While our current magazine features a 52-page supplement revealing Uncut’s top 80 albums of 2013, voted for by the Uncut staff and nearly 50 contributors, here we’re gradually publishing some of our staff’s individual picks of the year’s best releases.
The new issue of Uncut arrives in UK shops this Thursday - though, if you’re a subscriber, you might receive your copy a little earlier. Morrissey, as you’ll see, is on the cover, and David Cavanagh’s ostensibly picked up the plot where Autobiography left off, uncovering the inside story on what has turned out to be a very weird year indeed for the singer.
Arctic Monkeys have announced details of details of an American tour in January and February 2014.
The dates include their biggest headline show in the States so far - at New York's Madison Square Garden on February 8. Starting in Miami on January 30, the tour will visit 12 cities in total, ending in Minneapolis on February 14. Deerhunter will provide support for the New York and Boston dates.
The Breeders performed two songs on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (May 7). Scroll down to watch their performance.
Taking a break from their current US tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of 1993's Last Splash, the Kim Deal-fronted band performed their best-known song 'Cannonball', plus a web exclusive of 'Driving On 9'. 'Last Splash' was The Breeders' second album and would be the last the band recorded until 2002's 'Title TK'.