgren’s voice is crackly, but plays perfectly into rockers like the hook-laden “Attitude City”. The dark, funky “Give” finds Reed putting life’s meaning into perspective, but Lofgren’s wicked, acidic guitars fly it into unknown stratospheres. Another Reed/Lofgren co-write, “Don’t Let Your Guard Down”, is spare, but no less striking. “Rock Or Not”, topical and timely, towers among Lofgren’s originals, and Keith Richards should consider covering. LUKE TORN

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Q&A

So how did Blue With Lou come about?

Prior to Nils, my release at the time, I was bouncing back and forth between New York and Garrett Park in Maryland, where I have a rental house, going through pre-production with producer Bob Ezrin. At one point, Bob said, “Look, there’s a lot of great music here, but I think the lyrics on the new songs aren’t as good as the ones you’ve already chosen. Would you consider some co-writing?” I said of course, if it would make the record better.

Bob said, “An old friend of mine, Lou Reed, is recording in town. I want to go by and see if you two could get together and do some writing.” I loved Lou Reed, so we went by. I’d seen him many times, but the first time I met Lou he seemed surprisingly open to the idea and suggested we get together at his Greenwich Village apartment the following week, to discuss it. It was a Monday night, which is American football night on TV. Surprisingly, he was a huge NFL fan. I grew up in the Washington DC area, so I was a big fan of the Washington Redskins, who were playing the Dallas Cowboys that night. They were our big rivals and it turned out that Lou was a Dallas Cowboys fan. So it was kind of a nice icebreaker in the sense that we poured ourselves some stiff drinks and sat back, unexpectedly, to really enjoy a game where we were good-naturedly rooting against each other. And it gave us some impetus for an initial bond that evening and, between that and sipping some good drinks, we batted around the idea of writing together.

We came to discover that my forte is music, in the sense that I write music quite effortlessly and regularly, and, in general, I struggle with lyrics a bit more. Lou said, “I’m the exact opposite. I write lyrics all the time, they’re pretty good. But I tend to take a bit more elbow grease on the music.” I sent him a tape of 13 songs, all with melodies and bridges and most with titles.

A few weeks went by and at about 4:30am I was sound asleep and the phone rang. I answered it and it was Lou Reed. I was happy to hear from him, but surprised at the hour. He said, “Nils, I love this tape that you sent me. I’ve been up for three days and nights straight, working on this tape, and I’ve just completed 13 sets of lyrics that I’m quite happy with. Look, if you like, I’ll dictate them all to you.” I was just so stunned. I said, “Lou, give me a minute here. Do you mind if I put on a pot of coffee?” Over the course of a couple of hours, he dictated 13 songs that I’d just co-written with Lou Reed.

It was kind of a genuine partnership and we moved forward with it. He used three of the songs on The Bells and we used three on the Nils album. I always felt that the songs that got left behind were great and ones that Lou could deliver in his style. I thought, “Well, I’ll get to them and maybe readdress them with Lou,” but then he tragically passed away on us. After that, it started gnawing on me. Lou was no longer here to even approach about doing them and I thought it would be such a shame if they stayed in the basement forever.

So there are six co-writes with Lou and six new songs of yours…

Yeah. I love what Lou did with “City Lights”, but I always loved the original melody and wanted to do it with that. And as a nod to our history, Branford Marsalis was kind enough to play a beautiful story through it on his sax.

One of your new songs is “Dear Heartbreaker”, which is a Tom Petty tribute…

My wife and I always went to see Tom Petty whenever he was playing in Phoenix. In fact, probably the last tour that The Heartbreakers were ever an opening act was for me in England. We did a five- or six-week tour through the UK [1977]. The Heartbreakers kicked our ass every night. Anyway, Benmont [Tench] hooked us up with tickets to see The Heartbreakers at Red Rocks in Colorado [30th May 2017]. It was just a beautiful night and we went backstage to say hi to everybody afterwards. And, of course, it never entered our minds that it would be the last time we ever saw Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

I was thinking about that show one day and Tom Petty’s loss is something that my wife and I talk about daily. It was just a real blow. I started singing this little lyric, then it turned into a verse or two. And I kept getting ideas for it, even though I still wasn’t planning on writing this song. But it became quite a long narration, which is how it ended up on the record.

I’m thrilled to have a tour booked with a band in the States and have some new music that I feel good about. And for this great chapter with Lou to stop gnawing at me and get these songs shared, because he was inspired when he wrote them. It was really a touching long evening at his home and then those few hours on the phone. I hope there’s enough buzz and positivity around the record to enable us to get over to the UK as a full band and play later in the year. ROB HUGHES

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

Neil Young confirms release of archival live album, Tuscaloosa

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Neil Young has confirmed that his live album Tuscaloosa – recorded on February 5, 1973, at the University of Alabama – will be officially released on June 7. The album can be pre-ordered by clicking here. It features his backing band Stray Gators, captured on the same tour that also yielded th...

Neil Young has confirmed that his live album Tuscaloosa – recorded on February 5, 1973, at the University of Alabama – will be officially released on June 7.

The album can be pre-ordered by clicking here.

It features his backing band Stray Gators, captured on the same tour that also yielded the Time Fades Away live album.

Check out the full tracklisting for Tuscaloosa and hear “Don’t Be Denied” below:

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01 Here We Are In The Years
02 After the Gold Rush
03 Out on the Weekend
04 Harvest
05 Old Man
06 Heart of Gold
07 Time Fades Away
08 Lookout Joe
09 New Mama
10 Alabama
11 Don’t Be Denied

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Hear the title track of Willie Nelson’s new album, Ride Me Back Home

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Willie Nelson has announced that his new album Ride Me Back Home will be released by Legacy Recordings on June 21. Hear the title track below: Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your home! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4tPcmDZ4Wk&list=OLAK5uy_mk4bEwR76-AbKrvkWttkkKs...

Willie Nelson has announced that his new album Ride Me Back Home will be released by Legacy Recordings on June 21.

Hear the title track below:

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The album features several new songs co-written by Nelson with longtime producer Buddy Cannon, as well as covers of songs by Billy Joel (“Just the Way You Are”), Mac Davis (“It’s Hard to Be Humble”) and Guy Clark (“Immigrant Eyes” and “My Favorite Picture of You”). Check out the full tracklisting below:

01. Ride Me Back Home
02. Come On Time
03. My Favorite Picture of You
04. Seven Year Itch
05. Immigrant Eyes
06. Stay Away From Lonely Places
07. Just The Way You Are
08. One More Song To Write
09. Nobody’s Listening
10. It’s Hard To Be Humble (with Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson)
11. Maybe I Should’ve Been Listening

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: “We wanted a band where no-one had to practise, essentially!”

Originally published in Uncut's December 2017 issue Seven psychedelic Australians with a manic workrate. An army of fans with alligator tattoos. A rapidly expanding catalogue of albums regarded as a prog-psych Game Of Thrones… Meet KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD! JASON ANDERSON joins up wi...

They while away most of their day in Nashville eating ramen, playing pool, shooting darts and watching crap movies on the giant TV in the Cannery Ballroom’s vast subterranean green room. The only sign of intra-band rancour comes when Galea is mocked for his resemblance to a bearded homeless man they spot in Happy Gilmore. Says Mackenzie, “A band of seven could have a lot of interpersonal dynamics and tensions. But I really like being in big band. We spend so much time together, we all know how to look after each other.

“And if anyone does piss you off,” he adds, “you can not talk to them for 24 hours pretty easily – you couldn’t do that in a two-piece.”

In the hours before the Nashville set, Mackenzie tests his skills as band director trying to execute yet another idea that seemed fun at the time, but proves only slightly less challenging than the whole five-albums-in-one-year thing. That’s removing the usual gap between sets by having Gizzard join Mild High Club for an onstage switchover in the middle of the opening act’s last song.

No-one seems convinced it’s possible until it happens. The ensuing performance has more curveballs. Whereas Gizzard sets from earlier this year bounded along at breakneck velocity, there’s more shifting of gears tonight as the berserker mode of Nonagon Infinity’s “People-Vultures” and Flying Microtonal Banana’s “Rattlesnake” gives way to the more relaxed likes of Quarters’ “Lonely Steel Sheet Flyer” and new songs from Sketches Of Brunswick East. Conceivably, there could be two stripes of Gizzheads emerging, with some becoming just as rabid about the mellower songs. “You notice it at the shows,” says Moore. “People who want to chill just hang at the back.”

That the audience cares not a jot about King Gizzard’s continual creative detours is one indication of the latitude they’ve created. “A lot of bands would be lambasted for that,” says Walker. “But for us, it’s a defining factor.”

“People are annoyed with us if we make two records in a row that are kinda similar,” quips Mackenzie. “We probably will have to do that at some point!”

In the meantime, it’s been heartening for their peers to see the Gizzard universe expand the way it has. “They’re such a great band,” says Courtney Barnett, “And it’s been really reassuring to see there are people who care about good music.”

“I can’t understand how they can be so productive, keep such a high quality and tour constantly,” says Goat’s spokesman. “We hope they can keep it up and know when they need a rest!”

And rest is what they get after the show as various Gizzard members enjoy an ’80s Schwarzenegger movie with beers and await an early morning departure to Atlanta. Outside in the parking lot, a few Gizzheads linger before dispersing into the night. There’ll be no more chances to get records signed or show off tattoos. Perhaps that’s for the best given the musicians’ worries about what they might be encouraging. “A young girl recently asked two or three of us to sign her arm with a black marker,” says Mackenzie. “We saw her six months later and she’d tattooed these huge signatures all over her forearm. Then she said, “Can I get the rest?” We were all like, “I dunno… this feels very irresponsible. She was like, ‘Please just do it!’ So we all signed and she got the rest tattooed on her arm.”

He laughs. “At least with the gator, Jase drew it and it’s a cool character. These were just our shitty signatures. I thought, ‘You’ll get it removed someday, but good on ya for enjoying it now!’”

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

New David Bowie demo collection to include nine unreleased tracks

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Following the recent Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos collections, Parlophone is releasing a further set of David Bowie's 1969 recordings known as The 'Mercury' Demos on June 28. These 10 early Bowie recordings were captured live in one take to a Revox reel-to-reel tape machine ...

Following the recent Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos collections, Parlophone is releasing a further set of David Bowie’s 1969 recordings known as The ‘Mercury’ Demos on June 28.

These 10 early Bowie recordings were captured live in one take to a Revox reel-to-reel tape machine in David’s flat in spring 1969, with accompaniment from John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson on guitar and vocals.

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The version of “Space Oddity”, originally released with edits on the Sound & Vision boxset, is presented here in its true context for the first time. The other nine recordings on the album are all previously unreleased. In addition to Bowie originals, the session also includes the Roger Bunn composition “Life Is A Circus” and the Lesley Duncan composition “Love Song” later recorded by Elton John for Tumbleweed Connection.

The ‘Mercury’ Demos set will come in a replica of the original tape box and will feature 1xLP, a print, two photo contact sheets and sleeve notes by Mark Adams. The labels of the LP feature the same EMIDISC acetate styling as Spying Through A Keyhole and Clareville Grove Demos with the song titles in David’s own handwriting.

Check out the tracklisting below:

Side 1
Space Oddity
Janine
An Occasional Dream
Conversation Piece
Ching-a-Ling
I’m Not Quite (aka Letter To Hermione)

Side 2
Lover To The Dawn
Love Song
When I’m Five
Life Is A Circus

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The 15th Uncut New Music Playlist Of 2019

Follow me on Twitter @MichaelBonner 1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “Hello Sunshine” (Columbia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJjlg5e6l8 2. CRAVEN FAULTS “Engine Fields” (Lowfold Works) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCgNlc9kY9Q 3. BEAK> “Life Goes On” (Invada) https://soundcloud.com/inva...

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1.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

“Hello Sunshine”
(Columbia)

2.
CRAVEN FAULTS

“Engine Fields”
(Lowfold Works)

3.
BEAK>

“Life Goes On”
(Invada)

4.
FLYING LOTUS

“Takashi”
(Warp)

5.
RIDE

“Future Love”
(Wichita Recordings)

6.
SOFT CAVALRY

“Dive”
(Bella Union)

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7.
LUCY DACUS

“My Mother & I”
(Matador)

8.
BLACK KEYS

“Eagle Birds”
(Nonesuch)

9.
ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER

“Read My Mind”
(Sub Pop)

10.
MARK LANEGAN BAND

“Stitch It Up”
(Heavenly)

11.
CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD

“Chauffeur’s Daughter”
(Silver Arrow)

12.
PP ARNOLD

“Baby Blue”
(earMUSIC)

The May 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from March 21, and available to order online now – with Neil Young on the cover. Inside, you’ll find Mark Hollis, Jimi Hendrix, Al Green, Oh Sees, Damo Suzuki, Mott The Hoople, Big Thief, Love, Kristin Hersh, Shaun Ryder and much more. Our 15-track CD also showcases the best of the month’s new music, including Weyes Blood, Kevin Morby, Richard Dawson, Fat White Family, Shana Cleveland, Drugdealer and Mekons.

Pink Floyd exhibition Their Mortal Remains to open in Madrid

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Following its successful debut at London's V&A museum and subsequent runs in Rome and Dortmund, Pink Floyd exhibition Their Mortal Remains will open in Madrid on May 10, until September 15. A collaboration between Pink Floyd, Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell and stage designers Stufish, the exhibition fe...

Following its successful debut at London’s V&A museum and subsequent runs in Rome and Dortmund, Pink Floyd exhibition Their Mortal Remains will open in Madrid on May 10, until September 15.

A collaboration between Pink Floyd, Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell and stage designers Stufish, the exhibition features over 350 artefacts collected over the band’s career, many unseen before the exhibition, including hand-written lyrics, musical instruments, letters, original artwork and stage props. High-tech audiovisual features contribute to an immersive journey through the world of Pink Floyd.

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Their Mortal Remains
is showing at Madrid’s IFEMA (the Trade Fair Institution of Spain). Admission is €9.90 – €19.90 EUR (plus fees), with the audioguide included in the price. For full details, visit the exhibition’s official site.

Pink Floyd are the cover stars of the current issue of Uncut; inside the magazine you’ll find the definitive story of the band’s experimental, post-Syd Barrett years, leading up to the creation of The Dark Side Of The Moon. Find it in shops now or order a copy online by clicking here.

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.

The Black Keys announce new album, Let’s Rock

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The Black Keys have announced that their 9th album, entitled Let's Rock, will be released by Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch Records on June 9. Following the single Lo/Hi in March, you can now hear another song from it, "Eagle Birds", below: Order the latest issue of Uncut online and have it sent to your ...

The Black Keys have announced that their 9th album, entitled Let’s Rock, will be released by Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch Records on June 9.

Following the single Lo/Hi in March, you can now hear another song from it, “Eagle Birds”, below:

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Let’s Rock was written, tracked live, and produced by the band’s Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney at Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville. It features backing vocals from Leisa Hans and Ashley Wilcoxson.

“The record is like a homage to electric guitar,” comments Carney. “We took a simple approach and trimmed all the fat like we used to.”

Check out the Let’s Rock tracklisting and sleeve art below:

1. Shine A Little Light
2. Eagle Birds
3. Lo/Hi
4. Walk Across The Water
5. Tell Me Lies
6. Every Little Thing
7. Get Yourself Together
8. Sit Around And Miss You
9. Go
10. Breaking Down
11. Under The Gun
12. Fire Walk With Me

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Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan doc gets Netflix launch date

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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese, the new documentary about Dylan's 1975-6 concert tour, will launch in select cinemas and on Netflix on June 12. Billed as "part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream", the film is Scorsese's second about Bob Dylan, following 20...

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese, the new documentary about Dylan’s 1975-6 concert tour, will launch in select cinemas and on Netflix on June 12.

Billed as “part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream”, the film is Scorsese’s second about Bob Dylan, following 2005’s No Direction Home.

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The film will be preceded on June 7 by the release of Bob Dylan – Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings, a comprehensive anthology of music from the tour, stretching to 148 tracks across 14 CDs. It includes all five of Dylan’s full sets from that tour that were professionally recorded, along with recently unearthed tour rehearsals from New York’s SIR studios.

You can read much more about Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue in an extensive feature in the new issue of Uncut, in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here.

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Bruce Springsteen announces new album, Western Stars

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Bruce Springsteen has announced details of a new album, Western Stars. His first new studio album in five years, it will be released on June 14 by Columbia Records. It will be available for pre-order on Friday, April 26. The album was recorded primarily at Springsteen’s home studio in New Jersey...

Bruce Springsteen has announced details of a new album, Western Stars.

His first new studio album in five years, it will be released on June 14 by Columbia Records. It will be available for pre-order on Friday, April 26.

The album was recorded primarily at Springsteen’s home studio in New Jersey with additional recording in California and New York.

“This record is a return to my solo recordings featuring character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements,” says Springsteen. “It’s a jewel box of a record.”

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Ron Aniello produced the album with Springsteen and plays bass, keyboard, and other instruments. Patti Scialfa provides vocals and contributes vocal arrangements on four tracks. The musical arrangements include strings, horns, pedal steel and contributions from more than 20 other players including Jon Brion (who plays celeste, Moog and farfisa), as well as guest appearances by David Sancious, Charlie Giordano and Soozie Tyrell. The album was mixed by Tom Elmhirst.

Western Stars track listing is:

Hitch Hikin’
The Wayfarer
Tucson Train
Western Stars
Sleepy Joe’s Café
Drive Fast (The Stuntman)
Chasin’ Wild Horses
Sundown
Somewhere North of Nashville
Stones
There Goes My Miracle
Hello Sunshine
Moonlight Motel

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Introducing the Ultimate Genre Guide to 2-Tone

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The new Uncut is in shops - and you can buy a copy online now by clicking here. In 2016, I spent a day in Coventry with Horace Panter as part of a Specials’ cover story. It was August, less than two months after the EU referendum. Part of the piece made an explicit correlation between the late Se...

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In 2016, I spent a day in Coventry with Horace Panter as part of a Specials’ cover story. It was August, less than two months after the EU referendum. Part of the piece made an explicit correlation between the late Seventies and the present day; how the band’s anti-racist manifesto had a new urgency in 2016.

“Injustice is timeless,” agreed Panter as we sat in the Russian History section of Coventry’s Central Library – built on the site of the old Tiffany’s nightclub. “The same message from 1979 is relevant in 2016.

“The Specials have that in-built thing with the socio-political message, the anti-racism stance,” Panter continued. “It comes as part of the package. People come to see us to affirm that side of us. I still mean it when we play ‘Doesn’t Make It All Right’. This is a song that I believe in every time I play it, just as much as I did back in 1979.”

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A few days later in London, Terry Hall similarly expanded on how “horribly relevant” the Specials still were. “It feels a lot worse now, it just feels a lot worse,” he admitted. “When you look at things like racism, it changed colour. It went from a black thing to an eastern European thing. It is still so heavy. A lot, heavier – a lot heavier – than it was in the Seventies, where really horrible incidents were isolated. Now you walk into WH Smiths and you’ve got it hitting you all the time in newspaper headlines. It’s constant, it’s absolutely constant.”

The band’s latest album, Encore, continues to underscore their message of unity and tolerance. “We Sell Hope”, “Embarrassed For You” and “Breaking Point”, particularly, feel like very necessary commentaries on life in contemporary Britain. “Nothing’s changed!” Hall bemoaned to Uncut earlier this year.

You can read more about the Specials, of course, in our Ultimate Genre Guide to 2-Tone – which is in shops and available to buy from our online store. Inside, you’ll find archive pieces from Melody Maker and NME on the Specials, the Special AKA, Madness, The Selecter, the Beat, the Bodysnatchers, Bad Manners and fellow travellers Dexys Midnight Runners and Elvis Costello. There’s new in-depth reviews, the 40 greatest 2-Tone singles, a guide to the label’s collectibles and a fond farewell to Ranking Roger.

When I spoke to Roger in 2016, he acknowledged – as Hall and Panter had – that many of the problems facing Britain today were similar to those he experienced in the Seventies. “It’s very complicated and life is harder now,” he nodded. But he offers a solution. “It’s up to the people to bring back the community, which got taken away from us in the Eighties and the Nineties. We solved a lot of our problems within the community, where everybody could have a say and things got done. If we reform the communities, it is a start.”

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Watch a video for Mark Lanegan Band’s new single, “Stitch It Up”

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Mark Lanegan Band have announced that their new album Somebody's Knocking will be released on October 18 via Heavenly. Watch a video for the first single, "Stitch It Up", below. It features actor Donal Logue reviving his '90s MTV character Jimmy The Cab Driver. "My head was pounding from laughing s...

Mark Lanegan Band have announced that their new album Somebody’s Knocking will be released on October 18 via Heavenly.

Watch a video for the first single, “Stitch It Up”, below. It features actor Donal Logue reviving his ’90s MTV character Jimmy The Cab Driver. “My head was pounding from laughing so hard the day of the shoot,” says Lanegan. “It was extremely tough to keep a straight face when Donal was in character, he turned into an updated version of Jimmy so fast. There’s a reason it’s the first video of mine I’ve been in for the last 15 years.”

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Somebody’s Knocking came together in an 11 day session in LA, abetted by writing partners Martin Jenkins (AKA Pye Corner Audio) and Rob Marshall.

Mark Lanegan Band have also announced a run of UK and Irish dates in December:

Tuesday 10th December – LONDON – Roundhouse
Wednesday 11th December – BRISTOL – SWX
Friday 13th December – SHEFFIELD – Leadmill
Saturday 14th December – EDINBURGH – Liquid Rooms
Sunday 15th December – MANCHESTER – Ritz
Tuesday 17th December – DUBLIN – Button Factory
Wednesday 18th December – BELFAST – Empire Music Hall

The June 2019 issue of Uncut is on sale from April 18, and available to order online now – with Pink Floyd on the cover. The issue comes with a unique 15-track CD curated for Uncut by The National, who also speak exclusively to us inside the issue. Elsewhere, you’ll find Scott Walker, Bob Dylan, Primal Scream, JJ Cale, Cate Le Bon, Peter Perrett, Aretha Franklin, Mac DeMarco, Dinosaur Jr, Dylan Carson, Africa Express and much more.