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The first four minutes of new Elliott Smith film Heaven Adores You have been revealed online. Scroll down to watch them. The film is the first full-length documentary with access to Smith's close circle of friends and was funded by a Kickstarter campaign. The clip shows Smith in a 1998 interview discussing his performance at the Academy Awards that year, where he was nominated for his musical contribution to Good Will Hunting. "I mostly only know things are different because people ask me different questions," he says, "but I don't feel like things are very changed. I do the same things that I did before. I think about the same things." Speaking to NME earlier this year, Kevin Moyer, an old schoolfriend of Smith's who worked on the film with director Nickolas Rossi, explains around half of the songs in the film will be new to fans. "I'm one of the few people who have been able to look into both the Universal and Kill Rock Star vaults," he explains. "Elliott's masters are split between two labels. It was fun to be able to get in there and listen to songs and try to get some of that music that had never been heard out there and into the fans' ears." Moyer estimates that between 15-20 of the 35 songs used in part in the film will be new to fans, with tracks spanning the length of his career. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLVUMSGExGk

The first four minutes of new Elliott Smith film Heaven Adores You have been revealed online. Scroll down to watch them.

The film is the first full-length documentary with access to Smith’s close circle of friends and was funded by a Kickstarter campaign.

The clip shows Smith in a 1998 interview discussing his performance at the Academy Awards that year, where he was nominated for his musical contribution to Good Will Hunting. “I mostly only know things are different because people ask me different questions,” he says, “but I don’t feel like things are very changed. I do the same things that I did before. I think about the same things.”

Speaking to NME earlier this year, Kevin Moyer, an old schoolfriend of Smith’s who worked on the film with director Nickolas Rossi, explains around half of the songs in the film will be new to fans.

“I’m one of the few people who have been able to look into both the Universal and Kill Rock Star vaults,” he explains. “Elliott’s masters are split between two labels. It was fun to be able to get in there and listen to songs and try to get some of that music that had never been heard out there and into the fans’ ears.”

Moyer estimates that between 15-20 of the 35 songs used in part in the film will be new to fans, with tracks spanning the length of his career.

Watch trailer for CSNY 1974 box set

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CSNY have released a promotional trailer for the forthcoming CSNY 1974 box set. The clip contains a montage of clips from the box set and is narrated by Graham Nash, who compiled the project. Nash explains, "This box set mirrors the electric, acoustic, electric format that we followed each night o...

CSNY have released a promotional trailer for the forthcoming CSNY 1974 box set.

The clip contains a montage of clips from the box set and is narrated by Graham Nash, who compiled the project.

Nash explains, “This box set mirrors the electric, acoustic, electric format that we followed each night on stage, featuring some of our best performances from the tour.”

CSNY 1974 will be released on July 7 in the UK and Europe.

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

Here is a complete list of the formats the box set will be released in:

CSNY 1974 (3CD & Bonus DVD) – Boxed set with 40 audio tracks on 3 CDs, a bonus DVD of 8 previously unreleased, restored archival video performances & a 188-page booklet

CSNY 1974 (Pure Audio Blu-Ray & Bonus DVD) – 40 high-resolution 192kHz/24-bit audio tracks on a Pure Audio Blu-Ray disc, plus the bonus DVD & a 188-page booklet

CSNY 1974 (Digital) – All audio tracks will be available for download.

CSNY 1974 (Single CD)– 16 tracks, electric and acoustic, selected from the collection

CSNY 1974 (Starbucks Exclusive — US & Canada) – 12 acoustic/semi-acoustic tracks on a single CD, plus full album digital download.

CSNY 1974 (Deluxe Limited Edition Boxed Set) — Individually numbered edition of 1,000 copies, available exclusively through CSNY.

Housed in custom wood box featuring:

– All 40 tracks on six 180-gram 12″ vinyl records, housed in hardbound LP folio case.

– 40 high-quality audio tracks on a Pure Audio Blu-Ray disc

– Digital download of full 40 tracks.

– Bonus DVD

– Coffee Table size book of never before seen photos from the 1974 tour.

The complete track listing for CSNY 1974 is:

3CD/ Bonus DVD or Pure Audio Blu-Ray / Bonus DVD

Disc One – First Set

1. “Love The One You’re With”

2. “Wooden Ships”

3. “Immigration Man”

4. “Helpless”

5. “Carry Me”

6. “Johnny’s Garden”

7. “Traces”

8. “Grave Concern”

9. “On The Beach”

10. “Black Queen”

11. “Almost Cut My Hair”

Disc Two – Second Set

1. “Change Partners”

2. “The Lee Shore”

3. “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”

4. “Our House”

5. “Fieldworker”

6. “Guinevere”

7. “Time After Time”

8. “Prison Song”

9. “Long May You Run”

10. “Goodbye Dick”

11. “Mellow My Mind”

12. “Old Man”

13. “Word Game”

14. “Myth Of Sisyphus”

15. “Blackbird”

16. “Love Art Blues”

17. “Hawaiian Sunrise”

18. “Teach Your Children”

19. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”

Disc Three – Third Set

1. “Déjà Vu”

2. “My Angel”

3. “Pre-Road Downs”

4. “Don’t Be Denied”

5. “Revolution Blues”

6. “Military Madness”

7. “Long Time Gone”

8. “Pushed It Over The End”

9. “Chicago”

10.”Ohio”

Bonus DVD

1. “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”

2. “Almost Cut My Hair”

3. “Grave Concern”

4. “Old Man”

5. “Johnny’s Garden”

6. “Our House”

7. “Déjà Vu”

8. “Pushed It Over The End”

Single CD Track Listing

1. “Love The One You’re With”

2. “Wooden Ships”

3. “Immigration Man”

4. “Helpless”

5. “Johnny’s Garden”

6. “The Lee Shore”

7. “Change Partners”

8. “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”

9. “Our House”

10. “Guinevere”

11. “Old Man”

12. “Teach Your Children”

13. “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”

14. “Long Time Gone”

15. “Chicago”

16. “Ohio”

Bruce Springsteen – A Musicares Tribute

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Bruce Springsteen – A Musicares Tribute

The good, the bad and the ugly pay tribute to a mighty catalogue as The Boss looks on... Musicares is the charitable wing of Grammy-distributors the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Since 1991, they’ve anointed some or other member of the rock aristocracy as their Person Of The Year. Springsteen’s number was bound to come up eventually, and in 2013, it did. This was commemorated with an all-star concert in front of some hangarful of black-tie or ballgown-clad invitees, or as host Jon Stewart puts it, “A two-and-a-half hour extravaganza celebration of Bruce Springsteen’s music – or as he would call that, tuning up.” The reality is an inevitably uneven procession of artists taking turns with Springsteen’s mighty catalogue in the daunting presence of Springsteen himself, as well as assorted distinguished Hollywood cocktail-slurpers nodding along. In general, it bears approximately the same relation to one of Springsteen’s own shows as a guided tour of a museum does to a bar crawl. It must have been very difficult for him not to contemplate the event as a preview of his own funeral. It starts promisingly enough. Alabama Shakes, one of few acts on the bill who treat the material like it’s rock’n’roll songs, rather than Ming vases, unleash a rousing “Adam Raised A Cain”. After which Patti Smith, who looks like she’s just come in from the garden, delivers a big-hearted “Because The Night”, which she co-wrote with Springsteen in 1978, and which she introduces with a sweet remembrance of her late husband, Fred “Sonic” Smith. The semi-supergroup of Ben Harper, the Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines and veteran harmonica-blower Charlie Musselwhite follow with a quite lovely “Atlantic City”. From thereon, the highlights are rather further between. The contributions by Sting (“Lonesome Day”), John Legend (“Dancing In The Dark”) and Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey (“American Land”) aren’t even interestingly terrible – just prosaic, reverent and dreary. Elton John oversings “Streets Of Philadelphia”, failing to grasp that the power of the original was all in its fatalistic understatement. The Nashville delegation fail entirely to spot the stuff in Springsteen’s songs that could make them great country tunes – Kenny Chesney mutters “One Step Up”, and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill turn the mournful, desperate “Tougher Than The Rest” into some sort of emetic wedding dance. Jackson Browne approaches the theoretically seething and furious “41 Shots” like it’s the father of his fiance, although Tom Morello’s properly incendiary guitar solo redeems matters somewhat. Juanes’s version of “Hungry Heart” is not readily distinguishable from anything you might hear in a Holiday Inn lounge on karaoke night. And Mumford & Sons do “I’m On Fire” (chance would be a fine thing, etc). On the credit side of the ledger are Emmylou Harris, with a plaintive “My Hometown”, Mavis Staples and Zac Brown with an unabashed gospel take on “My City Of Ruins”, and Tom Morello and Jim James with a terrific “The Ghost Of Tom Joad”, although Morello is generous with his solo to the extent that viewers may be tempted to rewind to check whether James had that beard before the song started. By far the best of the guests is saved till last – Neil Young & Crazy Horse with a frenetic, feral “Born In The USA”, bewilderingly flanked by a pair of cheerleaders miming the song’s narrative. Springsteen’s speech accepting Musicare’s honour is appropriately, if predictably, humble (“Whatever philanthropy I’ve ever done usually just involved me playing a guitar and bringing attention to people doing the actual work. I was going to be playing the guitar anyway.”) But it’s also a characteristically astute meditation on music and its enduring power to affront authority – although perhaps realising that he and his guests are now about as establishment as it gets, he approvingly notes the French vanquishing of the Islamist yahoos who had recently attempted to silence Mali (“You can’t triumph without music,” he says, “because music is life.”) After too long, Springsteen leads the E Street Band through “We Take Care Of Our Own”, “Death To My Hometown”, “Thunder Road”, “Born To Run” and an all-hands-on-deck singalong of “Glory Days”. On balance, Springsteen doubtless deserved the honour, but his songs deserve better than they mostly get here. Andrew Mueller

The good, the bad and the ugly pay tribute to a mighty catalogue as The Boss looks on…

Musicares is the charitable wing of Grammy-distributors the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Since 1991, they’ve anointed some or other member of the rock aristocracy as their Person Of The Year. Springsteen’s number was bound to come up eventually, and in 2013, it did. This was commemorated with an all-star concert in front of some hangarful of black-tie or ballgown-clad invitees, or as host Jon Stewart puts it, “A two-and-a-half hour extravaganza celebration of Bruce Springsteen’s music – or as he would call that, tuning up.”

The reality is an inevitably uneven procession of artists taking turns with Springsteen’s mighty catalogue in the daunting presence of Springsteen himself, as well as assorted distinguished Hollywood cocktail-slurpers nodding along. In general, it bears approximately the same relation to one of Springsteen’s own shows as a guided tour of a museum does to a bar crawl. It must have been very difficult for him not to contemplate the event as a preview of his own funeral.

It starts promisingly enough. Alabama Shakes, one of few acts on the bill who treat the material like it’s rock’n’roll songs, rather than Ming vases, unleash a rousing “Adam Raised A Cain”. After which Patti Smith, who looks like she’s just come in from the garden, delivers a big-hearted “Because The Night”, which she co-wrote with Springsteen in 1978, and which she introduces with a sweet remembrance of her late husband, Fred “Sonic” Smith. The semi-supergroup of Ben Harper, the Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines and veteran harmonica-blower Charlie Musselwhite follow with a quite lovely “Atlantic City”.

From thereon, the highlights are rather further between. The contributions by Sting (“Lonesome Day”), John Legend (“Dancing In The Dark”) and Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey (“American Land”) aren’t even interestingly terrible – just prosaic, reverent and dreary. Elton John oversings “Streets Of Philadelphia”, failing to grasp that the power of the original was all in its fatalistic understatement. The Nashville delegation fail entirely to spot the stuff in Springsteen’s songs that could make them great country tunes – Kenny Chesney mutters “One Step Up”, and Tim McGraw and Faith Hill turn the mournful, desperate “Tougher Than The Rest” into some sort of emetic wedding dance. Jackson Browne approaches the theoretically seething and furious “41 Shots” like it’s the father of his fiance, although Tom Morello’s properly incendiary guitar solo redeems matters somewhat. Juanes’s version of “Hungry Heart” is not readily distinguishable from anything you might hear in a Holiday Inn lounge on karaoke night. And Mumford & Sons do “I’m On Fire” (chance would be a fine thing, etc).

On the credit side of the ledger are Emmylou Harris, with a plaintive “My Hometown”, Mavis Staples and Zac Brown with an unabashed gospel take on “My City Of Ruins”, and Tom Morello and Jim James with a terrific “The Ghost Of Tom Joad”, although Morello is generous with his solo to the extent that viewers may be tempted to rewind to check whether James had that beard before the song started. By far the best of the guests is saved till last – Neil Young & Crazy Horse with a frenetic, feral “Born In The USA”, bewilderingly flanked by a pair of cheerleaders miming the song’s narrative.

Springsteen’s speech accepting Musicare’s honour is appropriately, if predictably, humble (“Whatever philanthropy I’ve ever done usually just involved me playing a guitar and bringing attention to people doing the actual work. I was going to be playing the guitar anyway.”) But it’s also a characteristically astute meditation on music and its enduring power to affront authority – although perhaps realising that he and his guests are now about as establishment as it gets, he approvingly notes the French vanquishing of the Islamist yahoos who had recently attempted to silence Mali (“You can’t triumph without music,” he says, “because music is life.”)

After too long, Springsteen leads the E Street Band through “We Take Care Of Our Own”, “Death To My Hometown”, “Thunder Road”, “Born To Run” and an all-hands-on-deck singalong of “Glory Days”. On balance, Springsteen doubtless deserved the honour, but his songs deserve better than they mostly get here.

Andrew Mueller

Paul McCartney to resume tour next month

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Paul McCartney will resume his tour next month [July] after illness forced him to cancel a spate of shows. ITV reports that a spokesperson for McCartney has confirmed that he is on the mend as he continues to recover a virus which saw him hospitalised in Tokyo, Japan last month. He subsequently po...

Paul McCartney will resume his tour next month [July] after illness forced him to cancel a spate of shows.

ITV reports that a spokesperson for McCartney has confirmed that he is on the mend as he continues to recover a virus which saw him hospitalised in Tokyo, Japan last month. He subsequently postponed a series of shows in Lubbock, Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Nashville and Louisville on his ‘Out There’ tour, which have now been re-arranged for October.

A spokesperson for the singer, who also had to cancel the Japan leg of his tour and a gig in South Korea, said that McCartney was “fine” and insisted that “the tour resumes in July”. He is scheduled to play in Albany on July 5.

Speaking previously about the cancelled concerts, McCartney said: “I’m sorry but it’s going to be a few more weeks before we get rocking in America again. I’m feeling great but taking my docs’ advice to take it easy for just a few more days. Look forward to seeing you all soon.”

Harry Dean Stanton: “Bob Dylan and I once cut a Mexican song together”

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Harry Dean Stanton: “Bob Dylan and I once cut a Mexican song together”
Harry Dean Stanton answers your questions in the new Uncut, dated July 2014 and out now. The actor and musician discusses Buddhism, Dylan, Peckinpah, Nicholson, Hitchcock, Brando and chocolate bunnies in the piece, and also answers questions from friends and famous fans David Lynch and Daniel Lan...

Harry Dean Stanton answers your questions in the new Uncut, dated July 2014 and out now.

The actor and musician discusses Buddhism, Dylan, Peckinpah, Nicholson, Hitchcock, Brando and chocolate bunnies in the piece, and also answers questions from friends and famous fans David Lynch and Daniel Lanois.

“Bob Dylan and I cut a Mexican song,” reveals Stanton. “We made a tape together. He asked me, did I want a copy. I said no. What an idiot!

“Dylan and I once drove from Guadalajara, Mexico all the way to Kansas City, to a singer’s house there, the guy with a big beard, Leon Russell. Anyway, it took us two or three days. Yeah, we spent some time together.”

The new Uncut, dated July 2014, is out now.

David Bowie reveals latest 7″ picture disc

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David Bowie has announced details of another 40th anniversary edition 7" picture disc. "Knock On Wood (Live)" b/w "Rock 'N' Roll With Me (Live)" is released on Parlophone September 22, 2014. Originally released in Autumn 1974 and taken from David Live, these two 2005 mixes by Tony Visconti are mak...

David Bowie has announced details of another 40th anniversary edition 7″ picture disc.

“Knock On Wood (Live)” b/w “Rock ‘N’ Roll With Me (Live)” is released on Parlophone September 22, 2014.

Originally released in Autumn 1974 and taken from David Live, these two 2005 mixes by Tony Visconti are making their vinyl debut. The original single mix of “Knock On Wood” was a UK Top 10 hit.

These is the latest in the run of Bowie’s 40th anniversary 7″ picture discs, following on from “Starman”, “John I’m Only Dancing”, “The Jean Genie”, “Drive In Saturday”, “Live On Mars”, “Sorrow” and “Rebel Rebel”.

Most recently, Bowie released two 7″ picture discs for Record Store Day: “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide” in the UK and “1984” in North America.

The tracklisting is:

A-Side Knock On Wood (David Live – 2005 Mix)

(Steve Cropper/Eddie Floyd)

Produced & mixed by Tony Visconti

Recorded live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, July 1974

AA – Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me (David Live – 2005 Mix)

Produced & mixed by Tony Visconti

Recorded live at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, July 1974

Catalogue Number DBKOW40

First Look – Nick Cave in 20,000 Days On Earth

Michael Bonner
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First Look – Nick Cave in 20,000 Days On Earth

As an artist, Nick Cave has mastered many different disciplines – musician, novelist and screenwriter among them – but arguably his greatest accomplishment has been the on-going management of ‘Nick Cave’. Like any successful brand operating in a busy marketplace, Cave has reinvented both himself and his music – from the Melbourne punk scene via Berlin and Sâo Paolo to his current domestic arrangement on the East Sussex coast – while the basic tenets of his brand remain consistent: artistic independence, dark Americana, interesting hair. These notions of authenticity and reinvention – and the fine line between the private person and the public persona – are at the heart of this outstanding documentary by visual artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, who present their film as a day in Cave’s life. His 20,000th day, in fact. The film opens at 7am, with Cave woken by an alarm clock. Forsyth and Pollard follow him on a journey to his office for a spot of writing, a visit to his psychotherapist, some typically robust banter over a lunch with Warren Ellis, a recording session, a trip to the archive, winding up with pizza and Scarface with his sons before a final, climactic gig. Cave airs his thoughts in voiceover (“Mostly, I feel like a cannibal”… “I love the feeling of a song before you understand it”) and drives in his black Jaguar from one appointment to the next accompanied by various passengers: Ray Winstone, Blixa Bargeld and Kylie Minogue. Previously, Forsyth and Pollard have mounted re-enactments of both David Bowie’s final performance as Ziggy Stardust and the Cramps’ 1978 gig at Napa State Mental Institute. 20,000 Days On Earth is a natural successor to these alternative testimonies of reality: a sophisticated exercise in blurring truth and fiction which chimes with Cave's own talent for revealing truths in fictional worlds. A good example is the visit to the psychotherapist Darian Leader, during which Cave discusses his relationship with his late father, his formative sexual experiences and his biggest fear (“losing my memory”). However, while Cave’s disclosures are almost certainly genuine, the setting is not: Leader is not Cave’s psychotherapist and his office is in fact a dressed set. Such crafty smudging continues in the visit to the archive and Warren Ellis’ house, both of which are also sets, although what occurs at each location is undoubtedly ‘real’. As 20,000 Days On Earth progresses, it becomes evident that what we’re watching is yet another marvellous act from Cave. Critically, Cave reveals to Leader that a significant moment in his childhood was being read Lolita by his father, which Cave describes as a “transformative performance”. Transformation is key to the film. Cave explains to Leader that, unbeknownst to him, his father attended one of his earliest gigs; when he later revealed this to his son, Cave Snr revealed he had looked “like an angel” on stage. Further conversations about the transformative possibilities of being a rock star permeate Forsyth and Pollard’s film. Over eels and pasta, Cave and Ellis share a hilarious anecdote about Nina Simone playing the Cave-curated Meltdown Festival (punchline: “champagne, cocaine and sausages”) that digs further into the psychology of performance as a transformative experience. Cave and Ray Winstone discuss the idea that a rock star, unlike an actor, can never truly be ‘off duty’. You might just glimpse in one of his notebooks that Cave has written “terrible performance anxiety, that is what pushes me to lose myself in performance”. A self-confessed “ostentatious bastard”, Cave makes a predictably compelling subject for Forsyth and Pollard, who have worked with Cave since 2008 on a number of video projects. Whether striding purposefully round his home in Brighton, sitting contemplatively at a piano in the studio (filmed during sessions for the Push The Sky Away album), or discussing Bargeld’s departure from the Bad Seeds (one of the film’s most squirm inducing sequences), he is smart and funny, much as you’d expect. Forsyth and Pollard surround him with rich, esoteric detail. The walls of his office are covered in photographs and memorabilia, we see pages from his diaries (the ‘weather diary’ is a particular highlight), a copy of Technicians Of The Sacred sits on a piano. Anyone wondering who the mysterious “Janet” was on “More News From Nowhere”: prepare for revelations aplenty. You want to know what coffee Nick Cave drinks in the studio? “A small one shot latte with one sugar.” It all makes for a fascinating and engaging film, ending with a rousing rendition of "Jubilee Street" recorded at Sydney Opera House, with Cave - carried away, at last, in the rapture of performance, singing over and over: "I am transforming / I am vibrating / I'm glowing / I'm flying / Look at me now". Follow me on Twitter @MichaelBonner. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV9cobZP4JA 20,000 Days On Earth opens in the UK on September 19

As an artist, Nick Cave has mastered many different disciplines – musician, novelist and screenwriter among them – but arguably his greatest accomplishment has been the on-going management of ‘Nick Cave’.

Like any successful brand operating in a busy marketplace, Cave has reinvented both himself and his music – from the Melbourne punk scene via Berlin and Sâo Paolo to his current domestic arrangement on the East Sussex coast – while the basic tenets of his brand remain consistent: artistic independence, dark Americana, interesting hair.

These notions of authenticity and reinvention – and the fine line between the private person and the public persona – are at the heart of this outstanding documentary by visual artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, who present their film as a day in Cave’s life. His 20,000th day, in fact. The film opens at 7am, with Cave woken by an alarm clock. Forsyth and Pollard follow him on a journey to his office for a spot of writing, a visit to his psychotherapist, some typically robust banter over a lunch with Warren Ellis, a recording session, a trip to the archive, winding up with pizza and Scarface with his sons before a final, climactic gig. Cave airs his thoughts in voiceover (“Mostly, I feel like a cannibal”… “I love the feeling of a song before you understand it”) and drives in his black Jaguar from one appointment to the next accompanied by various passengers: Ray Winstone, Blixa Bargeld and Kylie Minogue.

Previously, Forsyth and Pollard have mounted re-enactments of both David Bowie’s final performance as Ziggy Stardust and the Cramps’ 1978 gig at Napa State Mental Institute. 20,000 Days On Earth is a natural successor to these alternative testimonies of reality: a sophisticated exercise in blurring truth and fiction which chimes with Cave’s own talent for revealing truths in fictional worlds. A good example is the visit to the psychotherapist Darian Leader, during which Cave discusses his relationship with his late father, his formative sexual experiences and his biggest fear (“losing my memory”). However, while Cave’s disclosures are almost certainly genuine, the setting is not: Leader is not Cave’s psychotherapist and his office is in fact a dressed set. Such crafty smudging continues in the visit to the archive and Warren Ellis’ house, both of which are also sets, although what occurs at each location is undoubtedly ‘real’.

As 20,000 Days On Earth progresses, it becomes evident that what we’re watching is yet another marvellous act from Cave. Critically, Cave reveals to Leader that a significant moment in his childhood was being read Lolita by his father, which Cave describes as a “transformative performance”. Transformation is key to the film. Cave explains to Leader that, unbeknownst to him, his father attended one of his earliest gigs; when he later revealed this to his son, Cave Snr revealed he had looked “like an angel” on stage. Further conversations about the transformative possibilities of being a rock star permeate Forsyth and Pollard’s film. Over eels and pasta, Cave and Ellis share a hilarious anecdote about Nina Simone playing the Cave-curated Meltdown Festival (punchline: “champagne, cocaine and sausages”) that digs further into the psychology of performance as a transformative experience. Cave and Ray Winstone discuss the idea that a rock star, unlike an actor, can never truly be ‘off duty’. You might just glimpse in one of his notebooks that Cave has written “terrible performance anxiety, that is what pushes me to lose myself in performance”.

A self-confessed “ostentatious bastard”, Cave makes a predictably compelling subject for Forsyth and Pollard, who have worked with Cave since 2008 on a number of video projects. Whether striding purposefully round his home in Brighton, sitting contemplatively at a piano in the studio (filmed during sessions for the Push The Sky Away album), or discussing Bargeld’s departure from the Bad Seeds (one of the film’s most squirm inducing sequences), he is smart and funny, much as you’d expect. Forsyth and Pollard surround him with rich, esoteric detail. The walls of his office are covered in photographs and memorabilia, we see pages from his diaries (the ‘weather diary’ is a particular highlight), a copy of Technicians Of The Sacred sits on a piano. Anyone wondering who the mysterious “Janet” was on “More News From Nowhere”: prepare for revelations aplenty. You want to know what coffee Nick Cave drinks in the studio? “A small one shot latte with one sugar.”

It all makes for a fascinating and engaging film, ending with a rousing rendition of “Jubilee Street” recorded at Sydney Opera House, with Cave – carried away, at last, in the rapture of performance, singing over and over: “I am transforming / I am vibrating / I’m glowing / I’m flying / Look at me now”.

Follow me on Twitter @MichaelBonner.

20,000 Days On Earth opens in the UK on September 19

The 22nd Uncut Playlist Of 2014

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The 22nd Uncut Playlist Of 2014

After the Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report business earlier in the week, it’s good to push on today with a bunch of very fine new arrivals, many of which you can hear at least tracks from below. The Hiss Golden Messenger has been among the redacted entries on these playlists for a good while now, and it’s a relief to finally be able to talk about what I think is straight off one of my favourite albums of the year. Also strongly recommended: Ty Segall; predictably; the righteous Bitchin’ Bajas album that unfortunately I don’t have a link for as yet; the OV Wright reissues; David Kilgour; the new Giorgio Moroder single; The Allah-Las; Plastikman (there’s the whole album on that Youtube link); and Jeff Tweedy trying out his whole new album at the Mountain Jam festival. Plenty to be getting on with for a day or two, I would hope… Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey 1 Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards – Distance (State 51) 2 Ty Segall – Manipulator (Drag City) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzVmgTaAS0 3 Earth – Primitive And Deadly (Southern Lord) 4 Noura Mint Seymali – Tzenni (Glitterbeat) 5 OV Wright – The Bottom Line (Hi/Fat Possum) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMH0dy7W1-8 6 Shuttleworth Featuring Mark E Smith – England’s Heartbeat (Brazilian Ambush) (Minder) 7 Jennifer Castle – Pink City (No Quarter) 8 Jack White – Lazaretto (Third Man/XL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0LtfUvJs 9 Hiss Golden Messenger – Lateness Of Dancers (Merge) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNEKQBWuKp4 10 Avi Buffalo – At Best Cuckold (Sub Pop) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCbDsVUjKVs we 11 Bitchin’ Bajas – Bitchin’ Bajas (Drag City) 12 Giorgio Moroder – Giorgio’s Theme (Adult Swim) http://video.adultswim.com/music/singles-2014/ 13 Cold Specks – Neuroplasticity (Mute) 14 Zig Zags – Zig Zags (In The Red) 15 David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights – End Times Undone (Merge) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8WXo_CzaAE 16 The Wytches – Annabel Dream Reader (Heavenly) 17 Lawrence English – Wilderness Of Mirrors (Room40)

After the Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report business earlier in the week, it’s good to push on today with a bunch of very fine new arrivals, many of which you can hear at least tracks from below.

The Hiss Golden Messenger has been among the redacted entries on these playlists for a good while now, and it’s a relief to finally be able to talk about what I think is straight off one of my favourite albums of the year. Also strongly recommended: Ty Segall; predictably; the righteous Bitchin’ Bajas album that unfortunately I don’t have a link for as yet; the OV Wright reissues; David Kilgour; the new Giorgio Moroder single; The Allah-Las; Plastikman (there’s the whole album on that Youtube link); and Jeff Tweedy trying out his whole new album at the Mountain Jam festival. Plenty to be getting on with for a day or two, I would hope…

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1 Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards – Distance (State 51)

2 Ty Segall – Manipulator (Drag City)

3 Earth – Primitive And Deadly (Southern Lord)

4 Noura Mint Seymali – Tzenni (Glitterbeat)

5 OV Wright – The Bottom Line (Hi/Fat Possum)

6 Shuttleworth Featuring Mark E Smith – England’s Heartbeat (Brazilian Ambush) (Minder)

7 Jennifer Castle – Pink City (No Quarter)

8 Jack White – Lazaretto (Third Man/XL)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0LtfUvJs

9 Hiss Golden Messenger – Lateness Of Dancers (Merge)

10 Avi Buffalo – At Best Cuckold (Sub Pop)

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11 Bitchin’ Bajas – Bitchin’ Bajas (Drag City)

12 Giorgio Moroder – Giorgio’s Theme (Adult Swim)

http://video.adultswim.com/music/singles-2014/

13 Cold Specks – Neuroplasticity (Mute)

14 Zig Zags – Zig Zags (In The Red)

15 David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights – End Times Undone (Merge)

16 The Wytches – Annabel Dream Reader (Heavenly)

17 Lawrence English – Wilderness Of Mirrors (Room40)

Lawrence English – Wilderness Of Mirrors from ROOM40 on Vimeo.

18 Loudon Wainwright III – Haven’t Got The Blues (Yet) (Proper)

19 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – CSNY 1974 (Rhino)

20 Louis Armstrong – Louis Armstrong & His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Boplicity)

21 Pharoah Sanders – Jewels Of Thought (Impulse!)

22 The Allah-Las – Worship The Sun (Temporary Leisure)

Hear a new Allah-Las track here

23 Plastikman – Ex (Mute)

24 Jeff Tweedy – Live At Mountain Jam, June 7, 2014 (www.nyctaper.com )

25 Tashi Dorji – Tashi Dorji (Hermit Hut)

26 Honeyblood – Honeyblood (FatCar)

27 Luluc – Passerby (Sub Pop)

28 J Mascis – Tied To A Star (Sub Pop)

29 Spoon – They Want My Soul (Anti-)

30 James Yorkston – The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society (Domino)

Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music

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Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music

Anyone for metaphysical prog country? Nashville songwriter heads for the stars... He might have the hard-hit voice and the classic outlaw sound, but Sturgill Simpson is anything but predictable. The swift arrival of this year’s second release, following on from debut High Top Mountain, is evidence of both a febrile mind and keen work ethic. As Simpson told Uncut prior to its arrival: “Making conceptual pieces is a goal for me. I’m sitting on about five albums, but people are gonna think I’ve lost my mind with this next one.” “Turtles All The Way Down” lets you decide from the off. Informed by the work of Dr Rick Strassman, who explored the para-psychology of people on DMT, it’s a suitably cosmic meditation on life, the multiverse and anything left over. The song itself sounds like Jimmy Webb taking liberties with “Suspicious Minds”, Simpson musing on a realm “where reptile aliens made of light/Cut you open and pull out all your pain”. It’s a wonderfully disarming way to begin. Not that fans of his previous album, with its echoes of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, will be short-changed. Simpson may have been devouring the works of Carl Sagan and Terence McKenna lately, but this record’s beauty lies in the contrast between time-baked country tropes – loneliness, the road, broken hearts – and his starry adventurism. “It Ain’t All Flowers”, for instance, is an anguished Nashville ballad coated in distorted guitar and backwards FX. At its core Simpson reveals himself to be a writer rooted in tradition, but refusing to be tamed by it. He’s no slouch when it comes to interpreting others either. His version of “The Promise”, originally by ’80s synth-wave types When In Rome, is one of the most striking things here. In Simpson’s care it becomes a tender hymn with a surging coda worthy of George Jones. It’s just one of many high spots on an album that reaffirms his status as an outstanding new talent. Rob Hughes

Anyone for metaphysical prog country? Nashville songwriter heads for the stars…

He might have the hard-hit voice and the classic outlaw sound, but Sturgill Simpson is anything but predictable. The swift arrival of this year’s second release, following on from debut High Top Mountain, is evidence of both a febrile mind and keen work ethic. As Simpson told Uncut prior to its arrival: “Making conceptual pieces is a goal for me. I’m sitting on about five albums, but people are gonna think I’ve lost my mind with this next one.” “Turtles All The Way Down” lets you decide from the off. Informed by the work of Dr Rick Strassman, who explored the para-psychology of people on DMT, it’s a suitably cosmic meditation on life, the multiverse and anything left over. The song itself sounds like Jimmy Webb taking liberties with “Suspicious Minds”, Simpson musing on a realm “where reptile aliens made of light/Cut you open and pull out all your pain”. It’s a wonderfully disarming way to begin.

Not that fans of his previous album, with its echoes of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, will be short-changed. Simpson may have been devouring the works of Carl Sagan and Terence McKenna lately, but this record’s beauty lies in the contrast between time-baked country tropes – loneliness, the road, broken hearts – and his starry adventurism. “It Ain’t All Flowers”, for instance, is an anguished Nashville ballad coated in distorted guitar and backwards FX. At its core Simpson reveals himself to be a writer rooted in tradition, but refusing to be tamed by it.

He’s no slouch when it comes to interpreting others either. His version of “The Promise”, originally by ’80s synth-wave types When In Rome, is one of the most striking things here. In Simpson’s care it becomes a tender hymn with a surging coda worthy of George Jones. It’s just one of many high spots on an album that reaffirms his status as an outstanding new talent.

Rob Hughes

Allman Brothers to release expanded six disc At Fillmore East box set

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Allman Brothers to release expanded six disc At Fillmore East box set
The Allman Brothers Band are to release an expanded six disc box set of their 1971 album, At Fillmore East. The new edition, called The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings, includes 15 previously unreleased performances. The box set is released on July 29. Additionally, The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings...

The Allman Brothers Band are to release an expanded six disc box set of their 1971 album, At Fillmore East.

The new edition, called The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings, includes 15 previously unreleased performances. The box set is released on July 29.

Additionally, The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings contains the complete June 27 performance during the venue’s final weekend.

It can be pre-ordered here.

The tracklisting for The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings is:

Disc One, March 12, 1971 – First Show

1. Statesboro Blues (previously unreleased)

2. Trouble No More (previously unreleased)

3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ (previously unreleased)

4. Done Somebody Wrong (previously unreleased)

5. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (previously unreleased)

6. You Don’t Love Me (previously unreleased)

Disc Two, March 12, 1971 – Second Show

1. Statesboro Blues (previously unreleased)

2. Trouble No More

3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’ (previously unreleased)

4. Done Somebody Wrong

5. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (previously unreleased)

6. You Don’t Love Me

7. Whipping Post (previously unreleased)

8. Hot ‘Lanta

Disc Three, March 13, 1971 – First Show

1. Statesboro Blues

2. Trouble No More

3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’

4. Done Somebody Wrong (previously unreleased)

5. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

6. You Don’t Love Me

7. Whipping Post (previously unreleased)

Disc Four, March 13, 1971 – Second Show, Part 1

1. Statesboro Blues (previously unreleased)

2. One Way Out (previously unreleased)

3. Stormy Monday

4. Hot ‘Lanta

5. Whipping Post

Disc Five, March 13, 1971 – Second Show, Part 2

1. Mountain Jam

2. Drunken Hearted Boy (with Elvin Bishop)

Disc Six, June 27, 1971 – Fillmore East Closing Show

1. Introduction by Bill Graham (previously unreleased)/ Statesboro Blues

2. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’

3. Done Somebody Wrong

4. One Way Out

5. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

6. Midnight Rider

7. Hot ‘Lanta

8. Whipping Post

9. You Don’t Love Me

Win The Who: Quadrophenia Live In London deluxe box sets!

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Win The Who: Quadrophenia Live In London deluxe box sets!

To celebrate the release of The Who's Quadrophenia Live In London, we're delighted to be able to offer two copies of the deluxe metal box set to give away. Quadrophenia Live In London was recorded at Wembley Arena on July 8, 2013 - the closing night of the band's historic Quadrophenia 40th anniversary tour. The deluxe metal box set contains: * 10-inch Round Metal Mod Headlight Container * 1 Blu-Ray Disc™: Concert Film * 1 Standard DVD: Concert Film * 1 Blu-ray Audio Disc™ Format: Quadrophenia (1973) 5.1 Album Mix – First Time Ever * 2-CD Soundtrack: Concert Audio * Mod Headlight Button * 6” Mod Headlight Sticker * Booklet with photos and liner notes To be in with a chance of winning, just tell us the correct answer to this question: What was the first single to be released from Quadrophenia in 1973? Send your entries to UncutComp@ipcmedia.com by noon, Friday, June 20. A winner will be chosen by the Uncut team from the correct entries. The editor's decision is final.

To celebrate the release of The Who’s Quadrophenia Live In London, we’re delighted to be able to offer two copies of the deluxe metal box set to give away.

Quadrophenia Live In London was recorded at Wembley Arena on July 8, 2013 – the closing night of the band’s historic Quadrophenia 40th anniversary tour.

The deluxe metal box set contains:

* 10-inch Round Metal Mod Headlight Container

* 1 Blu-Ray Disc™: Concert Film

* 1 Standard DVD: Concert Film

* 1 Blu-ray Audio Disc™ Format: Quadrophenia (1973) 5.1 Album Mix – First Time Ever

* 2-CD Soundtrack: Concert Audio

* Mod Headlight Button

* 6” Mod Headlight Sticker

* Booklet with photos and liner notes

To be in with a chance of winning, just tell us the correct answer to this question:

What was the first single to be released from Quadrophenia in 1973?

Send your entries to UncutComp@ipcmedia.com by noon, Friday, June 20. A winner will be chosen by the Uncut team from the correct entries. The editor’s decision is final.

Collaborators revealed for new Brian Wilson album

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Collaborators revealed for new Brian Wilson album

Some of the special guests working on Brian Wilson's new album have been revealed. Wilson previously disclosed that he has also been working with Jeff Beck, former Beach Boys bandmates Al Jardine and David Marks, Joe Thomas, and Blondie Chaplin on the album. Now, Rolling Stone via Pitchfork reports Lana Del Ray, Frank Ocean, Zooey Deschanel and country singer Kacey Musgraves also said to be involved. "This project blows my mind," Wilson is quoted as saying. "I had no idea we could pull this off!" Ocean is believed to appear on a song titled "Special Love", while Del Rey track "Last Song" is described as "haunting". Meanwhile, Deschanel's "On The Island" is a "space-age bossa nova" and country singer Musgraves song is titled "Sharing A New Day". However, early reaction to the record from within Wilson's fan base has been less positive, to the extend that Wilson has responded and spoken directly to fans via Facebook. Posting on his official account, Wilson wrote: "To my fans: it kind of bums me out to see some of the negativity here about the album I’ve been working so hard on. In my life in music, I’ve been told too many times not to fuck with the formula, but as an artist it’s my job to do that – and I think I’ve earned that right. "I’m really proud of these new songs and to hear these great artists sing on them just blows me away. I love what we’ve done. I would think that after making music for more than 50 years, my fans would understand that I’ll always do what’s in my heart – and I think that’s why you are my fans. So let’s just wait until the album comes out because I think you just might dig it as much as I do."

Some of the special guests working on Brian Wilson‘s new album have been revealed.

Wilson previously disclosed that he has also been working with Jeff Beck, former Beach Boys bandmates Al Jardine and David Marks, Joe Thomas, and Blondie Chaplin on the album.

Now, Rolling Stone via Pitchfork reports Lana Del Ray, Frank Ocean, Zooey Deschanel and country singer Kacey Musgraves also said to be involved.

“This project blows my mind,” Wilson is quoted as saying. “I had no idea we could pull this off!” Ocean is believed to appear on a song titled “Special Love”, while Del Rey track “Last Song” is described as “haunting”. Meanwhile, Deschanel’s “On The Island” is a “space-age bossa nova” and country singer Musgraves song is titled “Sharing A New Day”.

However, early reaction to the record from within Wilson’s fan base has been less positive, to the extend that Wilson has responded and spoken directly to fans via Facebook.

Posting on his official account, Wilson wrote: “To my fans: it kind of bums me out to see some of the negativity here about the album I’ve been working so hard on. In my life in music, I’ve been told too many times not to fuck with the formula, but as an artist it’s my job to do that – and I think I’ve earned that right.

“I’m really proud of these new songs and to hear these great artists sing on them just blows me away. I love what we’ve done. I would think that after making music for more than 50 years, my fans would understand that I’ll always do what’s in my heart – and I think that’s why you are my fans. So let’s just wait until the album comes out because I think you just might dig it as much as I do.”

Exclusive! Hear new Allah-Las track + album details revealed

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Exclusive! Hear new Allah-Las track + album details revealed

The Allah-Las have announced details of their new album, Worship The Sun. We're delighted to premier one of the album's tracks, "501-415", which you can scroll down to hear. The album, the follow-up to their self-titled 2012 debut, is released on September 15, 2014 by Innovative Leisure. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with Dan Horne, Nick Waterhouse and the band themselves on production duties. Speaking about the album, the band said: ""We approached Worship The Sun more as an album, with the songs all built out of the same material and feelings. More of the songs on this record were written individually and then arranged collectively." The tracklisting for Worship The Sun is: De Vida Voz Had It All Artifact Ferus Gallery Recurring Nothing To Hide Buffalo Nickel Follow You Down 501-415 Yemeni Jade Worship The Sun Better Than Mine No Werewolf* Every Girl* * CD and digital bonus tracks, not included on the vinyl edition Photo credit: Nolan Hall

The Allah-Las have announced details of their new album, Worship The Sun.

We’re delighted to premier one of the album’s tracks, “501-415“, which you can scroll down to hear.

The album, the follow-up to their self-titled 2012 debut, is released on September 15, 2014 by Innovative Leisure.

The album was recorded in Los Angeles with Dan Horne, Nick Waterhouse and the band themselves on production duties. Speaking about the album, the band said: “”We approached Worship The Sun more as an album, with the songs all built out of the same material and feelings. More of the songs on this record were written individually and then arranged collectively.”

The tracklisting for Worship The Sun is:

De Vida Voz

Had It All

Artifact

Ferus Gallery

Recurring

Nothing To Hide

Buffalo Nickel

Follow You Down

501-415

Yemeni Jade

Worship The Sun

Better Than Mine

No Werewolf*

Every Girl*

* CD and digital bonus tracks, not included on the vinyl edition

Photo credit: Nolan Hall

We want your questions for Willie Nelson!

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As he prepares to release his new album Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature. So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the legendary outlaw? How did he get interested in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul? Is it true he used to bumble bees as a kid in Abbott, Texas? What is his favourite cover version of one of his songs? Send up your questions by noon, Monday, June 16 to uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com. The best questions, and Willie's answers, will be published in a future edition of Uncut magazine. Please include your name and location with your question.

As he prepares to release his new album Band Of Brothers, Willie Nelson is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.

So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the legendary outlaw?

How did he get interested in the martial art of Gong Kwon Yu Sul?

Is it true he used to bumble bees as a kid in Abbott, Texas?

What is his favourite cover version of one of his songs?

Send up your questions by noon, Monday, June 16 to uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com. The best questions, and Willie’s answers, will be published in a future edition of Uncut magazine. Please include your name and location with your question.

Morrissey cancels tour

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Morrissey has cancelled all dates on his US tour due to illness. The singer was recently forced to postpone live dates in Atlanta, Baltimore and Washington, and has now cancelled his entire tour to give him time to recover from his bout of ill health. A note on the singer's Facebook page explain...

Morrissey has cancelled all dates on his US tour due to illness.

The singer was recently forced to postpone live dates in Atlanta, Baltimore and Washington, and has now cancelled his entire tour to give him time to recover from his bout of ill health.

A note on the singer’s Facebook page explains that the singer is suffering from a respiratory infection he caught in Miami, and his symptoms have now worsened.

“It is with great sadness that the remainder of the US Tour has been cancelled. The respiratory infection Morrissey contracted in Miami has worsened, and in the interest of making a full recovery, all further touring plans have been halted. Morrissey thanks his fans for their compassion, understanding, and well-wishes during this difficult period as he recuperates,” the post reads.

Morrissey fansite True To You has reported that the singer contracted his illness from his longtime support act Kristeen Young. “Difficulties had arisen on May 31st following Kristeen Young’s opening set at the Miami Knight Concert Hall, after which Kristeen confessed to “a horrendous cold”, the symptoms of which were passed on to Morrissey resulting in the cancellation of the next show in Atlanta,” the site claims. The post also alleges that the singer was asked not to play the immediate planned subsequent shows, but she decided to pull out of the entire tour.

However, Young has denied this in a subsequent Facebook post, writing: “I did not ‘confess to a horrendous cold’. On Monday, June 2nd, I had an allergy attack that was over within 16 hours. I went to a doctor (on Monday, June 2nd), an allergy specialist, who gave me drugs for allergies…and they worked. I explained this (early on Tuesday, June 3rd) and offered this doctor’s phone number to Morrissey personally, via email, and the tour manager.”

She added: “I am very sorry that Morrissey is not feeling well. But I will not tolerate these lies….particularly about my health. This is really too much and bizarre.”

Young’s Facebook post has since been removed.

Watch Damon Albarn play “Song 2” for the first time without Blur

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Watch Damon Albarn play “Song 2” for the first time without Blur
Damon Albarn has played "Song 2" live for the first time without his Blur bandmates – watch footage of it below. The singer is currently touring the US supporting his solo album, Everyday Robots. While Albarn has been playing Blur material on the tour, with tracks including "Out Of Time" and "T...

Damon Albarn has played “Song 2” live for the first time without his Blur bandmates – watch footage of it below.

The singer is currently touring the US supporting his solo album, Everyday Robots.

While Albarn has been playing Blur material on the tour, with tracks including “Out Of Time” and “This Is A Low”, last night’s gig at Royale, Boston, was the first time he has played “Song 2” and the first time ever without his Blur bandmates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ1vGHyMqOc

Next month, Albarn will headline the Latitude festival in Suffolk alongside The Black Keys.

Hear two new Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers songs

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Hear two new Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers songs
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers are streaming two new songs from their forthcoming album, Hypnotic Eye. You can hear "U Get Me High" and "Red River" below. Hypnotic Eye will be released on July 29. The band will begin a North American tour on August 3. Petty has also announced that every ticket p...

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers are streaming two new songs from their forthcoming album, Hypnotic Eye.

You can hear “U Get Me High” and “Red River” below.

Hypnotic Eye will be released on July 29. The band will begin a North American tour on August 3.

Petty has also announced that every ticket purchased for the upcoming tour will include a copy of Hypnotic Eye.

The album will also be available on high-resolution Blu-ray audio and also on vinyl formats: a single LP or a double-album containing a track unavailable elsewhere.

Fan club members will also release a digital album, Live 2013, when they purchase Hypnotic Eye.

The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Three

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The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Three

Yesterday, after I posted this list of my favourite albums of 2014, I received a few messages complaining that there were too many Youtube and Soundcloud clips embedded here, preventing the page from loading properly. Forgive the repetition, then, but I thought it worth reposting the list as three separate blogs; hopefully it’ll work better this time… Previously: The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part One Previously: The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Two 41. Dylan Shearer – Garagearray (Castleface/Empty Cellar) 42. Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara – Tributes & Diatribes (VHF) 43. D Charles Speer & The Helix – Doubled Exposure (Thrill Jockey) 44. Håkon Stene - Lush Laments for Lazy Mammal (Hubro) 45. Suarasama – Timeline (Space) 46. Sun Kil Moon – Benji (Caldo Verde) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgaquGird4w Read my review here 47. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time (Olsen) 48. Tinariwen – Emmaar (PIAS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PduOJidnB_M 49. Alexander Turnquist – Wildflower (Western Vinyl) 50. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There (Jagjaguwar) 51. Wolfgang Voigt – Rückverzauberung 9/Musik für Kulturinstitutionen (Kompkakt) 52. Terry Waldo – The Soul Of Ragtime (Tompkins Square) 53. Ryley Walker – All Kinds Of You (Tompkins Square) 54. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream (Secretly Canadian) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ9IXScip68 55. Watter – This World (Temporary Residence) 56. Jack White – Lazaretto (Third Man/XL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0LtfUvJs 57. Woo – When The Past Arrives (Drag City) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBTyNKm5-Q 58. Wooden Wand – Farmer's Corner (Fire) 59. Woods – With Light And With Love (Woodsist) 60. Girma Yifrashewa – Love And Peace (Unseen Worlds) 61. You Are Wolf – Hawk To The Hunting Gone (Stone Tape) 62. Neil Young – A Letter Home (Third Man/Reprise) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H47jI6xanA Read my review here Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey

Yesterday, after I posted this list of my favourite albums of 2014, I received a few messages complaining that there were too many Youtube and Soundcloud clips embedded here, preventing the page from loading properly. Forgive the repetition, then, but I thought it worth reposting the list as three separate blogs; hopefully it’ll work better this time…

Previously: The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part One

Previously: The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Two

41. Dylan Shearer – Garagearray (Castleface/Empty Cellar)

42. Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara – Tributes & Diatribes (VHF)

43. D Charles Speer & The Helix – Doubled Exposure (Thrill Jockey)

44. Håkon Stene – Lush Laments for Lazy Mammal (Hubro)

45. Suarasama – Timeline (Space)

46. Sun Kil Moon – Benji (Caldo Verde)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgaquGird4w

Read my review here

47. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time (Olsen)

48. Tinariwen – Emmaar (PIAS)

49. Alexander Turnquist – Wildflower (Western Vinyl)

50. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There (Jagjaguwar)

51. Wolfgang Voigt – Rückverzauberung 9/Musik für Kulturinstitutionen (Kompkakt)

52. Terry Waldo – The Soul Of Ragtime (Tompkins Square)

53. Ryley Walker – All Kinds Of You (Tompkins Square)

54. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream (Secretly Canadian)

55. Watter – This World (Temporary Residence)

56. Jack White – Lazaretto (Third Man/XL)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0LtfUvJs

57. Woo – When The Past Arrives (Drag City)

58. Wooden Wand – Farmer’s Corner (Fire)

59. Woods – With Light And With Love (Woodsist)

60. Girma Yifrashewa – Love And Peace (Unseen Worlds)

61. You Are Wolf – Hawk To The Hunting Gone (Stone Tape)

62. Neil Young – A Letter Home (Third Man/Reprise)

Read my review here

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The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Two

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The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Two

Yesterday, after I posted this list of my favourite albums of 2014, I received a few messages complaining that there were too many Youtube and Soundcloud clips embedded here, preventing the page from loading properly. Forgive the repetition, then, but I thought it worth reposting the list as three separate blogs; hopefully it’ll work better this time… Previously: The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part One 21. Hurray For The Riff-Raff – Small Town Heroes (ATO) Read my review here 22. Kasai All Stars – Beware The Fetish (Crammed Discs) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rod0kSInlgo 23. Kelis – Food (Ninjatune) 24. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Wig Out At Jagbags (Domino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYC5JASqWnI 25. Mark McGuire – Along The Way (Dead Oceans) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGxosUuBg0A 26. The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits (Sacred Bones) 27. Metronomy – Love Letters (Because) 28. Mogwai – Rave Tapes (Rock Action) 29. New Bums – Voices In A Rented Room (Drag City) 30. Thee Oh Sees – Drop (Castleface) 31. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar) 32. Doug Paisley – Strong Feelings (No Quarter) 33. Linda Perhacs – The Soul Of All Natural Things (Asthmatic Kitty) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n-nWy6fB00 34. Plaid – Reachy Prints (Warp) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6I6J0yrHQ 35. Pye Corner Audio – Black Mill Tapes 3&4 (Type) Read my review here 36. Pye Corner Audio/Not Waving - Intercepts (Ecstatic) 37. Real Estate – Atlas (Domino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNvj_VLkEBg Read my review here 38. Gruff Rhys – American Interior (Turnstile) 39. Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Phosphorescent Harvest (Silver Arrow) 40. Noura Mint Seymali – Tzenni (Glitterbeat) Continue to the Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Three Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey

Yesterday, after I posted this list of my favourite albums of 2014, I received a few messages complaining that there were too many Youtube and Soundcloud clips embedded here, preventing the page from loading properly. Forgive the repetition, then, but I thought it worth reposting the list as three separate blogs; hopefully it’ll work better this time…

Previously: The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part One

21. Hurray For The Riff-Raff – Small Town Heroes (ATO)

Read my review here

22. Kasai All Stars – Beware The Fetish (Crammed Discs)

23. Kelis – Food (Ninjatune)

24. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Wig Out At Jagbags (Domino)

25. Mark McGuire – Along The Way (Dead Oceans)

26. The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits (Sacred Bones)

27. Metronomy – Love Letters (Because)

28. Mogwai – Rave Tapes (Rock Action)

29. New Bums – Voices In A Rented Room (Drag City)

30. Thee Oh Sees – Drop (Castleface)

31. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar)

32. Doug Paisley – Strong Feelings (No Quarter)

33. Linda Perhacs – The Soul Of All Natural Things (Asthmatic Kitty)

34. Plaid – Reachy Prints (Warp)

35. Pye Corner Audio – Black Mill Tapes 3&4 (Type)

Read my review here

36. Pye Corner Audio/Not Waving – Intercepts (Ecstatic)

37. Real Estate – Atlas (Domino)

Read my review here

38. Gruff Rhys – American Interior (Turnstile)

39. Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Phosphorescent Harvest (Silver Arrow)

40. Noura Mint Seymali – Tzenni (Glitterbeat)

Continue to the Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Three

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The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part One

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The Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part One

Yesterday, after I posted this list of my favourite albums of 2014, I received a few messages complaining that there were too many Youtube and Soundcloud clips embedded here, preventing the page from loading properly. Forgive the repetition, then, but I thought it worth reposting the list as three separate blogs; hopefully it’ll work better this time… Always a bit of a gamble doing this, to be honest but, since it’s June, I’ve tried to put together a list of my favourite albums of 2014 thus far. Many caveats forthcoming, not least that my slightly ad hoc way of trying to remember what I’ve liked means I’ve almost certainly missed a few things. In theory, these are all records released between January and June of this year. I should also point out that this is a very personal selection, and in no way representative of what my 40-odd colleagues at Uncut might choose if we were running this as a proper poll. It’s also not exactly a Top 62, as I’ve organised them in alphabetical order rather than attempting any ranking at this early stage (ie don’t get too overexcited, Luke Abbott fans…). Still, now that I’ve all my excuses out of the way, I hope you’ll find plenty to dig into here. I’ve included links to music and extended reviews about many of these albums, so please let me know what you think. Your own charts and thoughts are as welcome as ever: besides the comments boxes at the bottom, letters to the magazine can be sent to me at uncut_feedback@ipcmedia.com. Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey 1. Luke Abbott – Wysing Forest (Border Community) 2. Afghan Whigs – Do To The Beast (Sub Pop) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovhzeqIaggY 3. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots (Parlophone) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjbiUj-FD-o 4. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - Dereconstructed (Sub Pop) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YucWOXSCa4U ) Read my review here 5. Olga Bell – Krai (One Little Indian) 6. Black Bananas – Electric Brick Wall (Drag City) 7. Black Dirt Oak – Wawayanda Patient (MIE Music) Read my review here 8. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Piano Nights (PIAS) Read my review here 9. Bill Callahan – Have Fun With God (Drag City) Read my review here 10. Hans Chew – Life And Love (At The Helm) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoelJhhIKcM 11. Morgan Delt – Morgan Delt (Trouble In Mind) 12. Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté - Toumani & Sidiki (World Circuit) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCEeaERMfNo 13. Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans (ATO) 14. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever (Stolen) 15. Fennesz – Bécs (Editions Mego) 16. Grandma Sparrow - Grandma Sparrow & his Piddletractor Orchestra (Spacebomb) 17. Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper – FRKWYS VOL 11: Cantos De Lisboa (RVNG INTL) 18. The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams (Washington Square) 19. Dylan Howe – Subterranean: New Designs On Bowie's Berlin (Motorik) 20. Howlin Rain – Live Rain (Agitated) Continue to the Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Two Continue to the Best Albums Of 2014: Halftime Report Part Three

Yesterday, after I posted this list of my favourite albums of 2014, I received a few messages complaining that there were too many Youtube and Soundcloud clips embedded here, preventing the page from loading properly. Forgive the repetition, then, but I thought it worth reposting the list as three separate blogs; hopefully it’ll work better this time…

Always a bit of a gamble doing this, to be honest but, since it’s June, I’ve tried to put together a list of my favourite albums of 2014 thus far. Many caveats forthcoming, not least that my slightly ad hoc way of trying to remember what I’ve liked means I’ve almost certainly missed a few things.

In theory, these are all records released between January and June of this year. I should also point out that this is a very personal selection, and in no way representative of what my 40-odd colleagues at Uncut might choose if we were running this as a proper poll. It’s also not exactly a Top 62, as I’ve organised them in alphabetical order rather than attempting any ranking at this early stage (ie don’t get too overexcited, Luke Abbott fans…).

Still, now that I’ve all my excuses out of the way, I hope you’ll find plenty to dig into here. I’ve included links to music and extended reviews about many of these albums, so please let me know what you think. Your own charts and thoughts are as welcome as ever: besides the comments boxes at the bottom, letters to the magazine can be sent to me at uncut_feedback@ipcmedia.com.

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

1. Luke Abbott – Wysing Forest (Border Community)

2. Afghan Whigs – Do To The Beast (Sub Pop)

3. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots (Parlophone)

4. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires – Dereconstructed (Sub Pop)

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Read my review here

5. Olga Bell – Krai (One Little Indian)

6. Black Bananas – Electric Brick Wall (Drag City)

7. Black Dirt Oak – Wawayanda Patient (MIE Music)

Read my review here

8. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Piano Nights (PIAS)

Read my review here

9. Bill Callahan – Have Fun With God (Drag City)

Read my review here

10. Hans Chew – Life And Love (At The Helm)

11. Morgan Delt – Morgan Delt (Trouble In Mind)

12. Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté – Toumani & Sidiki (World Circuit)

13. Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans (ATO)

14. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever (Stolen)

15. Fennesz – Bécs (Editions Mego)

16. Grandma Sparrow – Grandma Sparrow & his Piddletractor Orchestra (Spacebomb)

17. Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper – FRKWYS VOL 11: Cantos De Lisboa (RVNG INTL)

18. The Hold Steady – Teeth Dreams (Washington Square)

19. Dylan Howe – Subterranean: New Designs On Bowie’s Berlin (Motorik)

20. Howlin Rain – Live Rain (Agitated)

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