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10 Essential Films For 2015

Michael Bonner
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10 Essential Films For 2015

2015 has already got off to a good start, with Foxcatcher and Whiplash coming later this month (although I’m afraid I really didn’t like either Birdman or American Sniper). But beyond those, there is a strong brace of films due to come in the next 12 months. Admittedly, I’ve only included films that currently have a trailer – which means, alas, I’ve not covered James Cooper’s documentary about The Who’s early managers,Lambert And Stamp, Jonathan Demme’s Ricki And The Flash, which stars Meryl Streep as an ageing rock star, or the Kurt Cobain documentary, Montage Of Heck. I’ve also steered clear of the very obvious films (with one critical exception…) so the focus is on what I hope will prove to be the main highlights of 2015: some strong UK and American indies, a terrific Iranian vampire drama and a weighty selection of promising rock documentaries. But as ever, do let me know if there’s anything coming up you’re looking forward to seeing… The Duke Of Burgundy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaTTr5-JmuU Peter Strickland’s preview film, Berberian Sound Studio, reached No 4 in our Films Of The Year for 2012; we have high hopes for this erotic drama starring Borgen’s Sidse Babett Knudsen... OPENS JANUARY 20 Hyena http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR1A2e7Vx8A London-set crime thriller, written and directed by Gerard Johnson, brother of The The’s Matt – who provides the soundtrack... OPENS MARCH 6 Blackhearts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZv3W3YRHqQ Music documentary, charting the international impact of Norwegian black metal, as far afield as Iran and Columbia… OPENING DATE TO BE CONFIRMED Top Five http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jejCmmawzLY Comedy, with Chris Rock stars as a stand-up, waylaid by an action movie franchise, trying to reconnect with his career... OPENS MARCH 20 While We Were Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRUcm9Qw9io Ben Stiller and Noah Baumbach reteam for this first time since Greenberg in this comedy about a middle aged couple attempting to reinvigorate their relationship... OPENS APRIL 3 A Girl Walks Home At Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmIQFcPXLXA Enticingly described as "The first Iranian vampire Western", this was one of my favourite films at last year’s London Film Festival… OPENING DATE TO BE CONFIRMED Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay

2015 has already got off to a good start, with Foxcatcher and Whiplash coming later this month (although I’m afraid I really didn’t like either Birdman or American Sniper).

But beyond those, there is a strong brace of films due to come in the next 12 months. Admittedly, I’ve only included films that currently have a trailer – which means, alas, I’ve not covered James Cooper’s documentary about The Who’s early managers,Lambert And Stamp, Jonathan Demme’s Ricki And The Flash, which stars Meryl Streep as an ageing rock star, or the Kurt Cobain documentary, Montage Of Heck.

I’ve also steered clear of the very obvious films (with one critical exception…) so the focus is on what I hope will prove to be the main highlights of 2015: some strong UK and American indies, a terrific Iranian vampire drama and a weighty selection of promising rock documentaries. But as ever, do let me know if there’s anything coming up you’re looking forward to seeing…

The Duke Of Burgundy

Peter Strickland’s preview film, Berberian Sound Studio, reached No 4 in our Films Of The Year for 2012; we have high hopes for this erotic drama starring Borgen’s Sidse Babett Knudsen…

OPENS JANUARY 20

Hyena

London-set crime thriller, written and directed by Gerard Johnson, brother of The The’s Matt – who provides the soundtrack…

OPENS MARCH 6

Blackhearts

Music documentary, charting the international impact of Norwegian black metal, as far afield as Iran and Columbia…

OPENING DATE TO BE CONFIRMED

Top Five

Comedy, with Chris Rock stars as a stand-up, waylaid by an action movie franchise, trying to reconnect with his career…

OPENS MARCH 20

While We Were Young

Ben Stiller and Noah Baumbach reteam for this first time since Greenberg in this comedy about a middle aged couple attempting to reinvigorate their relationship…

OPENS APRIL 3

A Girl Walks Home At Night

Enticingly described as “The first Iranian vampire Western”, this was one of my favourite films at last year’s London Film Festival…

OPENING DATE TO BE CONFIRMED

Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay

Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay // Official Trailer from Am

Birdman

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Birdman

In Birdman, Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomson, a veteran film actor who is eager to rebuild his reputation. Like Keaton, Thomson is largely remembered for playing a superhero 25 years ago. And, like Keaton, he has spent much of the intervening quarter of a century explaining why he abdicated from that role – in Thomson’s case, Birdman 4; Keaton, meanwhile, turned his back on Batman. Along with Keaton, the cast includes Edward Norton and Emma Stone, both also veterans of superhero movies. Robert Downey Jr’s fee for Iron Man 3 is broached. Woody Harrelson, Michael Fassbender and Jeremy Renner are all sought by Thomson; but, alas, they are too busy with their respective billion-dollar franchises. Writer/director Alejando Iñárritu’s hall-of-mirrors film revels in such postmodernisms; indeed, at times you might be forgiven for thinking that without such referential conceits would the film even have cause to exist. Initially, the plot is straightforward enough: it’s a backstage satire, set over a handful of days, as Thomson directs and acts in a Broadway adaptation of a Raymond Carver’s short story in a bid for artistic credibility. The first hour is essentially a Ray Cooney bedroom farce, full of rutting egos and romantic entanglements. All it lacks is for someone to accidentally drop their trousers in front a visiting vicar. Thomson’s co-star, Mike Shiner (Norton), is the epitome of strutting, Method-acting excess, he is also involved in a fraying relationship with the play’s leading lady, Leslie (Naomi Watts); even as Shiner upsets the production, Thomson learns that his girlfriend, Laura (Andrea Riseborough) – and second female lead – is pregnant, while his daughter Sam (Emma Stone) is fresh out of rehab and struggling. Gradually, strange kinks assert themselves in the narrative: moments where Thomson levitates cross-legged in mid air, or takes flight across the New York rooftops. Along the way, Iñárritu and director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki let the film appear as if unspooling in a single take. It’s a nice piece of artifice; but much like Birdman itself it is a superficial rather than substantial attraction. The actors digs at narcissism, ambition, insecurity, the wages of celebrity and the “cultural genocide” of Hollywood verge on the indulgent. “The play is starting to feel like a deranged, deformed version of myself,” Thomson says at one point. Ha, ha, yes; we get it! The second hour strips back every outstanding plot point to focus entirely on Thomson’s meltdown as opening night approaches. But it’s difficult to engage with Thomson’s plight: he is depthless and self-absorbed, and Iñárritu’s film isn’t half as clever as it thinks it is. Michael Bonner

In Birdman, Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomson, a veteran film actor who is eager to rebuild his reputation. Like Keaton, Thomson is largely remembered for playing a superhero 25 years ago. And, like Keaton, he has spent much of the intervening quarter of a century explaining why he abdicated from that role – in Thomson’s case, Birdman 4; Keaton, meanwhile, turned his back on Batman.

Along with Keaton, the cast includes Edward Norton and Emma Stone, both also veterans of superhero movies. Robert Downey Jr’s fee for Iron Man 3 is broached. Woody Harrelson, Michael Fassbender and Jeremy Renner are all sought by Thomson; but, alas, they are too busy with their respective billion-dollar franchises. Writer/director Alejando Iñárritu’s hall-of-mirrors film revels in such postmodernisms; indeed, at times you might be forgiven for thinking that without such referential conceits would the film even have cause to exist.

Initially, the plot is straightforward enough: it’s a backstage satire, set over a handful of days, as Thomson directs and acts in a Broadway adaptation of a Raymond Carver’s short story in a bid for artistic credibility. The first hour is essentially a Ray Cooney bedroom farce, full of rutting egos and romantic entanglements. All it lacks is for someone to accidentally drop their trousers in front a visiting vicar. Thomson’s co-star, Mike Shiner (Norton), is the epitome of strutting, Method-acting excess, he is also involved in a fraying relationship with the play’s leading lady, Leslie (Naomi Watts); even as Shiner upsets the production, Thomson learns that his girlfriend, Laura (Andrea Riseborough) – and second female lead – is pregnant, while his daughter Sam (Emma Stone) is fresh out of rehab and struggling. Gradually, strange kinks assert themselves in the narrative: moments where Thomson levitates cross-legged in mid air, or takes flight across the New York rooftops. Along the way, Iñárritu and director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki let the film appear as if unspooling in a single take. It’s a nice piece of artifice; but much like Birdman itself it is a superficial rather than substantial attraction.

The actors digs at narcissism, ambition, insecurity, the wages of celebrity and the “cultural genocide” of Hollywood verge on the indulgent. “The play is starting to feel like a deranged, deformed version of myself,” Thomson says at one point. Ha, ha, yes; we get it! The second hour strips back every outstanding plot point to focus entirely on Thomson’s meltdown as opening night approaches. But it’s difficult to engage with Thomson’s plight: he is depthless and self-absorbed, and Iñárritu’s film isn’t half as clever as it thinks it is.

Michael Bonner

The 26 Best Albums Of 2015 (Thus Far…)

John Mulvey
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The 26 Best Albums Of 2015 (Thus Far…)

A belated happy new year, everyone; I trust the new issue of Uncut, with David Bowie on the cover, is easing you into 2015 in a relatively optimistic way. Not least, of course, because there's a hefty preview of some of the next 12 months' key albums, with plenty of quotes from the artists involved; Paul Weller, New Order, Laura Marling, My Morning Jacket, Matt White, Alabama Shakes, The Pop Group, Giorgio Moroder and so on. As a complementary piece here, I've put together a playlist of 26 forthcoming albums that I've been especially enjoying. Many will be familiar to regular readers of this blog, but I've hunted down as much music that I can find to give you a taste of these mostly excellent records. I put something similar together last year, to some degree as clickbait, but I think it turned out to be pretty useful, one way or another. Apologies for the craven title. I've had to leave out a few things to respect record company embargoes, while I've included the Blake Mills album, that some of you will already have, because it doesn’t get an official UK release until February. Also the Crying Lion LP erroneously figured in my Best Albums Of 2014 list, but I got the release date wrong, so I've thrown it back into the mix for 2015. I'll try and write about as many of these as I can over the next few weeks. For a start, I've contributed 1,000 words on Natalie Prass' debut to the current Uncut. Loads of things I've forgotten, for sure; please remind me in the comments below, and also let me know what you're most anticipating in 2015. Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey 1. Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul (Lex) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-qmZ_J7WGc 2. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Just Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit (Anxiety/Marathon) 3. Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions (Drag City) 4. Crying Lion - The Golden Boat (Honest Jon's) 5. M Dwinell - Golden Ratio (Amish) 6. Elephant Micah - Where In Our Woods (Western Vinyl) 7. Duke Garwood - Heavy Love (Heavenly) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrcCGjIX6Zo 8. Rhiannon Giddens - Tomorrow Is My Turn (Nonesuch) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqwRro2G-qA 9. Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers (Thrill Jockey) 10. Liam Hayes - Slurrup (Fat Possum) 11. Houndstooth - No News From Home (No Quarter) 12. Howlin Rain - Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Co) 13. Laura Marling - Short Movie (Virgin) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCdT_dcmUI 14. Blake Mills - Heigh Ho (Verve) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58tphQWdSZY 15. Moon Duo - Shadow Of The Sun (Sacred Bones) 16. Áine O'Dwyer - Music For Church Cleaners Vol. I & II (MIE) 17. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Vs The Grim Reaper (Domino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmXIIL2tmR8 18. Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass (Spacebomb) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h50Q47W80ao 19. Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love Again (Drag City) 20. Alasdair Roberts - Alastair Roberts (Drag City) 21. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love (Sub Pop) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRNDB9VqI3Q 22. Samba Toure - Gandadiko (Glitterbeat) 23. The Unthanks - Mount The Air (Rabble Rouser) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYiMUUNu0QM 24. Ryley Walker - Primrose Green (Dead Oceans) 25. Matthew E White - Fresh Blood (Spacebomb/Domino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZryzsrF_PRw 26. Various Artists - Imaginational Anthems 7 (Tompkins Square)

A belated happy new year, everyone; I trust the new issue of Uncut, with David Bowie on the cover, is easing you into 2015 in a relatively optimistic way. Not least, of course, because there’s a hefty preview of some of the next 12 months’ key albums, with plenty of quotes from the artists involved; Paul Weller, New Order, Laura Marling, My Morning Jacket, Matt White, Alabama Shakes, The Pop Group, Giorgio Moroder and so on.

As a complementary piece here, I’ve put together a playlist of 26 forthcoming albums that I’ve been especially enjoying. Many will be familiar to regular readers of this blog, but I’ve hunted down as much music that I can find to give you a taste of these mostly excellent records. I put something similar together last year, to some degree as clickbait, but I think it turned out to be pretty useful, one way or another. Apologies for the craven title.

I’ve had to leave out a few things to respect record company embargoes, while I’ve included the Blake Mills album, that some of you will already have, because it doesn’t get an official UK release until February. Also the Crying Lion LP erroneously figured in my Best Albums Of 2014 list, but I got the release date wrong, so I’ve thrown it back into the mix for 2015. I’ll try and write about as many of these as I can over the next few weeks. For a start, I’ve contributed 1,000 words on Natalie Prass’ debut to the current Uncut.

Loads of things I’ve forgotten, for sure; please remind me in the comments below, and also let me know what you’re most anticipating in 2015.

Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey

1. Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah – Sour Soul (Lex)

2. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Just Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit (Anxiety/Marathon)

3. Sir Richard Bishop – Tangier Sessions (Drag City)

4. Crying Lion – The Golden Boat (Honest Jon’s)

5. M Dwinell – Golden Ratio (Amish)

6. Elephant Micah – Where In Our Woods (Western Vinyl)

7. Duke Garwood – Heavy Love (Heavenly)

8. Rhiannon Giddens – Tomorrow Is My Turn (Nonesuch)

9. Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers (Thrill Jockey)

10. Liam Hayes – Slurrup (Fat Possum)

11. Houndstooth – No News From Home (No Quarter)

12. Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Co)

13. Laura Marling – Short Movie (Virgin)

14. Blake Mills – Heigh Ho (Verve)

15. Moon Duo – Shadow Of The Sun (Sacred Bones)

16. Áine O’Dwyer – Music For Church Cleaners Vol. I & II (MIE)

17. Panda Bear – Panda Bear Vs The Grim Reaper (Domino)

18. Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass (Spacebomb)

19. Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again (Drag City)

20. Alasdair Roberts – Alastair Roberts (Drag City)

21. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love (Sub Pop)

22. Samba Toure – Gandadiko (Glitterbeat)

23. The Unthanks – Mount The Air (Rabble Rouser)

24. Ryley Walker – Primrose Green (Dead Oceans)

25. Matthew E White – Fresh Blood (Spacebomb/Domino)

26. Various Artists – Imaginational Anthems 7 (Tompkins Square)

Watch unseen footage of The Clash’s 1977 New Year’s concert at the Roxy

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Watch unseen footage of The Clash’s 1977 New Year’s concert at the Roxy

Band's performance filmed by Julien Temple... Footage of The Clash's 1977 New Year's concert at infamous Covent Garden venue the Roxy has surfaced for the first time. The clip, captured by filmmaker Julien Temple, has been revealed in a new BBC documentary about punk in '70s England. It also includes other archival footage including media broadcasts. The January 1 concert cemented The Clash and the Roxy venue's historic place in London's exploding punk scene. It also saw the band debut new drummer Rob Harper and a new song, "I'm So Bored With the USA". The full documentary can be watched below. Last month, an updated version of The Clash's "Rock The Casbah" featuring Ranking Roger on vocals was released to raise money for Joe Strummer's charity, Strummerville. Ranking Roger recorded an alternative version of the song in 1981 with Clash members Strummer and Mick Jones but it was never released. An EP features two versions of 'Rock The Casbah' plus 'Muscle Ska', co-composed by Neville Staple from The Specials. The five-track EP is available now through PledgeMusic and will raise funds for Strummerville, the charity set up by Strummer before his death to help aspiring young musicians. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDVIM2iBqdc

Band’s performance filmed by Julien Temple…

Footage of The Clash‘s 1977 New Year’s concert at infamous Covent Garden venue the Roxy has surfaced for the first time.

The clip, captured by filmmaker Julien Temple, has been revealed in a new BBC documentary about punk in ’70s England. It also includes other archival footage including media broadcasts.

The January 1 concert cemented The Clash and the Roxy venue’s historic place in London’s exploding punk scene. It also saw the band debut new drummer Rob Harper and a new song, “I’m So Bored With the USA”. The full documentary can be watched below.

Last month, an updated version of The Clash’s “Rock The Casbah” featuring Ranking Roger on vocals was released to raise money for Joe Strummer’s charity, Strummerville. Ranking Roger recorded an alternative version of the song in 1981 with Clash members Strummer and Mick Jones but it was never released.

An EP features two versions of ‘Rock The Casbah’ plus ‘Muscle Ska’, co-composed by Neville Staple from The Specials. The five-track EP is available now through PledgeMusic and will raise funds for Strummerville, the charity set up by Strummer before his death to help aspiring young musicians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDVIM2iBqdc

Thom Yorke may have made $20 million from downloads of Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

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Thom Yorke may have made $20 million from downloads of Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

Yorke was most legally-downloaded BitTorrent artist in 2014... Thom Yorke might have made $20 million from his solo album Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, which he released last September using new model BitTorrent Bundles. The singer charged $6 (£3.68) per record when he released the album last September on Bundles, a new product launched by BitTorrent in 2013 that allows musicians and other artists to combine free downloads with paid products. As Gigoam, BitTorrent has now revealed that Tomorrow's Modern Boxes was downloaded 4.4 million times, making Yorke the most legally-downloaded BitTorrent artist in 2014, and - presuming that everyone who downloaded the bundle paid for it - the recipient of around $20 million in profits. When the album was released, Yorke described it as "an experiment". In a press release co-authored with producer Nigel Godrich, he said: "As an experiment we are using a new version of BitTorrent to distribute a new Thom Yorke record. The new Torrent files have a pay gate to access a bundle of files. The files can be anything, but in this case is an 'album'. It’s an experiment to see if the mechanics of the system are something that the general public can get its head around. "If it works well it could be an effective way of handing some control of internet commerce back to people who are creating the work." Tomorrow's Modern Boxes was Yorke's first solo album since 2006's The Eraser. Last month, Nigel Godrich posted a picture of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood working on Radiohead's new album. Earlier, Greenwood had said the sessions for the new album were at the "fumbling stage". Asked by BBC Radio Oxford whether the band are in the studio, Greenwood said: "I’m late, they’ve all gone there now. We're currently playing and recording and it’s fun to see everyone again, it's been a long time coming, we've been waiting all of us for a long time."

Yorke was most legally-downloaded BitTorrent artist in 2014…

Thom Yorke might have made $20 million from his solo album Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, which he released last September using new model BitTorrent Bundles.

The singer charged $6 (£3.68) per record when he released the album last September on Bundles, a new product launched by BitTorrent in 2013 that allows musicians and other artists to combine free downloads with paid products.

As Gigoam, BitTorrent has now revealed that Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes was downloaded 4.4 million times, making Yorke the most legally-downloaded BitTorrent artist in 2014, and – presuming that everyone who downloaded the bundle paid for it – the recipient of around $20 million in profits.

When the album was released, Yorke described it as “an experiment”. In a press release co-authored with producer Nigel Godrich, he said: “As an experiment we are using a new version of BitTorrent to distribute a new Thom Yorke record. The new Torrent files have a pay gate to access a bundle of files. The files can be anything, but in this case is an ‘album’. It’s an experiment to see if the mechanics of the system are something that the general public can get its head around.

“If it works well it could be an effective way of handing some control of internet commerce back to people who are creating the work.”

Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes was Yorke’s first solo album since 2006’s The Eraser. Last month, Nigel Godrich posted a picture of Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood working on Radiohead’s new album. Earlier, Greenwood had said the sessions for the new album were at the “fumbling stage”.

Asked by BBC Radio Oxford whether the band are in the studio, Greenwood said: “I’m late, they’ve all gone there now. We’re currently playing and recording and it’s fun to see everyone again, it’s been a long time coming, we’ve been waiting all of us for a long time.”

The Dalai Lama rumoured for Glastonbury Festival appearance

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The Dalai Lama rumoured for Glastonbury Festival appearance

Reports suggest the religious leader will take to the Pyramid Stage on the morning of Sunday June 28... The Dalai Lama is rumoured to be talking at this summer's Glastonbury Festival. The appearance has been revealed by the Dalai Lama Centre For Compassion Oxford, who wrote that His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso will appear on Sunday morning (June 28) on the Pyramid Stage, a slot previously taken by The English National Ballet. However, representatives for Glastonbury have not confirmed the appearance. The full line-up will be announced this spring. So far the only confirmed act for the event, which will take place on Worthy Farm from June 24-28, is Lionel Richie who will perform on Sunday afternoon. Richie will perform on the final day of the event, following Dolly Parton who drew one of the biggest Glastonbury audiences of all time when she appeared in the same slot at last year's festival. Other artists who have played the same slot over the years include Kenny Rogers, Leonard Cohen, Brian Wilson and Paul Simon. "I'm really excited to play Glastonbury... as it's one of the most iconic festivals in the world," said Richie. "It has a phenomenal history and the alumni of artists who have previously played is incredible so I'm honoured to be joining that club. It will be a really special moment for me and I can't wait to share it with everyone."

Reports suggest the religious leader will take to the Pyramid Stage on the morning of Sunday June 28…

The Dalai Lama is rumoured to be talking at this summer’s Glastonbury Festival.

The appearance has been revealed by the Dalai Lama Centre For Compassion Oxford, who wrote that His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso will appear on Sunday morning (June 28) on the Pyramid Stage, a slot previously taken by The English National Ballet. However, representatives for Glastonbury have not confirmed the appearance. The full line-up will be announced this spring.

So far the only confirmed act for the event, which will take place on Worthy Farm from June 24-28, is Lionel Richie who will perform on Sunday afternoon. Richie will perform on the final day of the event, following Dolly Parton who drew one of the biggest Glastonbury audiences of all time when she appeared in the same slot at last year’s festival. Other artists who have played the same slot over the years include Kenny Rogers, Leonard Cohen, Brian Wilson and Paul Simon.

“I’m really excited to play Glastonbury… as it’s one of the most iconic festivals in the world,” said Richie. “It has a phenomenal history and the alumni of artists who have previously played is incredible so I’m honoured to be joining that club. It will be a really special moment for me and I can’t wait to share it with everyone.”

Nick Cave launches official skateboard

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Nick Cave launches official skateboard

The 'board is inspired by the song, "Nature Boy"... Nick Cave has launched his own official skateboard. According to Stereogum, Cave has teamed up with Australian skateboarding company Fast Times to produce the limited edition skateboard. The boards are available to buy from Fast Times' website priced AU$99.95. Fast Times say: "True legend of Australian music, Good friend and Customer Nick Cave has teamed up with us to produce an exciting and rad collection! After discussing lyrics and a theme, It was agreed Nature Boy best suited the Melbourne Skate Scene and vibe of Fast Times. The Lyrics are taken from ‘Nature Boy’ A track from’s Nick’s ‘Abattoir Blues’ Album which also features on the accompanying Fast Times Skate clip. "Once the mood was set Artist Chuck Sperry hailing from San Francisco worked with us to come up with a design, One of Chuck’s dames is seen tangled in her long golden locks wrapped in a psychedelic bed of flowers. The Boards feature a full wrap metallic graphic which feels and looks like an amazing piece of art." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzETSyDzeTc

The ‘board is inspired by the song, “Nature Boy”…

Nick Cave has launched his own official skateboard.

According to Stereogum, Cave has teamed up with Australian skateboarding company Fast Times to produce the limited edition skateboard.

The boards are available to buy from Fast Times’ website priced AU$99.95.

Fast Times say: “True legend of Australian music, Good friend and Customer Nick Cave has teamed up with us to produce an exciting and rad collection! After discussing lyrics and a theme, It was agreed Nature Boy best suited the Melbourne Skate Scene and vibe of Fast Times. The Lyrics are taken from ‘Nature Boy’ A track from’s Nick’s ‘Abattoir Blues’ Album which also features on the accompanying Fast Times Skate clip.

“Once the mood was set Artist Chuck Sperry hailing from San Francisco worked with us to come up with a design, One of Chuck’s dames is seen tangled in her long golden locks wrapped in a psychedelic bed of flowers. The Boards feature a full wrap metallic graphic which feels and looks like an amazing piece of art.”

Elvis Presley’s private planes to be auctioned

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Elvis Presley’s private planes to be auctioned

The items will be sold in the States early this year... Elvis Presley's private planes are to be sold at auction early this year. Beverly Hills-based auction house Julien's Auctions is selling Presley's Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II planes, both of which have been displayed at Graceland for over 30 years. The interiors of both aircraft have been preserved over the years but are for display only, meaning their eventual new owners will not be able to fly them, reports Rolling Stone. Sealed bids are being accepted until February 2. Elsewhere, New York's Lelands are hosting the sale of a suede vest which was worn by Janis Joplin, along with other memorabilia including a signed book, coin belt and ticket stubs. The vest was reportedly gifted by Joplin to then-14-year-old fan Jennifer Alexander, 10 months before the singer's death. It will be auctioned on January 15 and is expected to sell for at least £1957 ($3000). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6rwsoWYNIk

The items will be sold in the States early this year…

Elvis Presley‘s private planes are to be sold at auction early this year.

Beverly Hills-based auction house Julien’s Auctions is selling Presley’s Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II planes, both of which have been displayed at Graceland for over 30 years.

The interiors of both aircraft have been preserved over the years but are for display only, meaning their eventual new owners will not be able to fly them, reports Rolling Stone. Sealed bids are being accepted until February 2.

Elsewhere, New York’s Lelands are hosting the sale of a suede vest which was worn by Janis Joplin, along with other memorabilia including a signed book, coin belt and ticket stubs.

The vest was reportedly gifted by Joplin to then-14-year-old fan Jennifer Alexander, 10 months before the singer’s death. It will be auctioned on January 15 and is expected to sell for at least £1957 ($3000).

President Obama visits Eddie Vedder in Hawaii

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President Obama visits Eddie Vedder in Hawaii

The visit lasted for less than 30 minutes... The president of the USA reportedly concluded his winter break by visiting Eddie Vedder in Hawaii. According to a report by Associated Press, Obama took his daughters, Sasha and Malia, to visit with Vedder and his family in Kailua, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The Obamas spent a two-week holiday in a vacation home nearby. The Obamas and Vedder's family reportedly spent around 20 minutes together on Saturday (January 3). In 2012, Vedder helped raise $1.7million at a fundraiser for Obama's re-election campaign. The singer performed two Pearl Jam Songs, "Rise" and "Without You", plus covers of James Taylor's "Millworker" and Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World", at a $20,000 ticket event, and spoke to the crowd about how he was able to achieve his dream of being a musician.

The visit lasted for less than 30 minutes…

The president of the USA reportedly concluded his winter break by visiting Eddie Vedder in Hawaii.

According to a report by Associated Press, Obama took his daughters, Sasha and Malia, to visit with Vedder and his family in Kailua, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The Obamas spent a two-week holiday in a vacation home nearby.

The Obamas and Vedder’s family reportedly spent around 20 minutes together on Saturday (January 3).

In 2012, Vedder helped raise $1.7million at a fundraiser for Obama’s re-election campaign. The singer performed two Pearl Jam Songs, “Rise” and “Without You”, plus covers of James Taylor’s “Millworker” and Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World”, at a $20,000 ticket event, and spoke to the crowd about how he was able to achieve his dream of being a musician.

PJ Harvey collaborator says public album recording is “very much a lottery”

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PJ Harvey collaborator says public album recording is “very much a lottery”

Artangel co-director Michael Morris promises Somerset House event will be "warts and all"... Fans attending the public recording sessions for PJ Harvey's new album have been warned that the process is a "lottery" and they may spend their allotted time watching something as inconsequential as a bass guitar being tuned up. As revealed last week, Harvey will open up the recording sessions for her ninth album to fans. Members of the public will be able to watch in 45-minute windows as she and her band record the album at Somerset House in London. The project, titled Recording In Progress, has been conceived by Harvey alongside collaborators Artangel. Michael Morris, the co-director of Artangel, confirmed to the Guardian that they had been working with Harvey for more than a year on a project. He said: "Polly's approach to songwriting and making films is very much like that of a visual artist and we got talking about how the process of making a record could be displayed rather like an exhibition and what that might feel like." "It will be warts and all," Morris added. "There will be some visitors who experience longueurs, the tuning-up of a bass guitar, the integration of a horn section. There will others there when she happens to run through a couple of songs from start to finish. It is very much a lottery." "We have deliberately avoided using the word performance because we don’t want to build up the wrong expectations. The truth is none of us really know what it will be like. Polly doesn’t know. We don’t know. We think we have an idea but I suspect we’ll be surprised when it unfolds. It is uncategorisable." The exhibition runs from January 16 to February 14. Tickets have already sold out. The album will be Harvey's first since Let England Shake, which was released in 2011. She is also working on her first poetry book, The Hollow Of The Hand, which is due out this autumn.

Artangel co-director Michael Morris promises Somerset House event will be “warts and all”…

Fans attending the public recording sessions for PJ Harvey‘s new album have been warned that the process is a “lottery” and they may spend their allotted time watching something as inconsequential as a bass guitar being tuned up.

As revealed last week, Harvey will open up the recording sessions for her ninth album to fans. Members of the public will be able to watch in 45-minute windows as she and her band record the album at Somerset House in London. The project, titled Recording In Progress, has been conceived by Harvey alongside collaborators Artangel.

Michael Morris, the co-director of Artangel, confirmed to the Guardian that they had been working with Harvey for more than a year on a project.

He said: “Polly’s approach to songwriting and making films is very much like that of a visual artist and we got talking about how the process of making a record could be displayed rather like an exhibition and what that might feel like.”

“It will be warts and all,” Morris added. “There will be some visitors who experience longueurs, the tuning-up of a bass guitar, the integration of a horn section. There will others there when she happens to run through a couple of songs from start to finish. It is very much a lottery.”

“We have deliberately avoided using the word performance because we don’t want to build up the wrong expectations. The truth is none of us really know what it will be like. Polly doesn’t know. We don’t know. We think we have an idea but I suspect we’ll be surprised when it unfolds. It is uncategorisable.”

The exhibition runs from January 16 to February 14. Tickets have already sold out.

The album will be Harvey’s first since Let England Shake, which was released in 2011. She is also working on her first poetry book, The Hollow Of The Hand, which is due out this autumn.

Lindsey Buckingham says Fleetwood Mac are entering their “last act”

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Lindsey Buckingham says Fleetwood Mac are entering their “last act”

Band will tour Britain and headline Isle of Wight festival later this year... Lindsey Buckingham has hinted that Fleetwood Mac may be heading into their final years as a band, describing their forthcoming world tour as the "last act" for the group. Buckingham, who appears in the band alongside Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood, cast doubt on the long-term future of Fleetwood Mac in a new interview with the US TV channel PBS (via The Guardian). Discussing the possibility of hearing new music from the band, as well as their live plans, Buckingham said: "We're going to continue working on the new album, and the solo stuff will take a back seat for a year or two. A beautiful way to wrap up this last act." The hopes of new music have been boosted by Christine McVie's return to the band for the first time since 1997. "She gave me a bunch of stuff to take home," Buckingham told PBS. "I worked on it, came back, and she loved it. We went into the studio and came out with the best songs we’ve co-written in years. Christine really fills the gap of the polarity that might exist otherwise, and helps things breathe." Fleetwood Mac tour Britain later this year and will also headline The Isle Of Wight Festival in June. That date will be their only UK festival appearance of 2015. Drummer Mick Fleetwood recently denied that Fleetwood Mac will be appearing at Glastonbury in 2015. Fleetwood Mac will play: London O2 Arena (May 27, 28, June 22, 24, 26, 27) Birmingham Genting Arena (June 8, 9, July 4) Manchester Arena (June 12, July 1) Glasgow SSE Hydro (June 16, 17, July 8) Dublin 3Arena (June 20) Leeds First Direct Arena (June 30, July 5)

Band will tour Britain and headline Isle of Wight festival later this year…

Lindsey Buckingham has hinted that Fleetwood Mac may be heading into their final years as a band, describing their forthcoming world tour as the “last act” for the group.

Buckingham, who appears in the band alongside Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood, cast doubt on the long-term future of Fleetwood Mac in a new interview with the US TV channel PBS (via The Guardian).

Discussing the possibility of hearing new music from the band, as well as their live plans, Buckingham said: “We’re going to continue working on the new album, and the solo stuff will take a back seat for a year or two. A beautiful way to wrap up this last act.”

The hopes of new music have been boosted by Christine McVie‘s return to the band for the first time since 1997.

“She gave me a bunch of stuff to take home,” Buckingham told PBS. “I worked on it, came back, and she loved it. We went into the studio and came out with the best songs we’ve co-written in years. Christine really fills the gap of the polarity that might exist otherwise, and helps things breathe.”

Fleetwood Mac tour Britain later this year and will also headline The Isle Of Wight Festival in June. That date will be their only UK festival appearance of 2015. Drummer Mick Fleetwood recently denied that Fleetwood Mac will be appearing at Glastonbury in 2015.

Fleetwood Mac will play:

London O2 Arena (May 27, 28, June 22, 24, 26, 27)

Birmingham Genting Arena (June 8, 9, July 4)

Manchester Arena (June 12, July 1)

Glasgow SSE Hydro (June 16, 17, July 8)

Dublin 3Arena (June 20)

Leeds First Direct Arena (June 30, July 5)

PJ Harvey to record new album as a public art exhibition

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PJ Harvey to record new album as a public art exhibition
PJ Harvey is to record her next album as part of a public art exhibition at London's Somerset House. She will work on the album with her band behind one-way-mirrored glass. The project, called Recording In Progress, will take place from January 16 to February 14. The project will be staged in a bo...

PJ Harvey is to record her next album as part of a public art exhibition at London’s Somerset House.

She will work on the album with her band behind one-way-mirrored glass. The project, called Recording In Progress, will take place from January 16 to February 14.

The project will be staged in a box in a recently opened wing of the venue and has been described as “a mutating, multidimensional sound sculpture”.

According to a statement on the Somerset House website, “Recording in Progress is a project conceived by PJ Harvey, in collaboration with Artangel and Somerset House, for the Inland Revenue’s former staff gymnasium and rifle range in the recently opened New Wing at Somerset House.

“Harvey has chosen to record her ninth album inside an architectural installation designed by Somerset House-based Something & Son. The structure, a recording studio in the form of an enclosed box, has one-way glazing, displaying PJ Harvey, her band, producers and engineers as a mutating, multi-dimensional sound sculpture.

“Visitors experience exactly what is happening at a particular moment in the studio, as Harvey and musicians, together with her longstanding producers Flood and John Parish, go through the creative process of recording an album of songs.”

You can find more details here.

Michael Stipe plays plays surprise debut solo gig in New York – watch

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Michael Stipe plays plays surprise debut solo gig in New York – watch

Stipe played six-song set as support to Patti Smith... Michael Stipe played a surprise solo show in New York on December 29, for his first concert since REM split in 2011. Stipe was the unannounced support act for his friend Patti Smith’s show at the city’s Webster Hall venue. Backed by two musicians during his six-song set, Stipe played keyboards – an instrument he rarely played live at REM’s concerts. The show featured REM obscurities "New Test Leper" from 1996’s album New Adventures In Hi-Fi and "Saturn Return" from 2001’s Reveal, plus four covers – Vic Chesnutt’s "Lucinda Williams"; Patti Smith’s 1996 song "Wing"; Frank Sinatra’s standard "New York, New York" and Perfume Genius’ 2012 single "Hood". Fan footage of Stipe singing ‘New York, New York’ can be seen below. Stipe has previously remained coy over his plans to return to music and has implied he’d rather stick to his work in photography and visual art than attempt a solo career, saying a solo album would "most likely be watered-down REM". But in an interview with US TV channel CBS’ show ‘This Morning’ earlier this month (December 14), Stipe said: “I think I will sing again. Not soon, maybe. I don’t know.” You can read the story behind the making of REM's classic breakthrough single "The One I Love" in the new issue of Uncut: in shops now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lsMJzJ7t6A

Stipe played six-song set as support to Patti Smith…

Michael Stipe played a surprise solo show in New York on December 29, for his first concert since REM split in 2011.

Stipe was the unannounced support act for his friend Patti Smith’s show at the city’s Webster Hall venue. Backed by two musicians during his six-song set, Stipe played keyboards – an instrument he rarely played live at REM’s concerts.

The show featured REM obscurities “New Test Leper” from 1996’s album New Adventures In Hi-Fi and “Saturn Return” from 2001’s Reveal, plus four covers – Vic Chesnutt’s “Lucinda Williams”; Patti Smith’s 1996 song “Wing”; Frank Sinatra’s standard “New York, New York” and Perfume Genius’ 2012 single “Hood”. Fan footage of Stipe singing ‘New York, New York’ can be seen below.

Stipe has previously remained coy over his plans to return to music and has implied he’d rather stick to his work in photography and visual art than attempt a solo career, saying a solo album would “most likely be watered-down REM“. But in an interview with US TV channel CBS’ show ‘This Morning’ earlier this month (December 14), Stipe said: “I think I will sing again. Not soon, maybe. I don’t know.”

You can read the story behind the making of REM’s classic breakthrough single “The One I Love” in the new issue of Uncut: in shops now

Watch Sharon Van Etten and Deer Tick cover Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day”

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Watch Sharon Van Etten and Deer Tick cover Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day”

The singer will tour the UK and Ireland in April... Sharon Van Etten has covered Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" onstage with Deer Tick. The singer joined the folk band at one of their recent 10th anniversary shows at New York's Brooklyn Bowl venue, where the band are playing a six night residency, covering a different record at each gig with guest performers. They will play a fan-request covers set tonight (December 31). On Saturday (December 27) they played Lou Reed's Transformer in its entirely, playing "Perfect Day" with Van Etten and 'I'm So Free' with Titus Andronicus' Patrick Stickles. Click above to watch crowd-shot footage of 'Perfect Day', here Spin. Sharon Van Etten will play a run of UK and Ireland dates in April, in support of the release of her latest album, 2014's Are We There. Sharon Van Etten plays: Bristol Trinity Centre (April 21) Dublin Whelan's (23) Leeds Brudenell Social Club (25) Leeds Brudenell Social Club (26) London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (29) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9MzLkPE-g

The singer will tour the UK and Ireland in April…

Sharon Van Etten has covered Lou Reed‘s “Perfect Day” onstage with Deer Tick.

The singer joined the folk band at one of their recent 10th anniversary shows at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl venue, where the band are playing a six night residency, covering a different record at each gig with guest performers. They will play a fan-request covers set tonight (December 31).

On Saturday (December 27) they played Lou Reed’s Transformer in its entirely, playing “Perfect Day” with Van Etten and ‘I’m So Free’ with Titus Andronicus’ Patrick Stickles. Click above to watch crowd-shot footage of ‘Perfect Day’, here Spin.

Sharon Van Etten will play a run of UK and Ireland dates in April, in support of the release of her latest album, 2014’s Are We There.

Sharon Van Etten plays:

Bristol Trinity Centre (April 21)

Dublin Whelan’s (23)

Leeds Brudenell Social Club (25)

Leeds Brudenell Social Club (26)

London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (29)

Dolly Parton’s theme park sued over ride injury

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Dolly Parton’s theme park sued over ride injury

Visitor claims to have suffered brain injury after incident on Dollywood's Waltzing Swinger... Dollywood, the theme park co-owned by Dolly Parton, is being sued by a visitor who claims to have suffered brain injury after an incident on one of the park's rides. Tedi A Brown from Florida was injured after an incident on the Waltzing Swinger in the Tennessee theme park in December 2013, according to the lawsuit filed by her solicitors. It states her headfirst fall from the ride was caused by a mix of sleet and rain that made the ride "dangerously slick", adding there was a lack of adequate safety measures. Brown, who has five children, is said to have been left with permanent impairments and disabilities as a result of the fall. The defendants in the suit are Herschend Family Entertainment Corp, and Dolly Parton Productions who co-own the park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Dollywood spokesperson Pete Owens said in a statement: "Out of respect for the process and as a matter of practice, Dollywood does not comment on pending litigation. We look forward to this issue being resolved and anticipate commenting at that time." The Waltzing Swinger is a revolving ride with individual seats ascending 25 feet into the air and tilting outward. The suit claims the swinging chairs lacked locking mechanisms to restrain riders, meaning the lap bars could be easily raised and the rider becoming unrestrained. Brown's solicitors added when the ride is completed, the chairs come to a stop about 10 feet above the ground. It was at this point Brown thought the ride was over and lifted her lap bar to exit her seat, lost her grip on the lap bar due to the slick conditions and fell headfirst onto the pavement. She also suffered spine and neck injuries, torn ligaments and a broken jaw, the suit said. The Browns are seeking $475,000 (£304,000) in damages, along with court and discretionary costs. The amount of damages sought by the plaintiffs could change depending on follow-up medical reviews on Tedi Brown's condition, said her attorney Darren Berg.

Visitor claims to have suffered brain injury after incident on Dollywood’s Waltzing Swinger…

Dollywood, the theme park co-owned by Dolly Parton, is being sued by a visitor who claims to have suffered brain injury after an incident on one of the park’s rides.

Tedi A Brown from Florida was injured after an incident on the Waltzing Swinger in the Tennessee theme park in December 2013, according to the lawsuit filed by her solicitors. It states her headfirst fall from the ride was caused by a mix of sleet and rain that made the ride “dangerously slick”, adding there was a lack of adequate safety measures.

Brown, who has five children, is said to have been left with permanent impairments and disabilities as a result of the fall. The defendants in the suit are Herschend Family Entertainment Corp, and Dolly Parton Productions who co-own the park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Dollywood spokesperson Pete Owens said in a statement: “Out of respect for the process and as a matter of practice, Dollywood does not comment on pending litigation. We look forward to this issue being resolved and anticipate commenting at that time.”

The Waltzing Swinger is a revolving ride with individual seats ascending 25 feet into the air and tilting outward. The suit claims the swinging chairs lacked locking mechanisms to restrain riders, meaning the lap bars could be easily raised and the rider becoming unrestrained. Brown’s solicitors added when the ride is completed, the chairs come to a stop about 10 feet above the ground. It was at this point Brown thought the ride was over and lifted her lap bar to exit her seat, lost her grip on the lap bar due to the slick conditions and fell headfirst onto the pavement. She also suffered spine and neck injuries, torn ligaments and a broken jaw, the suit said.

The Browns are seeking $475,000 (£304,000) in damages, along with court and discretionary costs. The amount of damages sought by the plaintiffs could change depending on follow-up medical reviews on Tedi Brown’s condition, said her attorney Darren Berg.

Revealed! The 10 best-selling vinyl albums of 2014

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Revealed! The 10 best-selling vinyl albums of 2014

UK vinyl sales top 1.3 million for the first time since 1995... Vinyl sales in the UK topped 1.3 million for the first time since 1995. Figures released by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the trade association for the UK record industry, show that while vinyl is still a niche format, accounting for just two per cent of the total UK music market, sales continue to grow, hitting the million mark for the first time since Britpop's height in 1996 back in November, and were boosted even further by the Christmas market. The biggest-selling album of the year on the format was Pink Floyd's The Endless River, their first album in 20 years and also the fastest-selling vinyl album of the year. Arctic Monkeys' AM was in second place, and Royal Blood's self-titled debut in third. The decline of CD sales, meanwhile, slowed too, and even though 2014 sales of the format were down 7.9 per cent on the previous year's figures, 55.7 million CDs were sold in the UK last year. Together, CD and vinyl account for 49 per cent of albums sold in 2014. Over in the US, vinyl sales were at their highest since Nielsen began tracking figures in 1991, the seventh consecutive year that's happened, with vinyl now accounting for 3.6 per cent of all albums sold there. The biggest-selling vinyl album of the year, Jack White's 'Lazaretto', sold more than 87,000 copies. For comparison, the US's biggest-selling vinyl album of 2013 was Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories', which sold around 49,000 copies. The UK's top 10 best-selling vinyl albums of 2014 were: 1. Pink Floyd – 'The Endless River' 2. Arctic Monkeys – 'AM' 3. Royal Blood – 'Royal Blood' 4. Oasis – 'Definitely Maybe' 5. Pink Floyd – 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' 6. Jack White – 'Lazaretto' 7. The Stone Roses – 'The Stone Roses' 8. Foo Fighters – 'Sonic Highways' 9. Led Zeppelin – 'Led Zeppelin' 10. Oasis – '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'

UK vinyl sales top 1.3 million for the first time since 1995…

Vinyl sales in the UK topped 1.3 million for the first time since 1995.

Figures released by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the trade association for the UK record industry, show that while vinyl is still a niche format, accounting for just two per cent of the total UK music market, sales continue to grow, hitting the million mark for the first time since Britpop’s height in 1996 back in November, and were boosted even further by the Christmas market.

The biggest-selling album of the year on the format was Pink Floyd‘s The Endless River, their first album in 20 years and also the fastest-selling vinyl album of the year. Arctic Monkeys‘ AM was in second place, and Royal Blood’s self-titled debut in third.

The decline of CD sales, meanwhile, slowed too, and even though 2014 sales of the format were down 7.9 per cent on the previous year’s figures, 55.7 million CDs were sold in the UK last year. Together, CD and vinyl account for 49 per cent of albums sold in 2014.

Over in the US, vinyl sales were at their highest since Nielsen began tracking figures in 1991, the seventh consecutive year that’s happened, with vinyl now accounting for 3.6 per cent of all albums sold there. The biggest-selling vinyl album of the year, Jack White’s ‘Lazaretto’, sold more than 87,000 copies. For comparison, the US’s biggest-selling vinyl album of 2013 was Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’, which sold around 49,000 copies.

The UK’s top 10 best-selling vinyl albums of 2014 were:

1. Pink Floyd – ‘The Endless River’

2. Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’

3. Royal Blood – ‘Royal Blood’

4. Oasis – ‘Definitely Maybe’

5. Pink Floyd – ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’

6. Jack White – ‘Lazaretto’

7. The Stone Roses – ‘The Stone Roses’

8. Foo Fighters – ‘Sonic Highways’

9. Led Zeppelin – ‘Led Zeppelin’

10. Oasis – ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’

Ringo Starr to release new studio album

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Ringo Starr to release new studio album

It's his 18th solo album... Ringo Starr has revealed he is to release a new album in 2015. Starr made the announcement via YouTube. Scroll down to watch. "I’ve finished my record, mixed the record and, next year, it will be out on Universal Records," said Starr before hinting that he may tour with his All-Starr Band this February and March. The album will be the 74-year-old's 18th studio LP and first since Ringo 2012. The title for this latest record has yet to be revealed. In an interview with NME in September, Starr asserted his belief that the rock genre will never disappear, and that bands will always "come through in the end". "The saving grace for me – I have to admit I'm not a big fan of the boybands dancing and that stuff – but the thing that saves me is there's always bands out there,” he added. “There's always bands playing somewhere, and they come through in the end." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMW0gvBJBz0

It’s his 18th solo album…

Ringo Starr has revealed he is to release a new album in 2015.

Starr made the announcement via YouTube. Scroll down to watch.

“I’ve finished my record, mixed the record and, next year, it will be out on Universal Records,” said Starr before hinting that he may tour with his All-Starr Band this February and March.

The album will be the 74-year-old’s 18th studio LP and first since Ringo 2012. The title for this latest record has yet to be revealed.

In an interview with NME in September, Starr asserted his belief that the rock genre will never disappear, and that bands will always “come through in the end”.

“The saving grace for me – I have to admit I’m not a big fan of the boybands dancing and that stuff – but the thing that saves me is there’s always bands out there,” he added. “There’s always bands playing somewhere, and they come through in the end.”

Laura Marling: “I’ve managed to resist the EDM on my new album”

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Laura Marling has gone electric on her new album, she tells Uncut in the new issue, out now. Marling’s Short Movie, her fifth album, is set to be released on March 23. “I wrote the record on electric guitar,” she tells Uncut, “but I play electric like I do acoustic. It’s not gonna be g...

Laura Marling has gone electric on her new album, she tells Uncut in the new issue, out now.

Marling’s Short Movie, her fifth album, is set to be released on March 23.

“I wrote the record on electric guitar,” she tells Uncut, “but I play electric like I do acoustic. It’s not gonna be groundbreaking. I’ve managed to resist the EDM!

“I think a lot of this record is about feeling – not consciously, but in retrospect – desperately lost in translation [living in Los Angeles]. I had an old mentor, an American chap, who kept saying to me, ‘It’s a short movie, man’, which I thought was quite funny, so there are lots of Americanisms like that in it.”

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REM’s Peter Buck: “I always assumed we would never have a hit”

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REM’s Peter Buck: “I always assumed we would never have a hit”
REM reveal how they wrote and recorded their 1987 breakthrough track “The One I Love” in the new issue of Uncut, dated February 2015 and out now. Guitarist Peter Buck, who wrote the riff for the song, which even featured his first proper guitar solo, didn’t even think the single would be a ...

REM reveal how they wrote and recorded their 1987 breakthrough track “The One I Love” in the new issue of Uncut, dated February 2015 and out now.

Guitarist Peter Buck, who wrote the riff for the song, which even featured his first proper guitar solo, didn’t even think the single would be a success at the time.

“I just always assumed that we would never actually have a real hit single,” confides Buck. “We would write these songs and record them and go, ‘Well, you know, I like it…’

“You know Prince could walk in and cut a single, knowing it would be a hit? I never felt like that, we just write a bunch of songs and if one of them is popular, great, but I don’t really know how or why. ‘The One I Love’ fits perfectly on the record [Document], but I never saw it as a hit single.”

The new issue of Uncut is out now.

David Bowie – the inside story of Young Americans is told by its key players in the new Uncut

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David Bowie – the inside story of Young Americans is told by its key players in the new Uncut

The full story of David Bowie’s Young Americans is told in all-new interviews in the new issue of Uncut, dated February 2015 and out now. Musicians including Carlos Alomar, Andy Newmark, Earl Slick, Geoff MacCormack, Ava Cherry, David Sanborn and Mike Garson recall how Lulu, Luther Vandross and 10 days of “freaky soul” in Philadelphia helped Bowie lay the groundwork for a whole new direction. “He was on rare form,” Mike Garson remembers. “He was weird then, but the good music always sticks. He would have created that music with or without drugs. It just so happened he was on drugs.” “I think that at the moment of Young Americans,” says Carlos Alomar, “theatrics were not necessary. I think it was, ‘I’m looking for the soul of Bowie on this record, I don’t need theatrics, I don’t need a mask. I am able to say what I want, say who I am and be who I am.’” The new issue of Uncut is out now.

The full story of David Bowie’s Young Americans is told in all-new interviews in the new issue of Uncut, dated February 2015 and out now.

Musicians including Carlos Alomar, Andy Newmark, Earl Slick, Geoff MacCormack, Ava Cherry, David Sanborn and Mike Garson recall how Lulu, Luther Vandross and 10 days of “freaky soul” in Philadelphia helped Bowie lay the groundwork for a whole new direction.

“He was on rare form,” Mike Garson remembers. “He was weird then, but the good music always sticks. He would have created that music with or without drugs. It just so happened he was on drugs.”

“I think that at the moment of Young Americans,” says Carlos Alomar, “theatrics were not necessary. I think it was, ‘I’m looking for the soul of Bowie on this record, I don’t need theatrics, I don’t need a mask. I am able to say what I want, say who I am and be who I am.’”

The new issue of Uncut is out now.

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