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Morrissey to release new album in 2014

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Morrissey will release a new album later this year. The singer has signed a new, worldwide record deal with Universal Music’s US-based Harvest Records. In a statement, he said he was "thrilled" to sign the contract. Harvest’s joint general managers Piero Giramonti and Jacqueline Saturn confi...

Morrissey will release a new album later this year.

The singer has signed a new, worldwide record deal with Universal Music’s US-based Harvest Records. In a statement, he said he was “thrilled” to sign the contract.

Harvest’s joint general managers Piero Giramonti and Jacqueline Saturn confirmed Morrissey’s first album under the deal will be released in the second half of 2014, and that he is starting work on what will be his 10th solo album, the follow-up to 2009’s Years Of Refusal, later this month in France with producer Joe Chiccarelli.

Joining Morrissey in France will be his longtime recording and touring band, including Boz Boorer (guitar), Jesse Tobias (guitar), Solomon Walker (bass), Matthew Walker (drums) and Gustavo Manzur (keyboards). Tour dates for 2014 are also expected to be announced soon.

Capitol Music Group Chairman and CEO Steve Barnett said: “Morrissey is clearly one of music’s most important and influential artists. He is the rare soul who has stayed consistently true to his artistic vision and ethical principles since he first exploded onto the scene in the 1980s. We are so happy that he has chosen Capitol Music Group as his home and that his forthcoming album on Harvest will bring new Morrissey music to the world.”

CMG Executive Vice President Michelle Jubelirer added: “Morrissey is a truly singular artist whose music and live performances first captured a worldwide audience 30 years ago and never let go. He is uncompromising in his integrity, extremely devoted to his fans and an artist with a unique and needed voice in our culture. It’s so great that Morrissey is with CMG, and, more important, that he is about to record his first new album in five years.”

Jesse Tobias recently revealed to Uncut that Morrissey had “two albums’ worth of songs ready.

“I’ve heard almost everything and feel it’s some of the strongest material to date,” he told Uncut. “Musically diverse. Anthemic. Even in their infant stages the songs excite me.”

Last week, Morrissey stated in a blog post: “The actuality is that radio stations will not play my music, and the majority of people have lost faith in the music industry, and it’s generally assumed – quite rightly – that the number one chart positions are ‘bought’ by the major labels, so there really is no passion left in pop or rock music, and I don’t think people believe for an instant that the faces we constantly see on television and in magazines are remotely popular.”

Little Feat announce 13 disc box set

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Little Feat announce 13 disc box set
Little Feat have announced details of a 13 disc box set. Titled Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990, the set is presented in a clamshell box and includes the band's studio albums and live recordings as well as outtakes. A final disc of this collection highlights outtakes from Hotc...

Little Feat have announced details of a 13 disc box set.

Titled Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990, the set is presented in a clamshell box and includes the band’s studio albums and live recordings as well as outtakes.

A final disc of this collection highlights outtakes from Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years Of Little Feat, a four-disc retrospective collection released in 2000.

Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990 is released by Rhino in the US on February 25.

The box set contains:

Little Feat (1971)

Sailin’ Shoes (1972)

Dixie Chicken (1973)

Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1974)

The Last Record Album (1975)

Time Loves a Hero (1977)

Waiting For Columbus – Live (1978)

Bonus Disc from Waiting for Columbus: Expanded Edition

Down On the Farm (1979)

Hoy-Hoy! (1981)

Let It Roll (1988)

Representing the Mambo (1990)

Outtakes from Hotcakes and Outtakes (2000)

Hear new Dead Weather song, “Rough Detective”

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Hear new Dead Weather song, “Rough Detective”
The Dead Weather have revealed new song "Rough Detective". Listen to it below. "Rough Detective" is the second new song from The Dead Weather in 2014 following "Open Up (That's Enough)" which was revealed earlier this month (January). Both "Rough Detective" and "Open Up (That's Enough)" are part...

The Dead Weather have revealed new song “Rough Detective”. Listen to it below.

“Rough Detective” is the second new song from The Dead Weather in 2014 following “Open Up (That’s Enough)” which was revealed earlier this month (January).

Both “Rough Detective” and “Open Up (That’s Enough)” are part of a series of single releases running up to the release of a new album by the band in 2015. The songs will be available digitally after the vinyl release.

The new album will be the first new material from the band since they released Sea Of Cowards in 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aszU6YvmiU

A statement from White’s Third Man label on the singles series claims the songs “are unlike anything else the band has ever done and are both ample reminders of the ferocity of this motley collection of low-lifes, grifters and ne’er-do-wells. These songs are not throw-aways. These songs are not demos. These songs are not outtakes.”

Original Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer announces tour dates and new album

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Original Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer announces tour dates and new album
Jeremy Spencer, one of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac, has announced American tour dates and a new album. The dates will be Spencer's first full-length tour of America since 1971. Spencer has also launched a Kickstarter Campaign offering advance premiums that will extend his tour to other c...

Jeremy Spencer, one of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac, has announced American tour dates and a new album.

The dates will be Spencer’s first full-length tour of America since 1971.

Spencer has also launched a Kickstarter Campaign offering advance premiums that will extend his tour to other cities in the US and fund the new CD. Kickstarter supporters will be eligible to receive pre-release downloads of his new album, Coventry Blue, autographed CDs or LPs, original artwork or private concerts. There will also be an 2014 Tour Club that will provide exclusive video and audio live updates from the tour.

You can find more information here.

Spencer played with Fleetwood Mac between 1967 and 1971, when he left to join religious group the Children Of God.

Jeremy Spencer will play:

Feb 12: Fingerprints Long Beach, CA – In Store

Feb 13: Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles, CA

Feb 14: LeStats, San Diego, CA

Feb 15: Westwood Music Workshop

Feb 16: Soho, Santa Barbara, CA

Feb 17: The Chapel, SF, CA

Feb 19: Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz, CA

Feb 20: Minor’s Foundry, Nevada City, CA

Feb 21: Palm’s Playhouse, Winters, CA

Feb 22: Freight & Salvage Workshop, SF

Feb 28: Winchester Hall, Cleveland, OH

Mar 1: Callahan’s, Detroit. MI

Mar 2: The Ark, Ann Arbor. MI

Mar 6: Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI

Mar 7: Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago, IL

Mar 8: Rosas Lounge, Chicago, IL

Mar 9: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL

Mar 12: Love & War, Plano TX

Mar 13: Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, TX

Mar 20: Regatta Bar, Cambridge MA

Mar 21: Black Eyed Sallys, Hartford, CT

Mar 22: Passim Workshop

Mar 22: Bearsville Theater, Woodstock NY

Mar 23: Turning Point, Piermont NY

Mar 24: BB Kings Blues Bar, NY

Mar 25: Blues Alley, Washington, DC

Mar 27: Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, PA

Mar 28: Splatter Concerts, NJ

Mar 30: Jalopy Theater, Brooklyn, NY

Mar 31: Iridium with Les Paul Trio, NYC

Lee Hazelwood Industries – There’s A Dream I’ve Been Saving 1966-1971

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Lee Hazelwood Industries – There’s A Dream I’ve Been Saving 1966-1971

Cosmic Cowboy’s indie label exhumed... Six years after his death, 47 years since his biggest hit (Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made For Walking”), Lee Hazlewood remains an enigma. Partly, he designed it that way. Throughout his career, he cast himself as an outsider, a drifter, a cowboy. What he didn’t quite accept, though the evidence is plentiful, is that in career terms he had a habit of shooting himself in the high-heeled boot. The label, LHI, was formed in 1966 when Hazlewood’s reputation was rising. Prior to his unlikely star-turn with Sinatra, the former DJ from Oklahoma had been round the block a couple of times; scoring a hit with Sanford Clark in 1956, and adding the echo to Duane Eddy’s twang. He had also laid the foundations of an idiosyncratic solo career with Trouble Is A Lonesome Town (1963) and The NSVIPs (1964). LHI took his ambition to another level, though it remains unclear just what Hazlewood wanted from the imprint. It can be viewed as one of the first great indie labels, though it was run from an office at 9000 Sunset Blvd with scant regard for commerce. Indeed, Suzi Jane Hokom, whose roles included production and art direction (as well as being romantically involved with Hazlewood) suggests the boss wasn’t bothered about hits. He ran a label because others were prepared to fund it. Still, he gave his co-conspirators free rein, and strange things happened, even if few people noticed. Hokom was allowed to develop as a producer, and used her influence to get the International Submarine Band signed, though Hazlewood was at best ambivalent about Gram Parsons. (Hokom suggests his disinterest was, at root, based on jealousy). A relaxed, chaotic endeavour, LHI had an open door approach, and a studio band comprised of key members of The Wrecking Crew (guitarist Al Casey was an associate from Hazlewood’s time as a DJ in Phoenix), with back-up from the likes of future-Byrd Clarence White and Ry Cooder. The output was varied. Between the grooves, you can hear the beginnings of a tear in the generation gap. Hazlewood is relaxed with the straight-up country of old buddy Sanford Clark (see the fine “Black Widow Spider” – a future hit for Richard Hawley, perhaps). The baroque pop of “Sunshine Soldier” by Arthur is simply extraordinary. But Hazlewood’s instincts pushed the Detroit girl group Honey Ltd away from political engagement. Indeed, LHI’s trademark is the tension between Hazlewood’s instincts and those of his acts (see the tethered psychedelia of “Maharishi”, by The Aggregation). Other acts were invented to fill quotas (Rabbitt, with Hokom’s pet rabbit Friday on the album cover). Of course, the whole thing is overshadowed by Hazlewood’s own recordings. True, Ann Margret isn’t quite a replacement for Nancy Sinatra, because the Swedish starlet over-enunciates. But the duets with Hokom are among his best work. The Virgil Warner and Suzi Hokom album is equally good – see the sultry “Summer Wine”. LHI ends when Hazlewood moves to Sweden, to collaborate with Torbjorn Axelman, escape the taxman, and help his son avoid the draft. The move coincides with the end of his relationship to Hokom, which he chronicles in the extraordinary 1971 album Requiem For An Almost Lady (included in full). It’s a nasty, poetic, beautiful, hurting record, in which the wounded poet tries to understand the hangover of his own hurt. As usual, Lee Hazlewood is the hero of his own song, making fun of the pain, looking for revenge in the comedy of his pathos. “In the beginning, there was nothing” he croons, “but it was kinda fun to watch nothing grow.” Alastair McKay EXTRAS: 10/10 The box comes in two editions. The simpler version has 4 CDs, with 107 tracks (all Hazlewood’s LHI Recordings, plus key tracks from LHI stable), 172 page book, Cowboy in Sweden on DVD (odd, but worth it), flexidisc and other ephemera. Deluxe edition also has 3 DVD data discs, including 17 albums, and 140 single A&B sides in WAV and MP3 format. Plus promo photos. Q&A SUZI JANE HOKOM How did you meet Lee? We all hung out those days at Martoni’s, an Italian restaurant in the heart of Hollywood where everybody hung out – promotion men, A&R guys, artists. I was 19, I’d already made some records, and I met him through mutual friends. I found him so refreshingly fascinating. How was LHI run? All of us were in it for our lives. We were there ’cause this was going to be our shot at doing something fabulous. But then you have The Master dictating what he thinks, and Lee wasn’t the hippest when it came to rock’n’roll. With the little finite nuances of these artists – sometimes he didn’t get it. How would you sum Lee up? Basically, Lee really was a writer. I would have loved to have seen him write books. He just had such an interesting take. There was a bitterness, and yet a great sensitivity and romanticism. That’s what I fell in love with – his writing. I think writing was a way that he could express what he couldn’t express himself in life. He was a small guy. Short, tiny. There was this gruff exterior … he called himself Grey Headed Old Son of a Bitch – every love letter was signed GHSOB. That was who he decided he was gonna be. His sensitivity and his great humour came out in his writing. INTERVIEW: ALASTAIR McKAY

Cosmic Cowboy’s indie label exhumed…

Six years after his death, 47 years since his biggest hit (Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made For Walking”), Lee Hazlewood remains an enigma. Partly, he designed it that way. Throughout his career, he cast himself as an outsider, a drifter, a cowboy. What he didn’t quite accept, though the evidence is plentiful, is that in career terms he had a habit of shooting himself in the high-heeled boot.

The label, LHI, was formed in 1966 when Hazlewood’s reputation was rising. Prior to his unlikely star-turn with Sinatra, the former DJ from Oklahoma had been round the block a couple of times; scoring a hit with Sanford Clark in 1956, and adding the echo to Duane Eddy’s twang. He had also laid the foundations of an idiosyncratic solo career with Trouble Is A Lonesome Town (1963) and The NSVIPs (1964).

LHI took his ambition to another level, though it remains unclear just what Hazlewood wanted from the imprint. It can be viewed as one of the first great indie labels, though it was run from an office at 9000 Sunset Blvd with scant regard for commerce. Indeed, Suzi Jane Hokom, whose roles included production and art direction (as well as being romantically involved with Hazlewood) suggests the boss wasn’t bothered about hits. He ran a label because others were prepared to fund it.

Still, he gave his co-conspirators free rein, and strange things happened, even if few people noticed. Hokom was allowed to develop as a producer, and used her influence to get the International Submarine Band signed, though Hazlewood was at best ambivalent about Gram Parsons. (Hokom suggests his disinterest was, at root, based on jealousy).

A relaxed, chaotic endeavour, LHI had an open door approach, and a studio band comprised of key members of The Wrecking Crew (guitarist Al Casey was an associate from Hazlewood’s time as a DJ in Phoenix), with back-up from the likes of future-Byrd Clarence White and Ry Cooder. The output was varied. Between the grooves, you can hear the beginnings of a tear in the generation gap. Hazlewood is relaxed with the straight-up country of old buddy Sanford Clark (see the fine “Black Widow Spider” – a future hit for Richard Hawley, perhaps). The baroque pop of “Sunshine Soldier” by Arthur is simply extraordinary. But Hazlewood’s instincts pushed the Detroit girl group Honey Ltd away from political engagement. Indeed, LHI’s trademark is the tension between Hazlewood’s instincts and those of his acts (see the tethered psychedelia of “Maharishi”, by The Aggregation). Other acts were invented to fill quotas (Rabbitt, with Hokom’s pet rabbit Friday on the album cover).

Of course, the whole thing is overshadowed by Hazlewood’s own recordings. True, Ann Margret isn’t quite a replacement for Nancy Sinatra, because the Swedish starlet over-enunciates. But the duets with Hokom are among his best work. The Virgil Warner and Suzi Hokom album is equally good – see the sultry “Summer Wine”.

LHI ends when Hazlewood moves to Sweden, to collaborate with Torbjorn Axelman, escape the taxman, and help his son avoid the draft. The move coincides with the end of his relationship to Hokom, which he chronicles in the extraordinary 1971 album Requiem For An Almost Lady (included in full). It’s a nasty, poetic, beautiful, hurting record, in which the wounded poet tries to understand the hangover of his own hurt. As usual, Lee Hazlewood is the hero of his own song, making fun of the pain, looking for revenge in the comedy of his pathos. “In the beginning, there was nothing” he croons, “but it was kinda fun to watch nothing grow.”

Alastair McKay

EXTRAS:

10/10

The box comes in two editions. The simpler version has 4 CDs, with 107 tracks (all Hazlewood’s LHI Recordings, plus key tracks from LHI stable), 172 page book, Cowboy in Sweden on DVD (odd, but worth it), flexidisc and other ephemera. Deluxe edition also has 3 DVD data discs, including 17 albums, and 140 single A&B sides in WAV and MP3 format. Plus promo photos.

Q&A

SUZI JANE HOKOM

How did you meet Lee?

We all hung out those days at Martoni’s, an Italian restaurant in the heart of Hollywood where everybody hung out – promotion men, A&R guys, artists. I was 19, I’d already made some records, and I met him through mutual friends. I found him so refreshingly fascinating.

How was LHI run?

All of us were in it for our lives. We were there ’cause this was going to be our shot at doing something fabulous. But then you have The Master dictating what he thinks, and Lee wasn’t the hippest when it came to rock’n’roll. With the little finite nuances of these artists – sometimes he didn’t get it.

How would you sum Lee up?

Basically, Lee really was a writer. I would have loved to have seen him write books. He just had such an interesting take. There was a bitterness, and yet a great sensitivity and romanticism. That’s what I fell in love with – his writing. I think writing was a way that he could express what he couldn’t express himself in life. He was a small guy. Short, tiny. There was this gruff exterior … he called himself Grey Headed Old Son of a Bitch – every love letter was signed GHSOB. That was who he decided he was gonna be. His sensitivity and his great humour came out in his writing.

INTERVIEW: ALASTAIR McKAY

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to play live together

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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to play live together
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are to perform together at this year's Grammy Awards. McCartney has been nominated for a number of awards, including Best Rock Song for "Cut Me Some Slack" with Dave Grohl and Krist Noveselic, whilst Starr will be honoured with the 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achi...

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are to perform together at this year’s Grammy Awards.

McCartney has been nominated for a number of awards, including Best Rock Song for “Cut Me Some Slack” with Dave Grohl and Krist Noveselic, whilst Starr will be honoured with the 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony.

The news comes two months after the Grammys announced that a prime-time television special, The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles, would air on February 9, exactly 50 years after the Beatles made their US television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. It is not yet known if Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr will feature in the programme.

Photo credit: Credit Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty Images

Watch Bruce Springsteen perform spoof version of “Born To Run” on US TV

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Watch Bruce Springsteen perform spoof version of “Born To Run” on US TV
Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon performed a spoof version of "Born To Run" on US TV show Late Night last night (January 14). The song was reworked in reference to the ongoing 'bridgegate' scandal, in which an aide working for New Jersey governor is accused of orchestrating traffic mayhem on the...

Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon performed a spoof version of “Born To Run” on US TV show Late Night last night (January 14).

The song was reworked in reference to the ongoing ‘bridgegate’ scandal, in which an aide working for New Jersey governor is accused of orchestrating traffic mayhem on the George Washington Bridge connecting New Jersey to Manhattan. The gridlock was allegedly intended to punish a Democratic mayor who did not endorse the governor’s re-election.

On the show, New Jersey native Springsteen and host Fallon both wore the singer’s familiar Born To Run-era sleeveless denim and red bandana. New lyrics to the song included: “They shut down the tollbooths of glory ’cause we didn’t endorse Chris Christie,” and “Man, I’ve gotta take a leak, but I can’t, “I’m stuck in Governor Chris Christie’s Fort Lee, New Jersey traffic jam.”

The song will no doubt be a dubious honour for the governor, who claims to know all the lyrics to Springsteen’s songs, has quoted lyrics in speeches and says he has attended more than 100 of his concerts, reports MSNBC. Christie met Obama-supporter Springsteen at a benefit for Superstorm Sandy victims in October 2012, when the politician and the singer hugged. Christie admitted he cried after the encounter. “I told the president today, actually, that the hug was great and when we got home, there was a lot of weeping because of the hug,” Christie said at the time. “And the president asked why. I said, ‘Well, to be honest, I was the one doing the weeping.'”

John Paul Jones unveils new band

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John Paul Jones unveils new band
John Paul Jones has started a new band called Minibus Pimps. Jones has joined forces with Norwegian musician Deathprod - aka Helge Sten - for the project. The band will release their debut LP Cloud To Ground on March 3, reports Pitchfork. The band have launched their own website website. Meanwhile...

John Paul Jones has started a new band called Minibus Pimps.

Jones has joined forces with Norwegian musician Deathprod – aka Helge Sten – for the project. The band will release their debut LP Cloud To Ground on March 3, reports Pitchfork. The band have launched their own website website.

Meanwhile, Robert Plant recently revealed he discovered previously unreleased Led Zeppelin music, some of which features the band’s bassist John Paul Jones on vocals and which may feature on the forthcoming remastered releases of Led Zeppelin’s back catalogue.

Speaking about John Paul Jones’ response to the material which features him on vocals, he joked that Jones is trying to bribe him not to release the songs. “So far, he’s going to give me two cars and a greenhouse not to get ’em on the album,” he said.

John Paul Jones has ruled out the possibility of a Led Zeppelin reunion this year – because he is too busy writing an opera. When asked about a 2014 Led Zeppelin reunion by Red Carpet TV News, he replied: “2014 is full of opera for me at the moment.” Last year he revealed he was “halfway through the first act” of his opera, which is based on Spöksonaten (The Ghost Sonata), a 1907 play by Swedish writer August Strindberg. He described opera as being “unlike anything else”, adding: “It’s the emotion, the passion, and I’m writing an opera myself so I have to say that.”

Photo: Rex Features

Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant, Arcade Fire for jazz festival line up

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Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Plant, Arcade Fire for jazz festival line up
Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Robert Plant and Arcade Fire are among the bands playing at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The event will take place across two weekends: April 25 - 27 and May 1 - 4. Other artists performing include Santana, Vampire Wee...

Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Robert Plant and Arcade Fire are among the bands playing at this year’s New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

The event will take place across two weekends: April 25 – 27 and May 1 – 4.

Other artists performing include Santana, Vampire Weekend, Alabama Shakes, John Fogerty, Aaron Neville and Allen Toussaint.

You can find the full line-up here.

Last year’s line-up included Fleetwood Mac, Patti Smith, Willie Nelson and The Black Keys.

Introducing… Lou Reed: The Ultimate Music Guide

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Introducing… Lou Reed: The Ultimate Music Guide

After Lou Reed died on October 27 last year we began discussing how best we could commemorate the man and his tremendous body of work. The natural solution presented itself in the form of an Ultimate Music Guide. Accordingly, the latest instalment in our series of Ultimate Music Guides – which goes on sale this Thursday [January 16] – gathers together a wealth of interviews with Reed from the archives of Melody Maker, NME and Uncut, as well as brand new, in depth reviews of all Reed’s albums – from The Velvet Underground & Nico up to his final studio album, Lulu, his collaboration with Metallica. In our earliest interview – from 1972 – Richard Williams finds Reed hard at work on his solo debut in – of all places – Willesden. After that, you’ll find some hilarious and often revealing encounters with Reed. Regular readers of Uncut will enjoy re-reading Allan’s various adventures with Lou down the years – scraps with Bowie included. But there’s also some great vintage pieces from the likes of Charles Shaar Murray, Michael Watts and Chris Charlesworth and later interviews with Nick Johnstone and Gavin Martin taken from Uncut’s own archives. Just as importantly, the album reviews present a fresh overview to Reed’s tremendous body of work. While it’s great to be reacquainted with the more familiar albums like the Velvets records or Berlin or New York, the work done by our writers in reassessing Reed’s back catalogue truffles out significant treasures in even his most overlooked or neglected records. Case in point: I had forgotten how good Hudson River Wind Meditations was. There’s also a round up of Reed’s compilations, live albums and miscellany – singles, collectables and guest appearances. Anyway, Lou Reed: The Ultimate Music Guide is in shops and on digital newsstands from Thursday, and to whet your appetite here’s a couple of classic Lou clips for you. Incidentally, here's some links for you to buy this online or digitally. To buy a physical copy, click here. For Apple digital newsstand, click here. For all other digital newsstands, click here. Enjoy the rest of your week. Michael Follow me on Twitter @MichaelBonner. Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable, 1966 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsR4ghMfq0U “Sweet Jane” live in Paris, 1974 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc26EFI1_nw “Romeo Had Juliette” from The United States Of Poetry, 1996 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIw7RO8guX0 “White Light/White Heat” with Pete Townshend, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-7Mp41E5sw “Heroin” live in Germany, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlFi53cRskI

After Lou Reed died on October 27 last year we began discussing how best we could commemorate the man and his tremendous body of work. The natural solution presented itself in the form of an Ultimate Music Guide.

Accordingly, the latest instalment in our series of Ultimate Music Guides – which goes on sale this Thursday [January 16] – gathers together a wealth of interviews with Reed from the archives of Melody Maker, NME and Uncut, as well as brand new, in depth reviews of all Reed’s albums – from The Velvet Underground & Nico up to his final studio album, Lulu, his collaboration with Metallica.

In our earliest interview – from 1972 – Richard Williams finds Reed hard at work on his solo debut in – of all places – Willesden. After that, you’ll find some hilarious and often revealing encounters with Reed. Regular readers of Uncut will enjoy re-reading Allan’s various adventures with Lou down the years – scraps with Bowie included. But there’s also some great vintage pieces from the likes of Charles Shaar Murray, Michael Watts and Chris Charlesworth and later interviews with Nick Johnstone and Gavin Martin taken from Uncut’s own archives.

Just as importantly, the album reviews present a fresh overview to Reed’s tremendous body of work. While it’s great to be reacquainted with the more familiar albums like the Velvets records or Berlin or New York, the work done by our writers in reassessing Reed’s back catalogue truffles out significant treasures in even his most overlooked or neglected records. Case in point: I had forgotten how good Hudson River Wind Meditations was. There’s also a round up of Reed’s compilations, live albums and miscellany – singles, collectables and guest appearances.

Anyway, Lou Reed: The Ultimate Music Guide is in shops and on digital newsstands from Thursday, and to whet your appetite here’s a couple of classic Lou clips for you.

Incidentally, here’s some links for you to buy this online or digitally.

To buy a physical copy, click here.

For Apple digital newsstand, click here.

For all other digital newsstands, click here.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Michael

Follow me on Twitter @MichaelBonner.

Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable, 1966

“Sweet Jane” live in Paris, 1974

“Romeo Had Juliette” from The United States Of Poetry, 1996

“White Light/White Heat” with Pete Townshend, 2007

“Heroin” live in Germany, 2012

The Second Uncut Playlist Of 2014

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The Second Uncut Playlist Of 2014

Quickly today, as there’s an issue to be flung together, but a plug in passing for our latest Ultimate Music Guide, on sale today and dedicated to Lou Reed. More on that later. In the meantime, 25 to dig into here: you’ll note new stuff from Woods and Dean McPhee, some more Neil Young business from last week’s solo shows, and an excellent new album from Pye Corner Audio. Damaged Bug is the new project of John Dwyer, though word is there’s another Oh Sees album forthcoming before they go on hiatus. Oh, and I fished out the Golden Gunn album one sunny morning at the end of last week, having found out that a Steve Gunn band gig in London had suddenly fallen onto the schedule at Café Oto for next Monday (January 20). Wish I could be there. I should be able to make Jessica Pratt show at the same place this Thursday, though; looking forward to that. Sun Kil Moon’s “Benji”, meanwhile, is now revealing itself to be possibly the most harrowing album Mark Kozelek’s ever made. I’ll file something lengthy on the subject when I have an hour or two to spare. Until then… Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey 1 Black Dirt Oak – Wawayanda Patient (MIE Music) Read my review here 2 Joan As Police Woman – The Classic (Play It Again Sam) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfXqJth6Eo4 3 Beck – Morning Phase (Capitol) 4 La Perversita – La Soupeuse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXHjlnlejK0 5 Johnny Cash – Out Among The Stars (Sony) 6 Laibach – Spectre (Mute) 7 Damaged Bug – Eggs At Night (Castle Face) 8 Woods – Leaves Like Glass (Woodsist) 9 Bill Callahan – Have Fun With God (Drag City) Read my review here 10 [NEW! Redacted] 11 Golden Gunn – Golden Gunn (Three Lobed Recordings) 12 St Vincent – St Vincent (Loma Vista) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7LsBjrqqHA 13 The Upsetters – The Good, The Bad And The Upsetters: Jamaican Edition (Hot Milk) 14 Pye Corner Audio – Black Mill Tapes (Type) 15 Future Islands – Singles (4AD) 16 Sun Kil Moon – Benji (Caldo Verde) 17 East India Youth – Total Strife Forever (Stolen) 18 Neil Young – Carnegie Hall 7/1/14 (Bootleg) 19 Alvarius B/Sir Richard Bishop - If You Don't Like It... DON'T! (Three Lobed Recordings) 20 The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits (Sacred Bones) 21 Valentin Stip – Sigh (Other People) 22 Neil Young – Pocahontas (Live at Massey Hall, Toronto, 13/1/14) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGGpT1Y8F4E 23 Lyla Foy – Mirrors The Sky (Sub Pop) 24 Dean McPhee – Smoke And Mirrors (Souncloud) 25 Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance – Ooh La La: An Island Harvest (Island/Universal)

Quickly today, as there’s an issue to be flung together, but a plug in passing for our latest Ultimate Music Guide, on sale today and dedicated to Lou Reed. More on that later.

In the meantime, 25 to dig into here: you’ll note new stuff from Woods and Dean McPhee, some more Neil Young business from last week’s solo shows, and an excellent new album from Pye Corner Audio. Damaged Bug is the new project of John Dwyer, though word is there’s another Oh Sees album forthcoming before they go on hiatus. Oh, and I fished out the Golden Gunn album one sunny morning at the end of last week, having found out that a Steve Gunn band gig in London had suddenly fallen onto the schedule at Café Oto for next Monday (January 20). Wish I could be there. I should be able to make Jessica Pratt show at the same place this Thursday, though; looking forward to that.

Sun Kil Moon’s “Benji”, meanwhile, is now revealing itself to be possibly the most harrowing album Mark Kozelek’s ever made. I’ll file something lengthy on the subject when I have an hour or two to spare. Until then…

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

1 Black Dirt Oak – Wawayanda Patient (MIE Music)

Read my review here

2 Joan As Police Woman – The Classic (Play It Again Sam)

3 Beck – Morning Phase (Capitol)

4 La Perversita – La Soupeuse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXHjlnlejK0

5 Johnny Cash – Out Among The Stars (Sony)

6 Laibach – Spectre (Mute)

7 Damaged Bug – Eggs At Night (Castle Face)

8 Woods – Leaves Like Glass (Woodsist)

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

Read my review here

10 [NEW! Redacted]

11 Golden Gunn – Golden Gunn (Three Lobed Recordings)

12 St Vincent – St Vincent (Loma Vista)

13 The Upsetters – The Good, The Bad And The Upsetters: Jamaican Edition (Hot Milk)

14 Pye Corner Audio – Black Mill Tapes (Type)

15 Future Islands – Singles (4AD)

16 Sun Kil Moon – Benji (Caldo Verde)

17 East India Youth – Total Strife Forever (Stolen)

18 Neil Young – Carnegie Hall 7/1/14 (Bootleg)

19 Alvarius B/Sir Richard Bishop – If You Don’t Like It… DON’T! (Three Lobed Recordings)

20 The Men – Tomorrow’s Hits (Sacred Bones)

21 Valentin Stip – Sigh (Other People)

22 Neil Young – Pocahontas (Live at Massey Hall, Toronto, 13/1/14)

23 Lyla Foy – Mirrors The Sky (Sub Pop)

24 Dean McPhee – Smoke And Mirrors (Souncloud)

25 Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance – Ooh La La: An Island Harvest (Island/Universal)

Paul Weller to play forest gigs this summer

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Paul Weller to play forest gigs this summer

Paul Weller has announced details of five forest gigs he will play this summer. The singer will play a string of outdoor shows in June and July of this year (2014). Starting at Sherwood Pines forest in Nottinghamshire, Weller will then perform in Kent, North Yorkshire, and Staffordshire before ending the run of shows at Delamere Forest in Cheshire. Tickets for the dates go on sale at 9am on Friday, priced £46.20. Scroll down for ticket details. Speaking to NME at his last gig in London last December, Weller confirmed that he is working on a new album in 2014. Discussing new song 'Gravity', which was aired at the Save The Children's Christmas Tree Sessions show, Weller said: "'Gravity' is a song I've had for a while now, and I don’t know what to do with it. I'm working on a new album, writing and collecting songs, and hopefully it'll be out next year. It's what I do, write songs and record them, so I just want to get on with it." Paul Weller will play: Sherwood Pines Forest (June 14) Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest (June 21) Dalby Forest (June 27) Cannock Chase Forest (June 28) Delamere Forest (July 4)

Paul Weller has announced details of five forest gigs he will play this summer.

The singer will play a string of outdoor shows in June and July of this year (2014). Starting at Sherwood Pines forest in Nottinghamshire, Weller will then perform in Kent, North Yorkshire, and Staffordshire before ending the run of shows at Delamere Forest in Cheshire.

Tickets for the dates go on sale at 9am on Friday, priced £46.20. Scroll down for ticket details.

Speaking to NME at his last gig in London last December, Weller confirmed that he is working on a new album in 2014. Discussing new song ‘Gravity’, which was aired at the Save The Children’s Christmas Tree Sessions show, Weller said: “‘Gravity’ is a song I’ve had for a while now, and I don’t know what to do with it. I’m working on a new album, writing and collecting songs, and hopefully it’ll be out next year. It’s what I do, write songs and record them, so I just want to get on with it.”

Paul Weller will play:

Sherwood Pines Forest (June 14)

Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest (June 21)

Dalby Forest (June 27)

Cannock Chase Forest (June 28)

Delamere Forest (July 4)

U2 return to stage for first time in three years at Haiti benefit concert – watch

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U2 return to stage for first time in three years at Haiti benefit concert – watch

U2 played their first live show in three years at a Haiti benefit concert in Beverly Hills this weekend. The band took to the stage at actor Sean Penn's third annual Help Haiti benefit at the Montage Hotel. The brief set consisted of a collection of hits including 'I Will Follow', 'Vertigo', and 'Desire', reports Billboard. Bono and The Edge also performed on their own, covering Leonard Cohen’s 'Hallelujah' with Haitian singer Anaelle Jean-Pierre. Clips from the performance can be seen in the video above. U2 were also the recipients of a Golden Globe at this year's awards, which took place in Los Angeles last night (January 12). The band's 'Ordinary Love', taken from the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom was named Best Original Song at the ceremony. 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle were among the big winners on the night. The awards were hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Reports recently claimed that U2 would release their new album in April and an announcement could be made at Super Bowl XLVIII in February, with representatives for the band currently negotiating a deal with brands to announce the LP. Bassist Adam Clayton recently confirmed that the group were planning to wrap up recording by the end of this year. Last year, U2 were reportedly spotted entering a New York studio with Coldplay's Chris Martin, fuelling speculation that the singer may appear on the band's new album. All four members of the rock group were seen at the Electric Lady Studios in New York in May, where Danger Mouse was reportedly mixing the new material. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6zEhFWGgQE

U2 played their first live show in three years at a Haiti benefit concert in Beverly Hills this weekend.

The band took to the stage at actor Sean Penn’s third annual Help Haiti benefit at the Montage Hotel. The brief set consisted of a collection of hits including ‘I Will Follow’, ‘Vertigo’, and ‘Desire’, reports Billboard. Bono and The Edge also performed on their own, covering Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ with Haitian singer Anaelle Jean-Pierre. Clips from the performance can be seen in the video above.

U2 were also the recipients of a Golden Globe at this year’s awards, which took place in Los Angeles last night (January 12). The band’s ‘Ordinary Love’, taken from the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom was named Best Original Song at the ceremony. 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle were among the big winners on the night. The awards were hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

Reports recently claimed that U2 would release their new album in April and an announcement could be made at Super Bowl XLVIII in February, with representatives for the band currently negotiating a deal with brands to announce the LP. Bassist Adam Clayton recently confirmed that the group were planning to wrap up recording by the end of this year.

Last year, U2 were reportedly spotted entering a New York studio with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, fuelling speculation that the singer may appear on the band’s new album. All four members of the rock group were seen at the Electric Lady Studios in New York in May, where Danger Mouse was reportedly mixing the new material.

Courtney Love to appear in court next week to defend tweet

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Courtney Love to appear in court next week to defend tweet

Courtney Love will appear in court next Monday (January 20) to defend an allegedly defamatory tweet she wrote. The Hole frontwoman is being pursued by Rhonda Holmes, a lawyer Love hired previously to handle a fraud case against those managing the estate of her late husband Kurt Cobain. According to Billboard, Holmes is suing Love over a 2010 tweet that read in part: "I was fucking devestated [sic] when Rhonda J. Holmes esq. of san diego was bought off." She is also facing claims in relation to a follow-up interview she gave after sending the tweet. It is the first time a celebrity has been called to defend an allegedly defamatory tweet in a US courtroom. The jury must first decide whether Love's Twitter followers would have reasonably understood the statement to have been about Holmes and her law firm. It must also decide whether Love intended to send the tweet, which she claims was meant to be a direct message, but was accidentally made public. If she pursues this defense, wider questions will be asked about her general behavior. Finally, if Holmes is successful in her legal action by showing the tweet was reasonably understood to communicate an untruth about the lawyer taking a bribe, the court must decide on the amount of damages to be awarded to her. Holmes will likely ask for greater damages because of the exposure celebrities' tweets gather. Love, however, will argue that the message cause no professional harm to her former lawyer. Others scheduled to give testimony are journalists, Love's former assistants and language experts.

Courtney Love will appear in court next Monday (January 20) to defend an allegedly defamatory tweet she wrote.

The Hole frontwoman is being pursued by Rhonda Holmes, a lawyer Love hired previously to handle a fraud case against those managing the estate of her late husband Kurt Cobain.

According to Billboard, Holmes is suing Love over a 2010 tweet that read in part: “I was fucking devestated [sic] when Rhonda J. Holmes esq. of san diego was bought off.” She is also facing claims in relation to a follow-up interview she gave after sending the tweet.

It is the first time a celebrity has been called to defend an allegedly defamatory tweet in a US courtroom.

The jury must first decide whether Love’s Twitter followers would have reasonably understood the statement to have been about Holmes and her law firm. It must also decide whether Love intended to send the tweet, which she claims was meant to be a direct message, but was accidentally made public. If she pursues this defense, wider questions will be asked about her general behavior.

Finally, if Holmes is successful in her legal action by showing the tweet was reasonably understood to communicate an untruth about the lawyer taking a bribe, the court must decide on the amount of damages to be awarded to her. Holmes will likely ask for greater damages because of the exposure celebrities’ tweets gather. Love, however, will argue that the message cause no professional harm to her former lawyer.

Others scheduled to give testimony are journalists, Love’s former assistants and language experts.

Blur’s Alex James planning to launch new drink, ‘Britpop’

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Blur’s Alex James planning to launch new drink, ‘Britpop’

Blur's Alex James has reportedly applied to use the name Britpop for a new drink. City AM reports that James applied for the Britpop trademark in October last year and that it was published for consultation by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office last Friday (January 10) It is not yet known what his plans for the drink are but Buzzfeed reports that James' application covers "beverages enriched with added minerals"and "low alcohol beer" as well as "alcopops". The bass player already holds the trademark on a number of different names for cheese, including Blue Monday, Figgy Pudding and Farleigh Wallop. In 2012, UK supermarket Asda decided to stop stocking his six of his cheeses, describing the dairy products' flavours as being "ahead of their time". Meanwhile, Alex James' Blur bandmate Dave Rowntree recently began hosting his own weekly radio show on XFM. The drummer will host an hour-long weekly slot each Thursday between 9pm to 10pm. According to a statement, he will play an "eclectic selection of music alongside some incredible stories about his outstanding music career". Last summer (2013), Damon Albarn reportedly confirmed that Blur will record a new album following the release of his own forthcoming solo LP.

Blur’s Alex James has reportedly applied to use the name Britpop for a new drink.

City AM reports that James applied for the Britpop trademark in October last year and that it was published for consultation by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office last Friday (January 10)

It is not yet known what his plans for the drink are but Buzzfeed reports that James’ application covers “beverages enriched with added minerals”and “low alcohol beer” as well as “alcopops”.

The bass player already holds the trademark on a number of different names for cheese, including Blue Monday, Figgy Pudding and Farleigh Wallop. In 2012, UK supermarket Asda decided to stop stocking his six of his cheeses, describing the dairy products’ flavours as being “ahead of their time”.

Meanwhile, Alex James’ Blur bandmate Dave Rowntree recently began hosting his own weekly radio show on XFM. The drummer will host an hour-long weekly slot each Thursday between 9pm to 10pm. According to a statement, he will play an “eclectic selection of music alongside some incredible stories about his outstanding music career”.

Last summer (2013), Damon Albarn reportedly confirmed that Blur will record a new album following the release of his own forthcoming solo LP.

New Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers album “virtually done”

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New Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers album “virtually done”
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers have nearly completed their new album, according to Benmont Tench. The Heartbreakers' keyboard player has been speaking to Uncut ahead of the release of his solo album, You Should Be So Lucky. When asked about the status of the new Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers al...

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers have nearly completed their new album, according to Benmont Tench.

The Heartbreakers’ keyboard player has been speaking to Uncut ahead of the release of his solo album, You Should Be So Lucky.

When asked about the status of the new Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers album, Tench told Uncut: “I think we’re virtually done. We cut a lot of stuff; Tom just wants to get the right batch of songs. That’s the scoop on it.”

The release will be the band’s 13th studio album, and their first since 2010.

Tench’s You Should Be So Lucky includes contributions from Petty, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Ryan Adams, Ringo Starr and Don Was. It is released on Blue Note.

Christine McVie rejoins Fleetwood Mac

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Christine McVie rejoins Fleetwood Mac

Christine McVie has rejoined Fleetwood Mac. The news was broken on Saturday night [January 11] by Mick Fleetwood during a concert in Hawaii. According to a report on Consequence Of Sound, Fleetwood told the audience at Uncle Willie K's BBQ Blues Fest in Maui,”This is the worst kept secret there is, but Christine McVie will be rejoining Fleetwood Mac.” McVie, who left the band in 1998, had rejoined her former bandmates in September last year at London's 02 Arena; you can watch footage of the performance below. In other good news for Fleetwood Mac fans, bass player John McVie, who was diagnosed with cancer in October 2013, made his return to the stage at the band's shows at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on December 30 and 31. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJPhM5oQepw

Christine McVie has rejoined Fleetwood Mac.

The news was broken on Saturday night [January 11] by Mick Fleetwood during a concert in Hawaii.

According to a report on Consequence Of Sound, Fleetwood told the audience at Uncle Willie K’s BBQ Blues Fest in Maui,”This is the worst kept secret there is, but Christine McVie will be rejoining Fleetwood Mac.”

McVie, who left the band in 1998, had rejoined her former bandmates in September last year at London’s 02 Arena; you can watch footage of the performance below.

In other good news for Fleetwood Mac fans, bass player John McVie, who was diagnosed with cancer in October 2013, made his return to the stage at the band’s shows at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on December 30 and 31.

Kim Gordon to publish book of essays

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Kim Gordon to publish book of essays

A book of essays by Kim Gordon is set to be published this month. Is It My Body?: Selected Texts will be released by Sternberg Press and collates essays the musician wrote for art and culture magazines in the 1980s and early 1990s. The book has been edited by Branden W. Joseph and discusses the work of Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Tony Oursler and Raymond Pettibon, reports FACT. Last year it was reported that the former Sonic Youth member had begun work on an autobiography. Set to be titled Girl In A Band and published by HarperCollins, it will "chronicle her choice to leave Los Angeles in the early ’80s for the post-punk scene in New York City, where she formed Sonic Youth". Gordon was a member of the iconic group from their foundation in 1981 until 2011, when the band went on hiatus after her separation from bandmate and husband Thurston Moore. She has since formed a new band, Body/Head, with Vampire Belt member Bill Nace. Their album 'Coming Apart' was released in September 2013. Gordon will make an appearance in the third series of Lena Dunham's hit US TV series Girls. In an interview with Slate, Gordon was asked if she knew the creator of the show and replied: "I'm actually on an episode [of Girls] next season." The show will be broadcast in the UK on Sky Atlantic from January 20.

A book of essays by Kim Gordon is set to be published this month.

Is It My Body?: Selected Texts will be released by Sternberg Press and collates essays the musician wrote for art and culture magazines in the 1980s and early 1990s. The book has been edited by Branden W. Joseph and discusses the work of Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Tony Oursler and Raymond Pettibon, reports FACT.

Last year it was reported that the former Sonic Youth member had begun work on an autobiography. Set to be titled Girl In A Band and published by HarperCollins, it will “chronicle her choice to leave Los Angeles in the early ’80s for the post-punk scene in New York City, where she formed Sonic Youth”. Gordon was a member of the iconic group from their foundation in 1981 until 2011, when the band went on hiatus after her separation from bandmate and husband Thurston Moore. She has since formed a new band, Body/Head, with Vampire Belt member Bill Nace. Their album ‘Coming Apart’ was released in September 2013.

Gordon will make an appearance in the third series of Lena Dunham’s hit US TV series Girls. In an interview with Slate, Gordon was asked if she knew the creator of the show and replied: “I’m actually on an episode [of Girls] next season.” The show will be broadcast in the UK on Sky Atlantic from January 20.

Tom Morello compares new solo album to Jimi Hendrix

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Tom Morello compares new solo album to Jimi Hendrix

Tom Morello has revealed that he is working on a solo rock album. The Rage Against The Machine guitarist is currently part of Bruce Springsteen's live band, and will fill in for the E Street Band's Steven Van Zandt on Springsteen's upcoming Australian tour. Morello also plays on eight songs on the Springsteen's new album 'High Hopes', which is due out on January 13. In a new interview with Billboard, Morello confirms that he is working on a "big solo rock record" which will be his first solo release following four albums as The Nightwatchmen. Comparing his work to that of Jimi Hendrix, Morello says: "I want to make the craziest guitar record that anyone's ever heard. The idea is that this is the Hendrix of now." He also says that it is the influence of Springsteen that led him back to the electric guitar. "The first time I ever sang with an electric guitar in my hands was 'The Ghost of Tom Joad' (with Springsteen) at the Anaheim Pond in 2008. Until then I'd kept my folk singing career and my electric guitar shredding career completely separate." Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images

Tom Morello has revealed that he is working on a solo rock album.

The Rage Against The Machine guitarist is currently part of Bruce Springsteen’s live band, and will fill in for the E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt on Springsteen’s upcoming Australian tour.

Morello also plays on eight songs on the Springsteen’s new album ‘High Hopes’, which is due out on January 13.

In a new interview with Billboard, Morello confirms that he is working on a “big solo rock record” which will be his first solo release following four albums as The Nightwatchmen.

Comparing his work to that of Jimi Hendrix, Morello says: “I want to make the craziest guitar record that anyone’s ever heard. The idea is that this is the Hendrix of now.”

He also says that it is the influence of Springsteen that led him back to the electric guitar. “The first time I ever sang with an electric guitar in my hands was ‘The Ghost of Tom Joad’ (with Springsteen) at the Anaheim Pond in 2008. Until then I’d kept my folk singing career and my electric guitar shredding career completely separate.”

Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images

Brian Wilson to headline Hop Farm Music Festival 2014

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Brian Wilson to headline Hop Farm Music Festival 2014

Brian Wilson is set to headline The Hop Farm Music Festival 2014. The Beach Boys legend will head up the event, which takes place July 4-6, on The Hop Farm Family Park site in Kent. Tickets go on sale February 1 and the rest of the bill will be released on March 7. For more information visit thehopfarmmusicfestival.com. Confusingly, two festivals will be put on under the Hop Farm Music Festival name this summer. Vince Power's festival of the same name will also run, but on a new site in Tunbridge Wells, following an announcement made on the festival's Facebook page. Last year Power's festival released a statement which read: "Reports suggest that another festival is to be hosted on The Hop Farm Family Park site, called the Hop Farm Music Festival, but this event has no association with the well-established Hop Farm Music Festival. This is an unfamiliar event organised by an entirely different promoter and team. Despite the naming of this event it is not in any way connected with the esteemed Hop Farm Music Festival." The original Hop Farm Music Festival has not yet announced its 2014 dates. Promoter Vince Power said of the event's return: "I have been building the Hop Farm for six years now, unfortunately due to the economic climate we had to cancel last year, but the festival is not over. We have a strong brand in the festival market, an instantly recognisable festival and you can't keep a good festival down." 2013's Hop Farm Festival was cancelled, with organisers blaming poor ticket sales and the economy. My Bloody Valentine and Rodriguez were due to headline the festival with The Horrors, The Cribs and Dinosaur Jr also set to perform.

Brian Wilson is set to headline The Hop Farm Music Festival 2014.

The Beach Boys legend will head up the event, which takes place July 4-6, on The Hop Farm Family Park site in Kent. Tickets go on sale February 1 and the rest of the bill will be released on March 7. For more information visit thehopfarmmusicfestival.com.

Confusingly, two festivals will be put on under the Hop Farm Music Festival name this summer. Vince Power’s festival of the same name will also run, but on a new site in Tunbridge Wells, following an announcement made on the festival’s Facebook page. Last year Power’s festival released a statement which read: “Reports suggest that another festival is to be hosted on The Hop Farm Family Park site, called the Hop Farm Music Festival, but this event has no association with the well-established Hop Farm Music Festival. This is an unfamiliar event organised by an entirely different promoter and team. Despite the naming of this event it is not in any way connected with the esteemed Hop Farm Music Festival.”

The original Hop Farm Music Festival has not yet announced its 2014 dates. Promoter Vince Power said of the event’s return: “I have been building the Hop Farm for six years now, unfortunately due to the economic climate we had to cancel last year, but the festival is not over. We have a strong brand in the festival market, an instantly recognisable festival and you can’t keep a good festival down.”

2013’s Hop Farm Festival was cancelled, with organisers blaming poor ticket sales and the economy. My Bloody Valentine and Rodriguez were due to headline the festival with The Horrors, The Cribs and Dinosaur Jr also set to perform.

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