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Third Man Records to release The White Stripes ‘Elephant’ singles collection on vinyl

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Third Man Records to release The White Stripes ‘Elephant’ singles collection on vinyl

Third Man Records has announced the release of all the singles from The White Stripes’ ‘Elephant’, together in a vinyl boxset. The collection is the 19th release from the store's Vault series, and will include remastered and repackaged versions of ‘Seven Nation Army’, ‘The Hardest Button To Button’, ‘There’s No Home For You Here’ and ‘I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself’. According to the official Third Man website, the vinyl sleeves from the collection, which costs $60, will be made using a process known as “soft touch aqueous coating”, which is said to give the sleeves a hybrid feel of “rubber and lambskin”. You can order the boxset here. Last month, Third Man Records announced the next titles in their series of re-issues from the legendary Sun Records' back catalogue. The three new 7" releases come in the shape of bluesman DA Hunt's 1953 recording 'Lonesome Old Jail' b/w 'Greyhound Blues', Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings' 1956 release 'Rockhouse' b/w 'You're My Baby' and Jerry Lee Lewis' 'Great Balls of Fire' b/w 'You Win Again'. The DA Hunt release is "the first legitimate release of Hunt's material on a 7" record". A rare copy of the single was sold on eBay in 2010 for $10,323.

Third Man Records has announced the release of all the singles from The White Stripes’ ‘Elephant’, together in a vinyl boxset.

The collection is the 19th release from the store’s Vault series, and will include remastered and repackaged versions of ‘Seven Nation Army’, ‘The Hardest Button To Button’, ‘There’s No Home For You Here’ and ‘I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself’.

According to the official Third Man website, the vinyl sleeves from the collection, which costs $60, will be made using a process known as “soft touch aqueous coating”, which is said to give the sleeves a hybrid feel of “rubber and lambskin”. You can order the boxset here.

Last month, Third Man Records announced the next titles in their series of re-issues from the legendary Sun Records’ back catalogue. The three new 7″ releases come in the shape of bluesman DA Hunt’s 1953 recording ‘Lonesome Old Jail’ b/w ‘Greyhound Blues’, Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings’ 1956 release ‘Rockhouse’ b/w ‘You’re My Baby’ and Jerry Lee Lewis’ ‘Great Balls of Fire’ b/w ‘You Win Again’.

The DA Hunt release is “the first legitimate release of Hunt’s material on a 7″ record”. A rare copy of the single was sold on eBay in 2010 for $10,323.

The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach reveals true nature of ‘Bob Dylan’s hair’ lost in divorce

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The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach reveals true nature of ‘Bob Dylan’s hair’ lost in divorce

The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach has revealed that he didn't lose a lock of Bob Dylan's hair in his divorce last year, despite reports. It was thought that the frontman had to hand over a lock of the folk star's hair to his ex-wife in his divorce, but Auerbach has now explained that the item listed as 'Bob Dylan's Hair' in the settlement was actually a poster. Speaking to TMZ, who first broke the news of the item last summer, Auerbach said: "It wasn't a lock of Bob Dylan's hair. You know that famous old poster of Bob Dylan - it's multiple colours, psychedelic, with the big afro? We just labelled that 'Bob Dylan's Hair'. It was just a poster." However, he added that if he wanted to, he could get hold of some of the icon's hair. "Actually Bob Dylan's son read that," he commented. "He texted me and said 'if you really need a lock of his hair, I could probably get it for you.'.. I'd get it for free, man." Auerbach and Stephanie Gonis' divorce was finalised in August 2013 in Tennessee and, according to documents obtained by TMZ, Gonis received an item listed as 'Bob Dylan's Hair' as well as $5million (£3.2million) in the settlement. This summer The Black Keys will play Bilbao BBK Live festival in the city of Bilbao, Spain (July 10-12) as well as the Heineken Open'er Festival in Gdynia, Poland, headlining the opening day of the festival on July 2.

The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach has revealed that he didn’t lose a lock of Bob Dylan’s hair in his divorce last year, despite reports.

It was thought that the frontman had to hand over a lock of the folk star’s hair to his ex-wife in his divorce, but Auerbach has now explained that the item listed as ‘Bob Dylan’s Hair’ in the settlement was actually a poster.

Speaking to TMZ, who first broke the news of the item last summer, Auerbach said: “It wasn’t a lock of Bob Dylan’s hair. You know that famous old poster of Bob Dylan – it’s multiple colours, psychedelic, with the big afro? We just labelled that ‘Bob Dylan’s Hair’. It was just a poster.”

However, he added that if he wanted to, he could get hold of some of the icon’s hair. “Actually Bob Dylan’s son read that,” he commented. “He texted me and said ‘if you really need a lock of his hair, I could probably get it for you.’.. I’d get it for free, man.”

Auerbach and Stephanie Gonis’ divorce was finalised in August 2013 in Tennessee and, according to documents obtained by TMZ, Gonis received an item listed as ‘Bob Dylan’s Hair’ as well as $5million (£3.2million) in the settlement.

This summer The Black Keys will play Bilbao BBK Live festival in the city of Bilbao, Spain (July 10-12) as well as the Heineken Open’er Festival in Gdynia, Poland, headlining the opening day of the festival on July 2.

Phil Everly 1939-2014

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Phil Everly 1939-2014

Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, has died aged 74. Everly died in Burbank, California on Friday. The cause, his son Jason Everly told AP, was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His wife, Patti Everly, told the LA Times: “We are absolutely heartbroken.” She said that the disease was the result of a lifetime of cigarette smoking and added: “He fought long and hard.” Performing in uncanny harmony with his elder brother, Don, Phil Everly was a superstar in the first phase of rock’n’roll. The pair were raised in country music (their parents were Midwestern country music singers Ike and Margaret Everly, and the boys performed on the family radio show as children), but transformed skills learned from the likes of The Louvin Brothers into pop gold. Between 1957 and 1962, The Everly Brothers had 19 Top 40 hits, among them 'Wake Up Little Susie', 'Cathy's Clown', 'Bye Bye Love', and 'All I Have To Do Is Dream'. Towards the end of the ‘60s, they moved back towards country and recorded, in 1968, arguably their finest album, ‘Roots’. A critical influence on innumerable bands who followed in their wake – not least The Beatles - The Everly Brothers were among the first 10 acts to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame when it was launched in 1986. The Everlys’ reputation was founded on the closeness of their harmonies, but Phil and Don’s relationship was more volatile than it often appeared. The pair broke up acrimoniously in 1973 and reportedly did not speak to one another for a decade, until they reunited in 1983. Don Everly is yet to comment on the death of his brother. According to The Washington Post, a woman at Don Everly's home said he was too upset to talk, but that "He expected to go first.” Phil Everly was also credited by singer-songwriter Warren Zevon with providing the title of one of his biggest hits. While Zevon was working as the pianist and bandleader for the Everly Brothers, Phil asked him to write a dance song called 'Werewolves of London'. Phil Everly is survived by his brother, Don, his wife, Patti, his mother, Margaret, sons Jason and Chris, and two granddaughters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwoGKFj1x30

Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, has died aged 74.

Everly died in Burbank, California on Friday. The cause, his son Jason Everly told AP, was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

His wife, Patti Everly, told the LA Times: “We are absolutely heartbroken.” She said that the disease was the result of a lifetime of cigarette smoking and added: “He fought long and hard.”

Performing in uncanny harmony with his elder brother, Don, Phil Everly was a superstar in the first phase of rock’n’roll. The pair were raised in country music (their parents were Midwestern country music singers Ike and Margaret Everly, and the boys performed on the family radio show as children), but transformed skills learned from the likes of The Louvin Brothers into pop gold.

Between 1957 and 1962, The Everly Brothers had 19 Top 40 hits, among them ‘Wake Up Little Susie’, ‘Cathy’s Clown’, ‘Bye Bye Love’, and ‘All I Have To Do Is Dream’. Towards the end of the ‘60s, they moved back towards country and recorded, in 1968, arguably their finest album, ‘Roots’.

A critical influence on innumerable bands who followed in their wake – not least The Beatles – The Everly Brothers were among the first 10 acts to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame when it was launched in 1986.

The Everlys’ reputation was founded on the closeness of their harmonies, but Phil and Don’s relationship was more volatile than it often appeared. The pair broke up acrimoniously in 1973 and reportedly did not speak to one another for a decade, until they reunited in 1983.

Don Everly is yet to comment on the death of his brother. According to The Washington Post, a woman at Don Everly’s home said he was too upset to talk, but that “He expected to go first.”

Phil Everly was also credited by singer-songwriter Warren Zevon with providing the title of one of his biggest hits. While Zevon was working as the pianist and bandleader for the Everly Brothers, Phil asked him to write a dance song called ‘Werewolves of London’.

Phil Everly is survived by his brother, Don, his wife, Patti, his mother, Margaret, sons Jason and Chris, and two granddaughters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwoGKFj1x30

Neil Young – Live At The Cellar Door

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Neil Young – Live At The Cellar Door

Gentle, revealing performances from the eye of Neil Young’s 1970 storm... A certain air of serenity pervades the latest of Neil Young’s archival live releases, culled from performances at Washington, D.C.’s Cellar Door in late November and early December of 1970. That calm may be misleading: just after his stand at the Cellar Door, he stormed out of a concert at Carnegie Hall, annoyed by raucous fans who’d sneaked in via the fire exits. As Young later explained, “It was an intermission -- I just took it a little early.” No one can blame the singer for feeling tired and emotional. After all, he’d just turned 25 and the brief tour that included the Cellar Door stint capped off a year that was eventful even by his standards. With the release of CSNY’s Déjà Vu and the immediate impact of the hastily written “Ohio,” Young experienced his first taste of mega-stardom as well as the sour side of life in the supergroup, which marked the end of its tour in July with one of its customary acrimonious collapses. The boost in profile helped Young attain his first real commercial success as a solo artist with the late-summer arrival of After The Gold Rush. Having decamped from L.A.’s studios for his inaugural home set-up, he’d also been building up a massive trove of recordings with Crazy Horse, then firing on all cylinders with guitarist Danny Whitten and keyboardist Jack Nitzsche both still on board. On the personal front, matters were stormier due to the collapse of Young’s marriage to Susan Acevedo. And not long after the tour wrapped in December, he’d suffer a slipped disc while working in the garden, an injury that would leave him in a back brace for many months to come. Yet all of this tumult was either on the horizon or somehow out of the frame in the performances collected for Live At The Cellar Door. The 13 songs were originally recorded for a live album that was also slated to include material from Crazy Horse’s blazing sets at the Fillmore East in March. One of the three new songs to make their live debuts during the solo tour was “Old Man.” With Young delivering its opening lines in an almost tentative murmur, the future Harvest standout evinces a vulnerability that would be replaced by a more confident tone by the time of the performance on Live At Massey Hall 1971, recorded less than two months later. A rarity that would not get any official release until the Massey Hall disc, “Bad Fog Of Loneliness” is an affecting expression of his post-divorce inner turmoil. “So long, woman, I am gone/ So much pain to go through,” he croons. Yet his bravado immediately evaporates in the plea that follows: “Come back, maybe I was wrong.” Other Cellar Door selections reinforce the notion that Young’s always been at his most plaintive when at the piano. “I had put it in my contract that I’d only play on a nine-foot Steinway grand piano just for a little eccentricity,” he quips during the banter that opens a wistful “Flying On The Ground Is Wrong”. Elsewhere, his liberal use of the sustain pedal deepens the ache in “After The Goldrush”. More startling is the transformation of “Cinnamon Girl”, heard without the big dumb thunder of its iconic guitar riff. With Young hammering away at the ivories instead, it might’ve passed for a jaunty Tin Pan Alley-style vamp if not for the edge of sorrow in his voice. There’s a quality of softness, too, something that’s palpable throughout the performances. Its presence is surprising for an artist who was always a little too steely to ever be mistaken for a sensitive folkie. There are many sterling moments to escape from Young’s vault – but none seem quite as unguarded as the best ones here. Jason Anderson

Gentle, revealing performances from the eye of Neil Young’s 1970 storm…

A certain air of serenity pervades the latest of Neil Young’s archival live releases, culled from performances at Washington, D.C.’s Cellar Door in late November and early December of 1970. That calm may be misleading: just after his stand at the Cellar Door, he stormed out of a concert at Carnegie Hall, annoyed by raucous fans who’d sneaked in via the fire exits. As Young later explained, “It was an intermission — I just took it a little early.”

No one can blame the singer for feeling tired and emotional. After all, he’d just turned 25 and the brief tour that included the Cellar Door stint capped off a year that was eventful even by his standards. With the release of CSNY’s Déjà Vu and the immediate impact of the hastily written “Ohio,” Young experienced his first taste of mega-stardom as well as the sour side of life in the supergroup, which marked the end of its tour in July with one of its customary acrimonious collapses.

The boost in profile helped Young attain his first real commercial success as a solo artist with the late-summer arrival of After The Gold Rush. Having decamped from L.A.’s studios for his inaugural home set-up, he’d also been building up a massive trove of recordings with Crazy Horse, then firing on all cylinders with guitarist Danny Whitten and keyboardist Jack Nitzsche both still on board.

On the personal front, matters were stormier due to the collapse of Young’s marriage to Susan Acevedo. And not long after the tour wrapped in December, he’d suffer a slipped disc while working in the garden, an injury that would leave him in a back brace for many months to come.

Yet all of this tumult was either on the horizon or somehow out of the frame in the performances collected for Live At The Cellar Door. The 13 songs were originally recorded for a live album that was also slated to include material from Crazy Horse’s blazing sets at the Fillmore East in March. One of the three new songs to make their live debuts during the solo tour was “Old Man.” With Young delivering its opening lines in an almost tentative murmur, the future Harvest standout evinces a vulnerability that would be replaced by a more confident tone by the time of the performance on Live At Massey Hall 1971, recorded less than two months later. A rarity that would not get any official release until the Massey Hall disc, “Bad Fog Of Loneliness” is an affecting expression of his post-divorce inner turmoil. “So long, woman, I am gone/ So much pain to go through,” he croons. Yet his bravado immediately evaporates in the plea that follows: “Come back, maybe I was wrong.”

Other Cellar Door selections reinforce the notion that Young’s always been at his most plaintive when at the piano. “I had put it in my contract that I’d only play on a nine-foot Steinway grand piano just for a little eccentricity,” he quips during the banter that opens a wistful “Flying On The Ground Is Wrong”. Elsewhere, his liberal use of the sustain pedal deepens the ache in “After The Goldrush”. More startling is the transformation of “Cinnamon Girl”, heard without the big dumb thunder of its iconic guitar riff. With Young hammering away at the ivories instead, it might’ve passed for a jaunty Tin Pan Alley-style vamp if not for the edge of sorrow in his voice.

There’s a quality of softness, too, something that’s palpable throughout the performances. Its presence is surprising for an artist who was always a little too steely to ever be mistaken for a sensitive folkie. There are many sterling moments to escape from Young’s vault – but none seem quite as unguarded as the best ones here.

Jason Anderson

You Really Got It! The new Uncut CD previewed

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You Really Got It! The new Uncut CD previewed

The new issue of Uncut has just gone on sale. The Kinks are on the cover and inside we have exclusive interviews with Ray and Dave Davies, who tell us what it will take for them to get back together to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary in 2014, so we’ve titled this month’s free CD after one of their early hits. You Really Got It features 15 tracks from the best new albums released so far in 2014 and features Damien Jurado, Dave Edmunds, Courtney Barnett, Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy, Blanks Realm, Doug Paisley, The New Mendicants, September Girls, Brendan Benson, Marijuana Deathsqauds, Boy & Bear, White Manna, The Band Of Heathens, Samantha Crain and Cian Nugent & The Cosmos. As a taster for the CD, I’ve compiled the following playlist of some of my favourite tracks, which you can hear in their full album versions on our CD. Damien Jurado Metallic Cloud http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpUFLXnT62w Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy Since Jimmy Came http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55nw-oeObPs September Girls Green Eyed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfXyyN_YZc0 Marijuana Deathsquads Ewok Sadness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1tNP5RelBc White Manna Ascension http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOEFIN4LJBI Cian Nugent & the Cosmos Grass Above My Head http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITuigRBWhlM

The new issue of Uncut has just gone on sale. The Kinks are on the cover and inside we have exclusive interviews with Ray and Dave Davies, who tell us what it will take for them to get back together to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary in 2014, so we’ve titled this month’s free CD after one of their early hits.

You Really Got It features 15 tracks from the best new albums released so far in 2014 and features Damien Jurado, Dave Edmunds, Courtney Barnett, Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy, Blanks Realm, Doug Paisley, The New Mendicants, September Girls, Brendan Benson, Marijuana Deathsqauds, Boy & Bear, White Manna, The Band Of Heathens, Samantha Crain and Cian Nugent & The Cosmos.

As a taster for the CD, I’ve compiled the following playlist of some of my favourite tracks, which you can hear in their full album versions on our CD.

Damien Jurado

Metallic Cloud

Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy

Since Jimmy Came

September Girls

Green Eyed

Marijuana Deathsquads

Ewok Sadness

White Manna

Ascension

Cian Nugent & the Cosmos

Grass Above My Head

David Bowie’s ‘The Next Day’ tops 2013 Official Record Store Chart

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David Bowie’s ‘The Next Day’ tops 2013 Official Record Store Chart

David Bowie's 'The Next Day' has topped the Official Record Store Chart's list of Best Selling Albums of 2013. The album beat competition from Arctic Monkeys and Daft Punk to land the top spot. Elsewhere in the Top 10, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are at Four with their album 'Push The Sky Away', while Queens of the Stone Age's '... Like Clockwork' lands at Five. Other entries in the Top 10 come from The National, Jake Bugg, Mumford and Sons, Boards of Canada and Vampire Weekend. Launched as part of last year's Record Store Day, the Official Record Store Chart reflects sales in the UK's independent record shops. A full list of the Top 20 can be seen here now. The chart is made up of sales of albums from around 100 independent record retailers who participate in Record Store Day UK. Official Record Store Chart 1. David Bowie – 'The Next Day' 2. Arctic Monkeys - 'AM' 3. Daft Punk – 'Random Access Memories' 4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – 'Push The Sky Away' 5. Queens of the Stone Age – '... Like Clockwork' 6. The National – 'Trouble Will Find Me' 7. Boards Of Canada – 'Tomorrow's Harvest' 8. Mumford and Sons – 'Babel' 9. Jake Bugg – 'Shangri La' 10. Vampire Weekend – 'Modern Vampires of the City'

David Bowie’s ‘The Next Day’ has topped the Official Record Store Chart’s list of Best Selling Albums of 2013.

The album beat competition from Arctic Monkeys and Daft Punk to land the top spot. Elsewhere in the Top 10, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are at Four with their album ‘Push The Sky Away’, while Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘… Like Clockwork’ lands at Five. Other entries in the Top 10 come from The National, Jake Bugg, Mumford and Sons, Boards of Canada and Vampire Weekend.

Launched as part of last year’s Record Store Day, the Official Record Store Chart reflects sales in the UK’s independent record shops. A full list of the Top 20 can be seen here now.

The chart is made up of sales of albums from around 100 independent record retailers who participate in Record Store Day UK.

Official Record Store Chart

1. David Bowie – ‘The Next Day’

2. Arctic Monkeys – ‘AM’

3. Daft Punk – ‘Random Access Memories’

4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – ‘Push The Sky Away’

5. Queens of the Stone Age – ‘… Like Clockwork’

6. The National – ‘Trouble Will Find Me’

7. Boards Of Canada – ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’

8. Mumford and Sons – ‘Babel’

9. Jake Bugg – ‘Shangri La’

10. Vampire Weekend – ‘Modern Vampires of the City’

The Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ LP made into gigantic vinyl record

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The Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’ LP made into gigantic vinyl record

The Eagles 1977 album 'Hotel California' has been made into a gigantic vinyl record. The record has been made to celebrate the reopening of Los Angeles venue The Forum and The Eagles' six show residency there, which is taking place later this month. The massive LP has a diameter of 407 feet and covers 5.7 acres. The vinyl record spins at 17 miles per hour, but, reports Rolling Stone, does not actually play music. It took 75 people to make the record and it can be seen from over a mile high, featuring lettering as tall as the 'Hollywood' sign in the Hollywood Hills. Click above to watch a video about the record's construction. The Forum, in the Inglewood suburb of LA, has undergone a $100 million makeover after being purchased by The Madison Square Garden Company - who own New York's iconic Madison Square Garden - in 2012. Over the years the venue has seen performances from the likes of Elvis, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Guns N'Roses, Nirvana and Iron Maiden. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUPhVjnFHdY

The Eagles 1977 album ‘Hotel California’ has been made into a gigantic vinyl record.

The record has been made to celebrate the reopening of Los Angeles venue The Forum and The Eagles’ six show residency there, which is taking place later this month. The massive LP has a diameter of 407 feet and covers 5.7 acres.

The vinyl record spins at 17 miles per hour, but, reports Rolling Stone, does not actually play music. It took 75 people to make the record and it can be seen from over a mile high, featuring lettering as tall as the ‘Hollywood’ sign in the Hollywood Hills. Click above to watch a video about the record’s construction.

The Forum, in the Inglewood suburb of LA, has undergone a $100 million makeover after being purchased by The Madison Square Garden Company – who own New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden – in 2012. Over the years the venue has seen performances from the likes of Elvis, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Guns N’Roses, Nirvana and Iron Maiden.

This month in Uncut

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This month in Uncut
The Kinks, David Crosby, Bruce Springsteen and Robert Plant all feature in the new issue of Uncut, dated February 2014 and out now. We hear about The Kinks’ possible reunion, via exclusive interviews from the surviving original members of the group, Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory. “I...

The Kinks, David Crosby, Bruce Springsteen and Robert Plant all feature in the new issue of Uncut, dated February 2014 and out now.

We hear about The Kinks’ possible reunion, via exclusive interviews from the surviving original members of the group, Ray Davies, Dave Davies and Mick Avory.

“It’s as close as it’s ever been to happening,” says Ray Davies, while his brother Dave explains: “I said to Ray I thought that it’d be a great shame if we don’t try and do something… I think it’s time reality took over.”

David Crosby tells Uncut about his new solo album, The Byrds, CSN and hard drugs, and reveals just why he believes Joni Mitchell is a better songwriter than Bob Dylan.

Bruce Springsteen’s new High Hopes album is reviewed, and guitarist Tom Morello sheds light on life on the road with the E Street Band, while Robert Plant discusses his upcoming new album with the Sensational Space Shifters, “astral tribal arpeggios” and all.

The crack musicians who played on Elvis Presley’s monumental Elvis Country album tell the story of its recording, while Robert Wyatt, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason and more recall the making of Wyatt’s hit cover of The Monkees’ “I’m A Believer”.

Mogwai take us through their noisy, experimental back catalogue, while Smokey Robinson answers your questions on Motown, The Beatles and Marvin Gaye’s “lousy” golfing abilities.

We find ex-Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell on the road in Scandinavia, enjoying sobriety, marriage and touring his modern classic album, Southeastern; and prog’s mystery man, Davy O’List, tells his bizarre story, from The Nice to Roxy Music and beyond.

In our 40-page reviews section, we take a look at releases from Bruce Springsteen, Stephen Malkmus, Broken Bells, Mark Lanegan and the Small Faces, as well as film and DVD releases from Eric Clapton, Metallica and the Coen Brothers.

Our Instant Karma section features John Mayall, James Vincent McMorrow and a look back at Bob Dylan‘s 2013 world tour, while our free CD, You Really Got It, includes tracks from Dave Edmunds, Doug Paisley, Courtney Barnett, Shonna Tucker and The New Mendicants, among others.

The new issue of Uncut, dated February 2014, is out now.

Morrissey reveals he is writing a novel

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Morrissey reveals he is writing a novel

Morrissey has revealed that he is working on a novel following the success of his autobiography. The singer, who released Autobiography in 2013 to huge success, revealed his plans to move into fiction during a q+a with fans on his official fan site, True To You. Morrissey also revealed that he is about to record a new album and that one of the songs set for inclusion on the record is titled 'Istanbul'. Asked if he would ever write a novel, Morrissey responds: "In 2013 I published my Autobiography and it has been more successful than any record I have ever released, so, yes, I am mid-way through my novel. I have my hopes. 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." Meanwhile, discussing plans for new music, Morrissey continues: "Well, we are about to record our new album, and one of the tracks is called 'Istanbul'. It is second to Rome as my most favorite city in the world. When I'm in Istanbul I feel as if I could never die. My life is matched." Elsewhere in the interview, Morrissey discusses animal rights, fashion, visiing Asia and his influence on his fans and culture at large. Earlier this week it was revealed that a signed copy of Morrissey's autobiography sold at auction, raising over £8000 for animal rights charity PETA.

Morrissey has revealed that he is working on a novel following the success of his autobiography.

The singer, who released Autobiography in 2013 to huge success, revealed his plans to move into fiction during a q+a with fans on his official fan site, True To You. Morrissey also revealed that he is about to record a new album and that one of the songs set for inclusion on the record is titled ‘Istanbul’.

Asked if he would ever write a novel, Morrissey responds: “In 2013 I published my Autobiography and it has been more successful than any record I have ever released, so, yes, I am mid-way through my novel. I have my hopes. 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.”

Meanwhile, discussing plans for new music, Morrissey continues: “Well, we are about to record our new album, and one of the tracks is called ‘Istanbul’. It is second to Rome as my most favorite city in the world. When I’m in Istanbul I feel as if I could never die. My life is matched.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Morrissey discusses animal rights, fashion, visiing Asia and his influence on his fans and culture at large.

Earlier this week it was revealed that a signed copy of Morrissey’s autobiography sold at auction, raising over £8000 for animal rights charity PETA.

Hear new Pixies song, ‘Blue Eyed Hexe’

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Hear new Pixies song, ‘Blue Eyed Hexe’

Pixies have released a limited edition EP. Hear new song 'Blue Eyed Hexe' below, now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEBpvpomwG4 The band have made 'EP2' available to fans via a limited edition 10" vinyl. The EP features 'Blue Eyed Hexe' alongside new songs 'Magdalena', 'Greens and Blues' and 'Snakes'. The vinyl release is limited to 4000 copies and comes complete with a lossless audio download plus a black patch-stitched hoodie. Alternatively, fans can simply download the EP for £4 via Pixies website. 'EP2' is Pixies second EP in the past 12 months, following the release of 'EP1' in September. Late last year, Black Francis said recent changes in the Pixies line-up are no big deal. Kim Shattuck expressed "shock" at being fired from Pixies having been hired to fill in for Kim Deal, who quit the band in June 2013. Shattuck's replacement is Paz Lenchatin, who has previously played with Zwan and A Perfect Circle. Lenchatin will perform with Pixies when the band headline Field Day in London later this year. To check the availability of Field Day tickets and get all the latest listings, head to NME.COM/tickets.

Pixies have released a limited edition EP. Hear new song ‘Blue Eyed Hexe’ below, now.

The band have made ‘EP2’ available to fans via a limited edition 10″ vinyl. The EP features ‘Blue Eyed Hexe’ alongside new songs ‘Magdalena’, ‘Greens and Blues’ and ‘Snakes’. The vinyl release is limited to 4000 copies and comes complete with a lossless audio download plus a black patch-stitched hoodie. Alternatively, fans can simply download the EP for £4 via Pixies website.

‘EP2’ is Pixies second EP in the past 12 months, following the release of ‘EP1’ in September. Late last year, Black Francis said recent changes in the Pixies line-up are no big deal.

Kim Shattuck expressed “shock” at being fired from Pixies having been hired to fill in for Kim Deal, who quit the band in June 2013. Shattuck’s replacement is Paz Lenchatin, who has previously played with Zwan and A Perfect Circle.

Lenchatin will perform with Pixies when the band headline Field Day in London later this year. To check the availability of Field Day tickets and get all the latest listings, head to NME.COM/tickets.

Jimmy Page says Led Zeppelin reissues coming in 2014

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The first of Led Zeppelin's long-promised remastered reissues will be released this year. Guitarist Jimmy Page first revealed that he was working on remastering a number of Led Zeppelin albums back in 2012. He has now posted a New Year's message on his website, via Planet Rock, stating the first reissues will come out later in 2014. He wrote: "It's good news for the New Year. The first of the Led Zeppelin releases - comprising of Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III and their companion discs - will be released this year. I've also been working on some of my own material from the archives that will be unleashed in 2014." It is rumoured that artist Shepard Fairey will be redesigning the original artwork for the new releases, after creating the artwork for the 'Celebration Day' live album and film. Robert Plant recently stated that he had discovered some previously unreleased Led Zeppelin music, some of which features the band's bassist John Paul Jones on vocals. Speaking on BBC 6Music, the rocker said to Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie that he listened to the material with Jimmy Page and it is likely that the music will feature on the remastered releases of Led Zeppelin's back catalogue. He said: "I found some quarter-inch spools recently. I had a meeting with Jimmy and we baked 'em up and listened to 'em. And there's some very, very interesting bits and pieces that probably will turn up on these things." 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. Last year Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis revealed that Led Zeppelin were at the top of her dream list for future headliners for the festival. Speaking to the BBC, Eavis was asked if there was a Post-it note on her fridge with her dream list written on. "Yeah, it’s on a napkin actually. On the fridge, there... We would love to have Adele. And we'd also love to have Led Zeppelin. I mean Zeppelin have got to do it, haven't they? It would be so good, wouldn't it," she said.

The first of Led Zeppelin’s long-promised remastered reissues will be released this year.

Guitarist Jimmy Page first revealed that he was working on remastering a number of Led Zeppelin albums back in 2012. He has now posted a New Year’s message on his website, via Planet Rock, stating the first reissues will come out later in 2014. He wrote: “It’s good news for the New Year. The first of the Led Zeppelin releases – comprising of Led Zeppelin I, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III and their companion discs – will be released this year. I’ve also been working on some of my own material from the archives that will be unleashed in 2014.” It is rumoured that artist Shepard Fairey will be redesigning the original artwork for the new releases, after creating the artwork for the ‘Celebration Day’ live album and film.

Robert Plant recently stated that he had discovered some previously unreleased Led Zeppelin music, some of which features the band’s bassist John Paul Jones on vocals. Speaking on BBC 6Music, the rocker said to Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie that he listened to the material with Jimmy Page and it is likely that the music will feature on the remastered releases of Led Zeppelin’s back catalogue.

He said: “I found some quarter-inch spools recently. I had a meeting with Jimmy and we baked ’em up and listened to ’em. And there’s some very, very interesting bits and pieces that probably will turn up on these things.” 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.

Last year Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis revealed that Led Zeppelin were at the top of her dream list for future headliners for the festival. Speaking to the BBC, Eavis was asked if there was a Post-it note on her fridge with her dream list written on. “Yeah, it’s on a napkin actually. On the fridge, there… We would love to have Adele. And we’d also love to have Led Zeppelin. I mean Zeppelin have got to do it, haven’t they? It would be so good, wouldn’t it,” she said.

Julian Assange features on PJ Harvey edited version of Radio 4’s Today programme

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Julian Assange features on PJ Harvey edited version of Radio 4’s Today programme

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was one of the guests to feature on the PJ Harvey edited version of BBC Radio 4's Today programme earlier this morning (January 2). Assange delivered a special 'Thought for the Day' and featured alongside journalist John Pilger and former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on the current affairs show. Actor Ralph Fiennes read the poems 'Austerities' by Charles Simic and 'The Fight for Peace' by Shaker Aamer and the show also featured extracts from works by Tom Waits and Joan Baez. In a statement on her website at PJ Harvey.net, Harvey wrote: "I hope that the programme you hear, is the programme I wanted you to hear - I have come to realize that a great deal of its content is about censorship in one way or another... As ideas for titles and topics to be discussed took shape, many poems and songs came into my mind. For me, music and poetry can be as persuasive and as powerful as a fine speaker and a fine speech. You will hear songs and poems supporting and highlighting the content of this programme." PJ Harvey is one of five guest editors given control over the breakfast show's programming, including writer and broadcaster Michael Palin, former MI5 Director General Eliza Manningham Buller, Director of World Wide Web Consortium Sir Tim Berners Lee and Barclays Group Chief Executive Antony Jenkins. Last year, PJ Harvey revealed her first new song since releasing 'Let England Shake' in 2011. The track, which is titled 'Shaker Aamer', is a protest song designed to raise attention to the plight of a British national imprisoned by the US in Guantanamo Bay since 2002. 'Let England Shake' received widespread critical acclaim and was named NME's Album Of The Year and winner of the Mercury Music Prize in 2011. PJ Harvey released her debut album 'Dry' in 1992 and has since gone on to put out a slew of LPs including 'Rid Of Me' (1993), 'To Bring You My Love' (1995), 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea' (2000) and 'White Chalk' (2007).

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was one of the guests to feature on the PJ Harvey edited version of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme earlier this morning (January 2).

Assange delivered a special ‘Thought for the Day’ and featured alongside journalist John Pilger and former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on the current affairs show. Actor Ralph Fiennes read the poems ‘Austerities’ by Charles Simic and ‘The Fight for Peace’ by Shaker Aamer and the show also featured extracts from works by Tom Waits and Joan Baez.

In a statement on her website at PJ Harvey.net, Harvey wrote: “I hope that the programme you hear, is the programme I wanted you to hear – I have come to realize that a great deal of its content is about censorship in one way or another… As ideas for titles and topics to be discussed took shape, many poems and songs came into my mind. For me, music and poetry can be as persuasive and as powerful as a fine speaker and a fine speech. You will hear songs and poems supporting and highlighting the content of this programme.”

PJ Harvey is one of five guest editors given control over the breakfast show’s programming, including writer and broadcaster Michael Palin, former MI5 Director General Eliza Manningham Buller, Director of World Wide Web Consortium Sir Tim Berners Lee and Barclays Group Chief Executive Antony Jenkins.

Last year, PJ Harvey revealed her first new song since releasing ‘Let England Shake’ in 2011. The track, which is titled ‘Shaker Aamer’, is a protest song designed to raise attention to the plight of a British national imprisoned by the US in Guantanamo Bay since 2002.

‘Let England Shake’ received widespread critical acclaim and was named NME’s Album Of The Year and winner of the Mercury Music Prize in 2011. PJ Harvey released her debut album ‘Dry’ in 1992 and has since gone on to put out a slew of LPs including ‘Rid Of Me’ (1993), ‘To Bring You My Love’ (1995), ‘Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea’ (2000) and ‘White Chalk’ (2007).

The Best Albums Of 2014 (thus far…)

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The Best Albums Of 2014 (thus far…)

Happy new year, everyone. Since we’re into 2014 now, and (perhaps more pertinently) since all of our 2013 charts generated so much traffic to www.www.uncut.co.uk last month, I thought it’d be useful/cynical to post a Best Of 2014 (Thus Far) list. The practical bit of this exercise, I guess, is that I’ve scanned the last few playlist blogs of 2013 and fished out all the salient 2014 releases I really like, so that this scam should also act as a taster for some interesting forthcoming albums (there are plenty of things to listen to embedded, as well). I’ll grudgingly admit that it may be rather early to put them into any kind of order, so I’ve run the list alphabetically. Apologies, too, for the redacted Number 16; as far as I can recall, that album hasn’t been formally announced as yet. I should also flag up the imminent arrival of our first Uncut of 2014, which arrives in UK shops tomorrow (maybe some subscribers have received it already?). The issue features extraordinary new interviews with Ray and Dave Davies, David Crosby, Smokey Robinson, Robert Wyatt, Mogwai, Davy O’List, Jason Isbell and John Sinclair, plus a big preview of plenty of 2014 albums not mentioned here, and an authoritative Richard Williams review of the new Springsteen album that comes with a lengthy Q&A with the key collaborator on “High Hopes”, Tom Morello. Full details here. Let us know what you think. Just put on another new album, which I wasn’t expecting much from, and which is shaping up surprisingly well. Chances are, then, the list below may turn out to be incomplete. It’s a start, though… Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey 1 Black Dirt Oak – Wawayanda Patent (MIE Music) 2 Bill Callahan – Have Fun With God (Drag City) 3 Rosanne Cash – The River & The Thread (Decca) 4 Hans Chew – Life And Love (At The Helm) 5 Morgan Delt – Morgan Delt (Trouble In Mind) 6 Drive By Truckers – English Oceans (ATO) 7 East India Youth – Total Strife Forever (Stolen) 8 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Wig Out At Jagbags (Domino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYC5JASqWnI 9 Mark McGuire – Along The Way (Dead Oceans) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGxosUuBg0A 10 Metronomy – Love Letters (Because) 11 Mogwai – Rave Tapes (Rock Action) 12 New Bums – Voices In A Rented Room (Drag City) 13 Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness (Jagjaguwar) 14 Doug Paisley – Strong Feelings (No Quarter) 15 Linda Perhacs – The Soul Of All Natural Things (Asthmatic Kitty) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n-nWy6fB00 16 [Redacted] 17 D Charles Speer & The Helix – Doubled Exposure (Thrill Jockey) 18 Suarasama – Timeline (Space) 19 Tinariwen – Emmaar (PIAS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PduOJidnB_M

Happy new year, everyone. Since we’re into 2014 now, and (perhaps more pertinently) since all of our 2013 charts generated so much traffic to www.www.uncut.co.uk last month, I thought it’d be useful/cynical to post a Best Of 2014 (Thus Far) list.

The practical bit of this exercise, I guess, is that I’ve scanned the last few playlist blogs of 2013 and fished out all the salient 2014 releases I really like, so that this scam should also act as a taster for some interesting forthcoming albums (there are plenty of things to listen to embedded, as well). I’ll grudgingly admit that it may be rather early to put them into any kind of order, so I’ve run the list alphabetically. Apologies, too, for the redacted Number 16; as far as I can recall, that album hasn’t been formally announced as yet.

I should also flag up the imminent arrival of our first Uncut of 2014, which arrives in UK shops tomorrow (maybe some subscribers have received it already?). The issue features extraordinary new interviews with Ray and Dave Davies, David Crosby, Smokey Robinson, Robert Wyatt, Mogwai, Davy O’List, Jason Isbell and John Sinclair, plus a big preview of plenty of 2014 albums not mentioned here, and an authoritative Richard Williams review of the new Springsteen album that comes with a lengthy Q&A with the key collaborator on “High Hopes”, Tom Morello. Full details here.

Let us know what you think. Just put on another new album, which I wasn’t expecting much from, and which is shaping up surprisingly well. Chances are, then, the list below may turn out to be incomplete. It’s a start, though…

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

1 Black Dirt Oak – Wawayanda Patent (MIE Music)

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

3 Rosanne Cash – The River & The Thread (Decca)

4 Hans Chew – Life And Love (At The Helm)

5 Morgan Delt – Morgan Delt (Trouble In Mind)

6 Drive By Truckers – English Oceans (ATO)

7 East India Youth – Total Strife Forever (Stolen)

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

9 Mark McGuire – Along The Way (Dead Oceans)

10 Metronomy – Love Letters (Because)

11 Mogwai – Rave Tapes (Rock Action)

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

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

14 Doug Paisley – Strong Feelings (No Quarter)

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

16 [Redacted]

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

18 Suarasama – Timeline (Space)

19 Tinariwen – Emmaar (PIAS)

Michael Eavis says Fleetwood Mac will not play Glastonbury 2014

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Michael Eavis says Fleetwood Mac will not play Glastonbury 2014

Michael Eavis has said that Fleetwood Mac will not be playing Glastonbury Festival next year. The band were rumoured to be performing at the festival, but the event's founder has denied that they will be playing Worthy Farm in 2014. However, speaking to The Guardian, Eavis said that he hopes to get the classic rock band to play the following year. "We're hoping to get them for 2015, but not next year," he commented. In October, bookmakers stopped taking bets on Fleetwood Mac headlining Glastonbury Festival in 2014. Ladbrokes were previously offering odds of 1/4 on seeing the band play the Pyramid Stage in June next year. However, following an increased period of speculation after Fleetwood Mac's UK tour dates, the betting was suspended. Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2014 sold out in record time, after going on sale on October 6. 120,000 tickets were snapped up in 1 hour and 27 minutes, beating last year's record of 1 hour and 40 minutes. Eavis revealed that over one million people had registered for tickets for next year's event. Dolly Parton is strongly rumoured to be playing Glastonbury Festival 2014. The country music icon is reportedly making her Worthy Farm debut next June, according to The Sun, and will take the Sunday night 'legends' slot, on June 29, 2014. The supposed date would fit in perfectly with her 2014 UK tour, which sees Parton playing London's O2 Arena on June 27, but leaves her with an open schedule until her Nottingham Arena tour on July 2. Arcade Fire and Lily Allen have already confirmed themselves for the festival, with Arcade Fire headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Friday night (June 27). Photo credit: REX/London News Pictures

Michael Eavis has said that Fleetwood Mac will not be playing Glastonbury Festival next year.

The band were rumoured to be performing at the festival, but the event’s founder has denied that they will be playing Worthy Farm in 2014. However, speaking to The Guardian, Eavis said that he hopes to get the classic rock band to play the following year. “We’re hoping to get them for 2015, but not next year,” he commented.

In October, bookmakers stopped taking bets on Fleetwood Mac headlining Glastonbury Festival in 2014. Ladbrokes were previously offering odds of 1/4 on seeing the band play the Pyramid Stage in June next year. However, following an increased period of speculation after Fleetwood Mac’s UK tour dates, the betting was suspended.

Tickets for Glastonbury Festival 2014 sold out in record time, after going on sale on October 6. 120,000 tickets were snapped up in 1 hour and 27 minutes, beating last year’s record of 1 hour and 40 minutes. Eavis revealed that over one million people had registered for tickets for next year’s event.

Dolly Parton is strongly rumoured to be playing Glastonbury Festival 2014. The country music icon is reportedly making her Worthy Farm debut next June, according to The Sun, and will take the Sunday night ‘legends’ slot, on June 29, 2014. The supposed date would fit in perfectly with her 2014 UK tour, which sees Parton playing London’s O2 Arena on June 27, but leaves her with an open schedule until her Nottingham Arena tour on July 2. Arcade Fire and Lily Allen have already confirmed themselves for the festival, with Arcade Fire headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Friday night (June 27).

Photo credit: REX/London News Pictures

Unreleased Talking Heads song from 1976 surfaces online – listen

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Unreleased Talking Heads song from 1976 surfaces online – listen

A never-before-heard Talking Heads song from 1976 has surfaced online. Click below to listen. The unreleased instrumental track was posted online via Talking-Heads.nl, with reports claiming that the New York group performed the song during a support slot for Television at a CBGB's show on July 30 in 1976. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae_J3iPEE-A The five-minute song is untitled, although frontman David Byrne can be heard introducing it on the audio footage. After an audience member asks whether the track has a title, Byrne replies: "We call it 'Theme', but then we just keep it to ourselves." Talking Heads released their debut LP 'Talking Heads: 77' in 1977 and went on to release a number of classic albums including 'Remain In Light' and 'Fear Of Music'. Their eighth and final studio album, 'Naked', was released in 1988. In November of this year, David Byrne criticised music streaming sites and said that the 'pittance' paid by services such as Spotify to artists means that new and upcoming musicians won't be able to survive without supplementing their income in other ways and focusing less on making music. "I could conceivably survive, as I don't rely on the pittance that comes my way from music streaming, as could [Thom] Yorke and some of the others," he said. "But up-and-coming artists don't have that advantage – some haven't got to the point where they can make a living on live performances and licensing, so what do they think of these services?" David Byrne's most recent musical project is a collaboration with St Vincent. The pair released their debut album 'Love This Giant' in 2012 and headlined the End Of The Road festival in August of this year.

A never-before-heard Talking Heads song from 1976 has surfaced online. Click below to listen.

The unreleased instrumental track was posted online via Talking-Heads.nl, with reports claiming that the New York group performed the song during a support slot for Television at a CBGB’s show on July 30 in 1976.

The five-minute song is untitled, although frontman David Byrne can be heard introducing it on the audio footage. After an audience member asks whether the track has a title, Byrne replies: “We call it ‘Theme’, but then we just keep it to ourselves.”

Talking Heads released their debut LP ‘Talking Heads: 77’ in 1977 and went on to release a number of classic albums including ‘Remain In Light’ and ‘Fear Of Music’. Their eighth and final studio album, ‘Naked’, was released in 1988.

In November of this year, David Byrne criticised music streaming sites and said that the ‘pittance’ paid by services such as Spotify to artists means that new and upcoming musicians won’t be able to survive without supplementing their income in other ways and focusing less on making music.

“I could conceivably survive, as I don’t rely on the pittance that comes my way from music streaming, as could [Thom] Yorke and some of the others,” he said. “But up-and-coming artists don’t have that advantage – some haven’t got to the point where they can make a living on live performances and licensing, so what do they think of these services?”

David Byrne’s most recent musical project is a collaboration with St Vincent. The pair released their debut album ‘Love This Giant’ in 2012 and headlined the End Of The Road festival in August of this year.

Jimi Hendrix’s London flat to be turned into permanent museum

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Jimi Hendrix’s London flat to be turned into permanent museum

Jimi Hendrix's former London home is to be turned into a permanent museum. A £1.2 million grant has allowed The Heritage Lottery Fund to recreate the interior of the flat, where Hendrix lived intermittently from the summer of 1968 onwards. He lived in the attic of the Georgian townhouse, located at 23 Brook Street, with then girlfriend Kathy Etchingham. They paid £30 a week to live in the flat, which Hendrix later described as "the only home he ever had". Fans of the musician have been desperate to access the residence for many years, and a few have, on rare occasions, been allowed into the space but with no artefacts to look at. When complete, the new museum will display pieces of Hendrix's life, work and musical legacy, not to mention historically accurate furnishings. The flat has for the past 13 years been occupied by the staff of the Handel House Museum, who use it as their offices. Composer George Frideric Handel lived next door at No 25, although he died in the mid-18th century. The museum, Handel House, opened in 2001 and cut off Hendrix's former flat. A blue plaque commemorating Handel's residence was installed in 1952, while another recognising his neighbour was put up in 1997. When Hendrix learned of his musical neighbour, he sought out music that Handel had written while living in Brook Street, including Water Music and The Messiah. As well as the Hendrix displays, the new museum will also provide an education space and a learning programme about music between the baroque and rock genres.

Jimi Hendrix’s former London home is to be turned into a permanent museum.

A £1.2 million grant has allowed The Heritage Lottery Fund to recreate the interior of the flat, where Hendrix lived intermittently from the summer of 1968 onwards. He lived in the attic of the Georgian townhouse, located at 23 Brook Street, with then girlfriend Kathy Etchingham. They paid £30 a week to live in the flat, which Hendrix later described as “the only home he ever had”.

Fans of the musician have been desperate to access the residence for many years, and a few have, on rare occasions, been allowed into the space but with no artefacts to look at. When complete, the new museum will display pieces of Hendrix’s life, work and musical legacy, not to mention historically accurate furnishings.

The flat has for the past 13 years been occupied by the staff of the Handel House Museum, who use it as their offices. Composer George Frideric Handel lived next door at No 25, although he died in the mid-18th century. The museum, Handel House, opened in 2001 and cut off Hendrix’s former flat. A blue plaque commemorating Handel’s residence was installed in 1952, while another recognising his neighbour was put up in 1997.

When Hendrix learned of his musical neighbour, he sought out music that Handel had written while living in Brook Street, including Water Music and The Messiah. As well as the Hendrix displays, the new museum will also provide an education space and a learning programme about music between the baroque and rock genres.

Robert Plant: “Touring with the Sensational Space Shifters is so much better than bathing in a tepid bathtub of old hits”

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Robert Plant: “Touring with the Sensational Space Shifters is so much better than bathing in a tepid bathtub of old hits”
Robert Plant explains that he much prefers performing with his latest band, the Sensational Space Shifters, to playing hits from his past, in the new issue of Uncut. Speaking in the new issue, out tomorrow (January 3), the former Led Zeppelin frontman also reveals that he has been recording a new...

Robert Plant explains that he much prefers performing with his latest band, the Sensational Space Shifters, to playing hits from his past, in the new issue of Uncut.

Speaking in the new issue, out tomorrow (January 3), the former Led Zeppelin frontman also reveals that he has been recording a new album with his latest group.

“We’ve been all around the world, setting places on fire,” says Plant, “and it’s so much better to do that than to bathe in the tepid bathtub of old hits.

“We’ve been in the studio, though. We’ve got nine new tracks already.”

Plant features in our 2014 albums preview, which also features Beck, Elbow, Pete Townshend, David Byrne and Sharon Van Etten.

The new issue of Uncut, dated February 2014, is out on Friday (January 3).

Brian May undergoing ‘urgent’ tests for cancer

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Brian May undergoing ‘urgent’ tests for cancer

Brian May has revealed he's undergoing tests for cancer. Writing on his website, the Queen guitarist said he went to see his doctor over the Christmas period due to agonising pain, leaving him unable to stand up. MRI scans showed "abnormalities in the bones", and is now waiting for further results. He wrote: "So around Christmas I've been having a succession of blood tests, ultrasounds, and various kinds of scans, to see if they could rule out various kinds of cancer. Now, on hearing the 'C' word something happens inside you ... of course. I've seen so many of my dear friends fighting it ... and my Dad lost his battle at age 66, exactly the age I am now. "So over the last few days I've been in various states of unrest. But the great thing has been that the team my GP assembled to check out the possibilities has moved Heaven and Earth to gather all the information I need quickly over the Christmas period ... not an easy time." May, who is married to former 'EastEnders' actor Anita Dobson, thanked his fans for their support in an update on December 30. "I've been overwhelmed by the amazing messages you've been sending me, folks, since I wrote about my 'Health Scare'," he said. "It's taken me by surprise - for many reasons. I really didn't realise how much you guys were gunning for me ... it's great to know that, and I can't thank you enough. It puts a smile on my face. But I didn't realise that biting the bullet and mentioning the 'C' word would unlock such an avalanche. I now realise that so many of you have been wrestling with this all along, personally, or in family or friends, and, like me, found it hard to share. Hearing of your experiences, and courage, and hopes, and solutions, has been a massive eye-opener for me." May, a campaigner against the culling of badgers and a qualified astrophysicist, says he is continuing with preparations for his forthcoming tour while he waits for results.

Brian May has revealed he’s undergoing tests for cancer.

Writing on his website, the Queen guitarist said he went to see his doctor over the Christmas period due to agonising pain, leaving him unable to stand up.

MRI scans showed “abnormalities in the bones”, and is now waiting for further results. He wrote: “So around Christmas I’ve been having a succession of blood tests, ultrasounds, and various kinds of scans, to see if they could rule out various kinds of cancer. Now, on hearing the ‘C’ word something happens inside you … of course. I’ve seen so many of my dear friends fighting it … and my Dad lost his battle at age 66, exactly the age I am now.

“So over the last few days I’ve been in various states of unrest. But the great thing has been that the team my GP assembled to check out the possibilities has moved Heaven and Earth to gather all the information I need quickly over the Christmas period … not an easy time.”

May, who is married to former ‘EastEnders’ actor Anita Dobson, thanked his fans for their support in an update on December 30. “I’ve been overwhelmed by the amazing messages you’ve been sending me, folks, since I wrote about my ‘Health Scare’,” he said.

“It’s taken me by surprise – for many reasons. I really didn’t realise how much you guys were gunning for me … it’s great to know that, and I can’t thank you enough. It puts a smile on my face. But I didn’t realise that biting the bullet and mentioning the ‘C’ word would unlock such an avalanche. I now realise that so many of you have been wrestling with this all along, personally, or in family or friends, and, like me, found it hard to share. Hearing of your experiences, and courage, and hopes, and solutions, has been a massive eye-opener for me.”

May, a campaigner against the culling of badgers and a qualified astrophysicist, says he is continuing with preparations for his forthcoming tour while he waits for results.

Bruce Springsteen’s producer talks about new album ‘High Hopes’

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Bruce Springsteen’s producer talks about new album ‘High Hopes’

Ron Aniello has talked about working with Bruce Springsteen on forthcoming album 'High Hopes'. Aniello, who first worked with Springsteen on 2012 album 'Wrecking Ball', was asked to sort through a collection of outtakes from the past 10 years to see if he could carve the demos into an album. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Aniello says Springsteen called him in December, 2012 to let him know he'd got some songs he wanted to record or rework, and after some back-and-forth, the songs were eventually finished while Springsteen was on tour in 2013. "It was unusual in the fact that [Springsteen] was on tour. There were a lot of conversations in Europe and I did some of the recording via iChat when the band was in Australia. We just didn't have the same amount of time we had for 'Wrecking Ball'. We had a block of time for that and there was consistency. This was more put together between his stops." He continued: "I think at one point he was in Europe for three straight months, never coming home once. I did as much as I could here in Los Angeles, and we recorded in New York as well as those sessions in Australia. Some of that was just unusual for Bruce." He also defended Springsteen's decision to craft an album out of existing material, saying it's how most other artists operate. He said: "For any other artist alive, that's how they make records. It's, 'Oh, I got a song. It's great' then it just ends up on the record. With any other artist, this would be completely acceptable. And we're not saying it's unacceptable to some fans. It's just if you read fan sites you see people saying, 'Oh, it's older songs'. "But you have to understand it has its own story, in my opinion. This is the story of what he's not willing to put on albums because they don't fit. But it's a great Bruce record. It's a great rock and roll record. The fact they're older songs doesn't detract from the brilliance of the record." 'High Hopes' is due for release on January 13, although due to a technical error it was recently available for a short time on Amazon's mobile site. The album features Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello, while late members of Springsteen's E Street Band Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici also appear.

Ron Aniello has talked about working with Bruce Springsteen on forthcoming album ‘High Hopes’.

Aniello, who first worked with Springsteen on 2012 album ‘Wrecking Ball’, was asked to sort through a collection of outtakes from the past 10 years to see if he could carve the demos into an album.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Aniello says Springsteen called him in December, 2012 to let him know he’d got some songs he wanted to record or rework, and after some back-and-forth, the songs were eventually finished while Springsteen was on tour in 2013.

“It was unusual in the fact that [Springsteen] was on tour. There were a lot of conversations in Europe and I did some of the recording via iChat when the band was in Australia. We just didn’t have the same amount of time we had for ‘Wrecking Ball’. We had a block of time for that and there was consistency. This was more put together between his stops.”

He continued: “I think at one point he was in Europe for three straight months, never coming home once. I did as much as I could here in Los Angeles, and we recorded in New York as well as those sessions in Australia. Some of that was just unusual for Bruce.”

He also defended Springsteen’s decision to craft an album out of existing material, saying it’s how most other artists operate. He said: “For any other artist alive, that’s how they make records. It’s, ‘Oh, I got a song. It’s great’ then it just ends up on the record. With any other artist, this would be completely acceptable. And we’re not saying it’s unacceptable to some fans. It’s just if you read fan sites you see people saying, ‘Oh, it’s older songs’.

“But you have to understand it has its own story, in my opinion. This is the story of what he’s not willing to put on albums because they don’t fit. But it’s a great Bruce record. It’s a great rock and roll record. The fact they’re older songs doesn’t detract from the brilliance of the record.”

‘High Hopes’ is due for release on January 13, although due to a technical error it was recently available for a short time on Amazon’s mobile site. The album features Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, while late members of Springsteen’s E Street Band Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici also appear.

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Beck has shared a cover of John Lennon's 'Love'. The reworked version of the track, originally from Lennon's 1970 debut album 'John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band', is taken from 'Sweetheart 2014', a forthcoming Starbucks compilation of artist performing covers of their favourite love songs. The album will also feature contributions from My Morning Jacket's Jim James, whose version of Bob Marley's 'Turn Your Lights Down Low' can be heard here, Vampire Weekend, Valerie June, Phosphorescent and Ben Harper. In November last year, Beck talked about his forthcoming solo album, due in February, and revealed three tracks – 'Waking Light', 'Blackbird Chain', and 'Country Dawn' were recorded at Jack White's Third Man Records. He described the record, 'Morning Phase', as coming from the tradition of "California music". He told Rolling Stone: "I'm just fumbling around with chords and a mood. The songs are coming out of a California tradition. I'm hearing The Byrds, Crosby Stills and Nash, Gram Parsons, Neil Young – the bigger idea of what that sound is to me." He added: "There's this feeling of tumult and uncertainty, getting through that long, dark night of the soul – whatever you want to call it. These songs were about coming out of that – how things do get better." Beck also revealed that he is already halfway through a follow-up album that he hopes to release later in the year. He added: "It's still in flux. I'm thinking about the live show, a certain energy. That's a whole other kind of writing – and difficult to do. You're writing for a studio environment that is the antithesis of where the song is going to live." 'Morning Phase' is Beck's first album in six years, coming after 2008's 'Modern Guilt'. The album is described as being a "companion piece" to the largely acoustic 'Sea Change', released in 2002, and will include a number of guest stars. Confirmed names set to appear on 'Morning Phase' include Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Joey Waronker, Smokey Hormel, Roger Joseph Manning Jr, and Jason Falkner. The tracklisting for 'Sweetheart 2014', which will be released on St Valentine's Day, is as follows: Jim James – 'Turn Your Lights Down Low' (Bob Marley cover) Vampire Weekend – 'Con Te Partirò' (Inspired by the Andrea Bocelli recording) Beck – 'Love' (John Lennon cover) Phosphorescent – 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time' (Bob Dylan cover) The Head and the Heart – 'Don’t Forget Me' (Harry Nilsson cover) Valerie June – 'Happy or Lonesome' (The Carter Family cover) Bahamas – 'Always on My Mind' (Willie Nelson cover) Thao – 'If You Were Mine' (Ray Charles cover) Ben Harper – 'Fade Into You' (Mazzy Star cover) Fiona Apple – 'I'm In The Middle Of A Riddle' (Anton Karas cover) Brandi Carlile – 'The Chain' (Fleetwood Mac cover) Blake Mills – 'I Hope' (Bobby Charles cover) Sharon Jones – 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours' (Stevie Wonder cover)

Beck has shared a cover of John Lennon’s ‘Love’.

The reworked version of the track, originally from Lennon’s 1970 debut album ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’, is taken from ‘Sweetheart 2014’, a forthcoming Starbucks compilation of artist performing covers of their favourite love songs. The album will also feature contributions from My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, whose version of Bob Marley’s ‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’ can be heard here, Vampire Weekend, Valerie June, Phosphorescent and Ben Harper.

In November last year, Beck talked about his forthcoming solo album, due in February, and revealed three tracks – ‘Waking Light’, ‘Blackbird Chain’, and ‘Country Dawn’ were recorded at Jack White’s Third Man Records. He described the record, ‘Morning Phase’, as coming from the tradition of “California music”. He told Rolling Stone: “I’m just fumbling around with chords and a mood. The songs are coming out of a California tradition. I’m hearing The Byrds, Crosby Stills and Nash, Gram Parsons, Neil Young – the bigger idea of what that sound is to me.”

He added: “There’s this feeling of tumult and uncertainty, getting through that long, dark night of the soul – whatever you want to call it. These songs were about coming out of that – how things do get better.”

Beck also revealed that he is already halfway through a follow-up album that he hopes to release later in the year. He added: “It’s still in flux. I’m thinking about the live show, a certain energy. That’s a whole other kind of writing – and difficult to do. You’re writing for a studio environment that is the antithesis of where the song is going to live.”

‘Morning Phase’ is Beck’s first album in six years, coming after 2008’s ‘Modern Guilt’. The album is described as being a “companion piece” to the largely acoustic ‘Sea Change’, released in 2002, and will include a number of guest stars. Confirmed names set to appear on ‘Morning Phase’ include Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Joey Waronker, Smokey Hormel, Roger Joseph Manning Jr, and Jason Falkner.

The tracklisting for ‘Sweetheart 2014’, which will be released on St Valentine’s Day, is as follows:

Jim James – ‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’ (Bob Marley cover)

Vampire Weekend – ‘Con Te Partirò’ (Inspired by the Andrea Bocelli recording)

Beck – ‘Love’ (John Lennon cover)

Phosphorescent – ‘Tomorrow Is A Long Time’ (Bob Dylan cover)

The Head and the Heart – ‘Don’t Forget Me’ (Harry Nilsson cover)

Valerie June – ‘Happy or Lonesome’ (The Carter Family cover)

Bahamas – ‘Always on My Mind’ (Willie Nelson cover)

Thao – ‘If You Were Mine’ (Ray Charles cover)

Ben Harper – ‘Fade Into You’ (Mazzy Star cover)

Fiona Apple – ‘I’m In The Middle Of A Riddle’ (Anton Karas cover)

Brandi Carlile – ‘The Chain’ (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Blake Mills – ‘I Hope’ (Bobby Charles cover)

Sharon Jones – ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours’ (Stevie Wonder cover)

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