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The National record song for HBO show Boardwalk Empire – listen

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The National record song for HBO show Boardwalk Empire – listen
The National have recorded a song for HBO drama Boardwalk Empire. The band covered Isham Jones and The Ray Miller Orchestra’s 1924 song "I’ll See You in My Dreams" for use in episode 10 of season 3, 'A Man, A Plan', which aired in the US on November 18. The band are accompanied by Vince Giordan...

The National have recorded a song for HBO drama Boardwalk Empire.

The band covered Isham Jones and The Ray Miller Orchestra’s 1924 song “I’ll See You in My Dreams” for use in episode 10 of season 3, ‘A Man, A Plan’, which aired in the US on November 18. The band are accompanied by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks on the track, which you can hear below by scrolling down the page.

This is not the first time The National have made music inspired by TV having recently covered a song from animated comedy Bob’s Burgers and also contributing music to the most recent season of Game Of Thrones. Boardwalk Empire stars Steve Buscemi and Kelly MacDonald and tells the story of 1920’s New York and the murky world of organised crime. The show currently airs in the UK on Sky Atlantic.

Stream the full track at Fuck Yeah! The National here.

The National return to the UK this December to headline All Tomorrow’s Parties. The three-day festival will return to its original venue, Pontins in Camber Sands, after Butlins in Minehead ended its contract with the festival. The band will host the event on December 7-9.

The line-up also includes Kronos Quartet, The Antlers, Owen Pallett, Boris, Tim Hecker, Sharon Van Etten, My Brightest Diamond, Wye Oak, Lower Dens, Megafaun, Suuns, Local Natives, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Michael Rother presents the music of Neu! & Harmonia, Deerhoof, Menomena, Nico Muhly, Stars Of The Lid, Youth Lagoon, Perfume Genius, Bear In Heaven, Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Mark Mulcahy (Miracle Legion), Kathleen Edwards, Hauschka, This Is The Kit, So Percussion and Hayden.

The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne in bomb scare incident

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The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne in bomb scare incident
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has revealed that he found himself at the centre of a bomb scare earlier this month. The singer was stopped at Will Rogers airport in Oklahoma City on November 10, after a dead grenade in his hand luggage set off alarms at a TSA checkpoint, reports TMZ. Wayne was ...

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has revealed that he found himself at the centre of a bomb scare earlier this month.

The singer was stopped at Will Rogers airport in Oklahoma City on November 10, after a dead grenade in his hand luggage set off alarms at a TSA checkpoint, reports TMZ.

Wayne was on his way to Los Angeles to catch a preview of the new Flaming Lips musical Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, and told police that the grenade was given to him at a party as a joke.

Coyne was released once the TSA found that the grenade was harmless. Several flights were delayed as a result.

The singer later tweeted after the incident:

Sorry Sorry Sorry!! Everyone that was inconvenienced because of my grenade at OKC airport!!

Coyne recently revealed that their new the album was inspired by band member Steven Drozd when he was in the middle of a serious drug addiction, from which he has now recovered. Coyne added: “It was probably the worst time of his life. I knew he was really, really struggling. He was in a bad way.”

Yeah Yeah Yeahs to release new album in spring 2013

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs to release new album in spring 2013
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to release a new album in the spring of next year, according to reports. Speaking on Los Angeles radio station KCRW, Jason Bentley – who hosts the Morning Becomes Eclectic show – said that the band would be releasing the follow-up to 2009's It's Blitz! in the "springtime...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to release a new album in the spring of next year, according to reports.

Speaking on Los Angeles radio station KCRW, Jason Bentley – who hosts the Morning Becomes Eclectic show – said that the band would be releasing the follow-up to 2009’s It’s Blitz! in the “springtime” of 2013.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released three albums, 2003’s Fever To Tell, 2006’s Show Your Bone and It’s Blitz!.

James Murphy, formerly of LCD Soundsystem, recently denied that he was producing the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. In an interview with the Huffington Post, he said: “I just did a little fun stuff. Nothing really big; I don’t have time and they don’t have time.”

He added: “I think they’re done with their record now, I was just fussing around. I didn’t make their album. They’re just friends.”

At the end of last year the band’s frontwoman Karen O revealed that she and her bandmates had started working on new music.

Speaking to The Sun, O said she had “been tinkering around on some new Yeah Yeah Yeahs music with the boys.”

The Black Keys: “Most people realised we weren’t blues copyists…”

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The Black Keys: “Most people realised we weren’t blues copyists…”
The Black Keys shed light on the making of their greatest albums in the new issue of Uncut, out on Friday (November 23). The duo, who are set to play two dates at London’s O2 Arena in December, explain how they moved from recording on four-track in drummer Patrick Carney’s basement for their fi...

The Black Keys shed light on the making of their greatest albums in the new issue of Uncut, out on Friday (November 23).

The duo, who are set to play two dates at London’s O2 Arena in December, explain how they moved from recording on four-track in drummer Patrick Carney’s basement for their first few albums to holing up in more luxurious studios with producer Danger Mouse on last year’s El Camino.

Referring to the band’s ethos on their debut, The Big Come Up, guitarist and singer Dan Auerbach says: “Most people realised that we weren’t copyists. We were heavily influenced by certain sounds and wore our influences on our sleeve. This wasn’t an artistic statement, this was literally who we were.”

Auerbach’s work on Dr John’s acclaimed Locked Down album, the Keys’ recording sessions at Muscle Shoals, and their stalled collaboration with Ike Turner are also touched on, along with their own albums including Brothers, Attack & Release and Thickfreakness.

The new issue of Uncut, dated January 2013, is out on Friday, November 23.

January 2013

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January 2013
This is the last Uncut of 2012, rather unbelievably. It barely seems 12 months since I sat down to write the column that introduced our final issue of 2011. How much faster can time go by? Lots, probably, so it's perhaps best not to ask, even as things go by in an increasing blur, weeks acceleratin...

This is the last Uncut of 2012, rather unbelievably. It barely seems 12 months since I sat down to write the column that introduced our final issue of 2011. How much faster can time go by?

Lots, probably, so it’s perhaps best not to ask, even as things go by in an increasing blur, weeks accelerating into months and the brakes not working. Anyway, we’ve had a lot to pack into this month’s magazine, starting with the results of the 2012 Uncut Music Award. As usual, we compiled a longlist of 25 albums that we then circulated to our judges, along with the nominated albums, and asked them to individually nominate their five favourites. Back came their votes, after due consideration. I have no gift that I am aware of for clairvoyance, but even if I’d have been blessed with foresight and able to predict the future and what might take shape in it, I think I would nevertheless have been hard put to anticipate the outcome of the judges’ deliberations, their capacity to surprise one of the most exciting aspects of the Uncut Music Award, foregone conclusions being quite alien to the entire process. The winner and runners-up of this year’s UMA are announced on page 6. For their time and dedication, a big thank you from Uncut to our panel of judges, who included Phil Manzanera, Mark Cooper, Linda Thompson, Bob Harris, Nick Stewart and Tony Wadsworth.

As part of our farewell to 2011, we also present our annual review of the past 12 months, which as ever includes our Albums Of The Year – a Top 75 this year – as well as the best reissues, films, DVDs and books, as voted for by over 40 Uncut contributors. My own Top 20 albums, in case you were wondering, were: Bob Dylan’s Tempest, John Murry’s The Graceless Age, Japandroids’ Celebration Rock, Neil Young’s Psychedelic Pill, Pond’s Beard, Wives, Denim, Beachwood Sparks’ The Tarnished Gold, Jack White’s Blunderbuss, Allah-Las’ Allah-Las, Anaïs Mitchell’s Young Man In America, Alabama Shakes’ Boys And Girls, Neil Young’s Americana, Slow Down, Molasses’ Walk Into The Sea, Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp, Elephant Mica’s Louder Than Thou, Tame Impala’s Lonerism, Calexico’s Algiers, Dr John’s Locked Down, Dexys’ One Day I’m Going To Soar, Simone Felice’s Simone Felice and Dan Deacon’s America. Honourable mentions should go out, also, to albums by Springsteen, Ty Segall, Grizzly Bear, Father John Misty, Bill Fay, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, The Deep Dark Woods, Cold Specks and Mark Eitzel.

As ever, let me know at the usual address what you make of our Top 75 and what your own favourite albums of the year were. And finally, thanks to all our readers for your support and encouragement in 2012. We hope when it arrives you have a great seasonal holiday, and enjoy it and whoever you spend it with. I’d recommend not overdoing the celebrations to the point where you might need medical assistance, but coming from me that might sound a bit fucking rich, moderation not something I have perhaps regrettably been overly familiar with.

Anyway, see you on the other side. The February 2013 issue of Uncut will be on sale from January 3.

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Bruce Springsteen, Black Keys, Bryan Ferry, Paul Weller, Ty Segall plus The Top 75 Albums Of The Year in the new Uncut

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Bruce Springsteen, Black Keys, Bryan Ferry, Paul Weller, Ty Segall plus The Top 75 Albums Of The Year in the new Uncut

The new issue of Uncut will be on sale from Friday. Subscribers, of course, those sensibly organised people who plan ahead and have their lives in probably perfect order, may already have started receiving their copies. Lucky them! We’re actually still waiting for ours, but not yet fretting that they’ve been re-routed, sent via some staging post on a distant tundra where passing yaks may end up feasting upon them, the chomp-chomp-chomp of their distracted munching the only sound in that vast space, the hairy ruminants quite indifferent, of course, to what’s actually in the issue. Which is a lot, and includes in the grand annual tradition of these things, our review of the year, a 30-page special, featuring our Top 75 Albums Of 2012, plus the best reissues and box sets, films, DVDs and books, as voted for by over 40 Uncut contributors. We also have Bruce Springsteen in the issue. He’s our Man Of The Year and Andy Gill flew out to Pittsburgh to catch up with the Wrecking Ball tour as it entered its final triumphant stretch. After a barnstorming concert at the Consol Energy Centre, Andy was left wondering: “Have I seen a better show than this? Not just this year, but ever?” It may come as no surprise to anyone who’s been keeping a close eye on such things that garage rock wunderkind, Ty Segall, serially lauded in Uncut throughout 2012, is our New Artist Of The Year. Fans of ‘fuzz-addled havoc’, rejoice! We also announce in the new issue the winner of this year’s Uncut Music Award. The 2012 long-list of nominated albums featured some heavyweight names – Springsteen, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Paul Weller, Kate Bush and Dr John among them. The safe money, I imagine, would have been on one of these as the winner. Our judges, however, may have had other ideas… Elsewhere, we have An Audience With Bryan Ferry, The Black Keys talk us through their back catalogue in an Album By Album special, Paul Weller stars in My Life In Music, and we revisit the enigmatic world of The Blue Nile, look forward to much looming red-nosed celebration with Slade, who tell us about the making of “Merry Xmas Everybody”, and get excited about the return of The Replacements. There are reviews aplenty, too – with new albums from Beck and Bryan Ferry, Joni Mitchell’s first 10 albums repackaged, a three-CD Gil Scott-Heron compilation of his trailblazing early work, a deluxe edition of The Damned’s explosive debut album, plus The House Of Love, Aztec Camera and Sufjan Stevens. As ever, let me know what you think of the issue – and also, we’d love to hear what your own favourite albums of the year have been. Drop me a line at the usual address. Finally, the next in our Ultimate Music Guide series is on sale from November 28 and it’s dedicated to The Kinks and features new reviews of all their albums, classic interviews from the archives of NME and Melody Maker, plus a revealing new introduction by Ray Davies. Have a good week.

The new issue of Uncut will be on sale from Friday. Subscribers, of course, those sensibly organised people who plan ahead and have their lives in probably perfect order, may already have started receiving their copies. Lucky them! We’re actually still waiting for ours, but not yet fretting that they’ve been re-routed, sent via some staging post on a distant tundra where passing yaks may end up feasting upon them, the chomp-chomp-chomp of their distracted munching the only sound in that vast space, the hairy ruminants quite indifferent, of course, to what’s actually in the issue. Which is a lot, and includes in the grand annual tradition of these things, our review of the year, a 30-page special, featuring our Top 75 Albums Of 2012, plus the best reissues and box sets, films, DVDs and books, as voted for by over 40 Uncut contributors.

We also have Bruce Springsteen in the issue. He’s our Man Of The Year and Andy Gill flew out to Pittsburgh to catch up with the Wrecking Ball tour as it entered its final triumphant stretch. After a barnstorming concert at the Consol Energy Centre, Andy was left wondering: “Have I seen a better show than this? Not just this year, but ever?” It may come as no surprise to anyone who’s been keeping a close eye on such things that garage rock wunderkind, Ty Segall, serially lauded in Uncut throughout 2012, is our New Artist Of The Year. Fans of ‘fuzz-addled havoc’, rejoice! We also announce in the new issue the winner of this year’s Uncut Music Award.

The 2012 long-list of nominated albums featured some heavyweight names – Springsteen, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Paul Weller, Kate Bush and Dr John among them. The safe money, I imagine, would have been on one of these as the winner. Our judges, however, may have had other ideas…

Elsewhere, we have An Audience With Bryan Ferry, The Black Keys talk us through their back catalogue in an Album By Album special, Paul Weller stars in My Life In Music, and we revisit the enigmatic world of The Blue Nile, look forward to much looming red-nosed celebration with Slade, who tell us about the making of “Merry Xmas Everybody”, and get excited about the return of The Replacements. There are reviews aplenty, too – with new albums from Beck and Bryan Ferry, Joni Mitchell’s first 10 albums repackaged, a three-CD Gil Scott-Heron compilation of his trailblazing early work, a deluxe edition of The Damned’s explosive debut album, plus The House Of Love, Aztec Camera and Sufjan Stevens.

As ever, let me know what you think of the issue – and also, we’d love to hear what your own favourite albums of the year have been. Drop me a line at the usual address.

Finally, the next in our Ultimate Music Guide series is on sale from November 28 and it’s dedicated to The Kinks and features new reviews of all their albums, classic interviews from the archives of NME and Melody Maker, plus a revealing new introduction by Ray Davies.

Have a good week.

Lenny Kravitz to play Marvin Gaye in new Julien Temple film

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Lenny Kravitz to play Marvin Gaye in new Julien Temple film
Lenny Kravitz is to play Marvin Gaye in a film of the last years of the late American soul singer's life. According to The Evening Standard, the film is being made by Julien Temple. It will be singer Kravitz's first major film role, having most recently appeared as a stylist in teen blockbuster Th...

Lenny Kravitz is to play Marvin Gaye in a film of the last years of the late American soul singer’s life.

According to The Evening Standard, the film is being made by Julien Temple.

It will be singer Kravitz’s first major film role, having most recently appeared as a stylist in teen blockbuster The Hunger Games. Janis Gaye, the singer’s second and last wife, has said she feels “very sceptical” about the project.

The film is reported to chart the final years of Gaye’s life. The soul legend lived in London in the early 1980s, when he was suffering an addiction to alcohol and was embroiled in problems relating to unpaid tax.

Gaye briefly managed to reduce his drug dependency and regain his confidence after relocating to Ostend, Belgium. He died after being shot by his own father in Los Angeles, California on March 31, 1984.

Kravitz is also reported to be working on an album titled Negrophilia. He told Billboard earlier this year: “It is very funky, very, very raw. [2011’s] Black And White America was very produced. Although it’s all natural and organic, it’s a very produced record. That’s the mode I was in at that time. But (Negrophilia) is a very raw, jagged-edged album.”

Photo credit; Jim Hendin & The Motown Archive

Win a T.Rex The Slider box set

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Win a T.Rex The Slider box set
T.Rex’s classic album, The Slider, is 40 years old this year. And what better way to celebrate such an auspicious anniversary that with a definitive limited edition box set, packed full of extra material? The box set includes 2 CDs (including a remastered version of the original album by producer...

T.Rex’s classic album, The Slider, is 40 years old this year. And what better way to celebrate such an auspicious anniversary that with a definitive limited edition box set, packed full of extra material?

The box set includes 2 CDs (including a remastered version of the original album by producer Tony Visconti), a DVD featuring a documentary on the making of the album as well as assorted TV appearances, a 180 gramm vinyl copy of the album and three 7” singles. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s also a 48-page hardback book including essays, photos and rare archive material, and a second, 40 page book of sheet music for the album. Rounding off the package, there’s also a bunch of replica Slider memorabilia – a poster, a sticker, Marc Bolan fan club letter, concert ticket, sew-on patch and a rosette.

We’re delighted to have ONE box set to give away.

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning a copy of T.Rex – The Slider 40th Anniversary Box Set is answer this question correctly:

What was the first single to be released from The Slider?

Was it: a) Metal Guru, b) Telegram Sam or c) Chariot Choogle?

Send your answers to uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com by 12pm GMT on Monday, November 29.

One winner will be chosen at random from the correct answers by the editor.

T.Rex – The Slider 40th Anniversary Box Set is released by Edsel on November 26, 2012.

Wes Anderson: A Life Galactic

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Wes Anderson: A Life Galactic

I've given up pretending I'm not interested in watching a new Stars Wars movie. I don't really want to get bogged down in hypotheses about plots or returning characters from the old movies, nor am I particularly interested in ranting about Hollywood's on-going obsession with franchises. It struck me it was pretty inevitable that at some point someone - George Lucas or, as it transpired, Disney - would resurrect Star Wars. After all, the six movies so far are the most financially successful movies of all time, with $4.5 billion in ticket sales worldwide and an additional $20 billion in merchandise sales. The good news, of course, is that Oscar-winner Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3 - is writing Episode VII, which at least suggests the script will be superior to Lucas' own hammy efforts. But who to direct it..? While we wait for an official announcement, there's this brilliant spoof from American chat show, Conan, purporting to be some 'test footage' for Episode VII shot by none other than Wes Anderson. So, here's A Life Galactic for you...

I’ve given up pretending I’m not interested in watching a new Stars Wars movie.

I don’t really want to get bogged down in hypotheses about plots or returning characters from the old movies, nor am I particularly interested in ranting about Hollywood’s on-going obsession with franchises. It struck me it was pretty inevitable that at some point someone – George Lucas or, as it transpired, Disney – would resurrect Star Wars. After all, the six movies so far are the most financially successful movies of all time, with $4.5 billion in ticket sales worldwide and an additional $20 billion in merchandise sales.

The good news, of course, is that Oscar-winner Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3 – is writing Episode VII, which at least suggests the script will be superior to Lucas’ own hammy efforts. But who to direct it..? While we wait for an official announcement, there’s this brilliant spoof from American chat show, Conan, purporting to be some ‘test footage’ for Episode VII shot by none other than Wes Anderson. So, here’s A Life Galactic for you…

The Gaslight Anthem unveil Hurricane Sandy relief support video – watch

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The Gaslight Anthem unveil Hurricane Sandy relief support video – watch
The Gaslight Anthem have paid tribute to their homestate of New Jersey in the video for their track "National Anthem". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84LjPtsQ9dg The video - which you can watch above - shows images of the devastation which befell the East Coast of the United States, including New ...

The Gaslight Anthem have paid tribute to their homestate of New Jersey in the video for their track “National Anthem”.

The video – which you can watch above – shows images of the devastation which befell the East Coast of the United States, including New York, when Hurricane Sandy hit last month.

The video is accompanied by a message from the band, which reads: “Stay strong, Jersey. Love, The Gaslight Anthem.”

The band are currently helping to raise money for two Hurricane Sandy relief funds by selling posters and t-shirts. The band writes that “100% of the proceeds will be split equally between Rebuild Recover and Architecture For Humanity’s ‘Rebuild Seaside Pier’ effort.” For more information, visit: thegaslightanthem.com.

The Gaslight Anthem recently announced a UK tour for March 2013. They will play nine dates on the stretch, kicking off on March 21 at the O2 Academy Bristol, before heading up to Leeds, Glasgow and Manchester and finishing up at London’s Troxy.

The band will put out their own version of Bon Iver‘s track “Skinny Love” on special 10-inch red vinyl later this week.

The limited edition three-track all-acoustic single will comprise the songs “Hold You Up” and “Misery”, as well as “Skinny Love”, and will be put out on November 24 as a special Black Friday release.

Bryan Ferry: “I have a controlling instinct – sometimes being in a band isn’t the best place for me”

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Bryan Ferry: “I have a controlling instinct – sometimes being in a band isn’t the best place for me”
Bryan Ferry answers your questions in the next issue of Uncut, out on Friday (November 23). The Roxy Music frontman and solo artist takes your queries, as well as some from Andy Mackay, Paul Thompson and Johnny Marr, on topics including his new album, The Jazz Age, his old paper round, and whether ...

Bryan Ferry answers your questions in the next issue of Uncut, out on Friday (November 23).

The Roxy Music frontman and solo artist takes your queries, as well as some from Andy Mackay, Paul Thompson and Johnny Marr, on topics including his new album, The Jazz Age, his old paper round, and whether he’s planning to finish the new album Roxy Music recorded last decade.

“Although I might not appear so, I always wanted to be a free spirit and create my own life,” he tells Uncut. “I have quite a controlling instinct, which is why sometimes being in a band isn’t the best place for me.”

The new issue of Uncut, dated January 2013, is out on Friday, November 23.

Eric Clapton announces American spring tour dates

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Eric Clapton announces American spring tour dates
Eric Clapton has announced a run of American tour dates, beginning in March in Phoenix, Arizona and ending up with two nights at New York's storied Madison Square Garden. The two New York shows are part of the Crossroads Festival, which will also feature performances from The Allman Brothers Band, ...

Eric Clapton has announced a run of American tour dates, beginning in March in Phoenix, Arizona and ending up with two nights at New York’s storied Madison Square Garden.

The two New York shows are part of the Crossroads Festival, which will also feature performances from The Allman Brothers Band, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, BB King, Gary Clark Jr. and more.

March 14 Phoenix, AZ – U.S. Airways Center

16/3 Houston, TX – Toyota Center

17/3 Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center

19/3 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center

20/3 Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Arena

22/3 Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena

23/3 New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Arena

26/3 Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

27/3 Atlanta, GA – Gwinnett Arena

29/3 Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Live

30/3 Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Live

April 2 Charlotte, NC – Time Warner Cable Arena

3/4 Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena

5/4 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena

6/4 Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center

12/4 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

13/4 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

Clapton will also play the UK in May, including seven nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

AC/DC finally licence back catalogue for iTunes downloads

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AC/DC finally licence back catalogue for iTunes downloads
AC/DC are releasing their back-catalogue on iTunes, having previously taken a stance against digital releases. The Australian rockers had been among the biggest bands missing from the digital download service, but just as Apple reached an agreement to land long-time hold-outs The Beatles and Led Z...

AC/DC are releasing their back-catalogue on iTunes, having previously taken a stance against digital releases.

The Australian rockers had been among the biggest bands missing from the digital download service, but just as Apple reached an agreement to land long-time hold-outs The Beatles and Led Zeppelin on iTunes, AC/DC’s label Columbia Records have agreed terms.

The band’s entire catalogue, including the 16 studio albums from 1976 debut High Voltage to 2008’s Black Ice, will be available, along with four live albums and three compilation albums.

The tracks have been mastered For iTunes, which increases the audio quality of the downloads, while fans will also be able to download the tracks individually as well as in album bundles.

The full catalogue includes:

The Collection (all studio albums) for £79.99.

The Complete Collection (all studio albums, live albums and box sets) for £99.99.

AC/DC’s studio Albums are:

‘High Voltage’ (1976)

‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’ (1976)

‘Let There Be Rock’ (1977)

‘Powerage’ (1978)

‘Highway To Hell’ (1979)

‘Back In Black’ (1980)

‘For Those About To Rock We Salute You’ (1981)

‘Flick Of The Switch’ (1983)

’74 Jailbreak’ (1984)

‘Fly On The Wall’ (1985)

‘Who Made Who’ (1986)

‘Blow Up Your Video’ (1988)

‘The Razors Edge’ (1990)

‘Ballbreaker’ (1995)

‘Stiff Upper Lip’ (2000)

‘Black Ice’ (2008)

Live Albums are:

‘If You Want Blood You’ve Got It’ (1978)

‘Live’ (1992)

‘Live’ (2 Volume Collector’s Edition) (1992)

‘Live At River Plate’ (2012)

Compilation Albums are:

‘Bonfire’ (1997)

‘Backtracks audio’ (2009)

‘Iron Man 2 soundtrack’ (2010)

Alabama Shakes were asked to enter ‘X Factor’ as contestants

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Alabama Shakes were asked to enter ‘X Factor’ as contestants
Alabama Shakes were asked to enter X Factor USA, according to lead singer Brittany Howard. The band were approached by a researcher to appear on the US version of the popular television talent contest before they got signed to Rough Trade Records. When asked what her opinion was on TV talent shows...

Alabama Shakes were asked to enter X Factor USA, according to lead singer Brittany Howard.

The band were approached by a researcher to appear on the US version of the popular television talent contest before they got signed to Rough Trade Records.

When asked what her opinion was on TV talent shows, Brittany Howard said they are “kind of fucked up” before revealing that the band were asked to appear on Simon Cowell’s programme.

She told the Independent: “They heard of us through the internet and started sending me emails which kept going into my spam folder. One day she called me to ask and I told her, ‘No, I’m not going to do that.’ She was like, ‘Are you sure about that?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, I’m sure. I have something going on now that I believe in and want to stick to.’ She was shocked.”

The singer went on to vent her anger towards the show, saying it’s “not fair” as contestants “go out there, people gawk at you, they love you or hate you and it doesn’t mean anything to them but it means the world to you.”

The Jam – The Gift: Super Deluxe Edition

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The Jam – The Gift: Super Deluxe Edition

The Fab Three's studio swansong, with B-sides, demos, vids and a live gig... The Gift remains a mysteriously unloved part of The Jam canon. For many Jam loyalists it’s a record that’s tainted by Weller’s decision to split the band at the height of their popularity, the headstone to a premature burial. It’s also a record that, for many, strays a little too far out of The Jam’s comfort zone. While the introductory chimes of the opening track “Happy Together” recall the fractured post-punk of Sound Affects, we’re quickly into the Motown beats, the wah-wah guitars, the big horn sections: the birth of what sneerier commentators later dubbed “soulcialism”. Lyrically, The Gift does not have the cohesiveness of the two Jam LPs generally regarded as classics – All Mod Cons and Sound Affects – but it certainly has at least as many great songs as either of them. There’s no arguing with the singles “Town Called Malice” (effectively “You Can’t Hurry Love” reimagined by Ken Loach) or “Precious” (hypnotically itchy punk-funk, with a nod to Beggar & Co), but, for all Weller’s professed “anti-rock” agenda of this period, there is plenty here to please any element of The Jam’s fanbase. You want Ray Davies-style kitchen-sink realism? Try the militant vaudevillian turn “Just Who Is The 5 O’Clock Hero”. You want a stunningly poetic ballad with heart-wrenching chord changes? Try “Carnation” (“I am the greed and fear/and every ounce of hate in you”). You want haunting and graceful post-punk? Listen to “Ghosts”, with its elegant horns, fluid bassline and uplifting lyric (“there’s more inside you that you won’t show”). The first CD contains all 11 LP tracks, along with a further 10 singles, B-sides or covers from this period which didn’t make it onto the album. Weller has always upheld the uniqueness of the flipside (“I always felt the shackles were off,” he says. “You can experiment a bit”), and all of the supplementary tracks on CD1 share that same spirit of adventure, creating a secondary album that’s almost as good as the primary one. Even the covers, which were approached as enthusiastic recreations of the band’s new favourite songs, add a twist to the originals. “Move On Up” replaces Curtis Mayfield’s sweet-voiced earnestness with punky urgency; The Chi-Lites’ “Stoned Out Of My Mind” benefits from Rick Buckler’s heavily syncopated, Afro-Cuban rhythm track. As well as a riotous live CD, and an excellent DVD of promos and Top Of The Pops appearances, there’s a CD that comprises demos of most of the album tracks and B-sides. It includes early versions of some contemporary sides not included on CD1, such as “Tales From The Riverbank” (here titled “We’ve Only Started”), “Absolute Beginners” (titled “Skirt”), and a Northern soul-style re-reading of the Small Faces “Get Yourself Together”. All of them are multi-tracked solely by Weller on guitars, bass, piano, keyboards and even drums. Unfashionable though it might be to point this kind of thing out, Weller really is an extraordinarily accomplished musician; even his drumming has a certain wonky, Stevie Wonder-ish flair. Some of the demos are virtually identical to the finished versions, only without the horns: a couple (“The Planner’s Dream...”, “Shopping”) sound better. One gets the impression that three or four Wellers might have made a great stadium rock band. The Jam’s studio versions of “A Solid Bond In Your Heart” (separate mixes of which have previously appeared on The Sound Of The Jam and Direction Reaction Creation) are notably absent from CD1 of this package, although Weller’s drumless original demo does appear on CD2, with a piano-led arrangement that’s almost identical to the version later recorded by The Style Council. There are certainly premonitions of The Style Council all over The Gift, be it the heavy duty funk workout of “Precious”, the militant call-to-arms of “‘Trans-Global Express’”, or the insistent Northern soul drumbeats on at least half the tracks. And, with veteran Trinidadian percussionist Russ Henderson playing steelpan, “The Planner’s Dream Goes Wrong” is an early example of the outsourcing philosophy that Weller and Talbot would later adopt (the song also shares the same lyrical territory as “Come To Milton Keynes”). In fact it’s the 10 extra tracks on CD1 that seem to prefigure The Style Council’s revolving door policy. Most of the singles of this period are dominated by hired hands, not least the backing vocals of Jennie McKeown from The Belle Stars (on “The Bitterest Pill”) or future Respond starlet Tracie (who almost steals the show on “Beat Surrender”). “Bitterest Pill”, “Beat Surrender” and “Malice” are all dominated by Peter Wilson’s piano or organ lines; while “Precious” and the three soul covers are dominated by the horns of Steve Nichol and Keith Thomas. Other tracks point out the limitations of the three-piece. A jazz waltz like “Shopping”, or the off-kilter “The Great Depression” are the kind of beats that Style Council drummer Steve White would breeze through; likewise you could imagine an early incarnation of the Council transforming “Pity Poor Alfie” into a more limber soul gem. And that maybe explains why The Gift rankles a little for certain Jam loyalists: it’s a reminder that Weller really did need to break up the biggest British band since The Beatles to pursue his musical vision. John Lewis

The Fab Three’s studio swansong, with B-sides, demos, vids and a live gig…

The Gift remains a mysteriously unloved part of The Jam canon. For many Jam loyalists it’s a record that’s tainted by Weller’s decision to split the band at the height of their popularity, the headstone to a premature burial.

It’s also a record that, for many, strays a little too far out of The Jam’s comfort zone. While the introductory chimes of the opening track “Happy Together” recall the fractured post-punk of Sound Affects, we’re quickly into the Motown beats, the wah-wah guitars, the big horn sections: the birth of what sneerier commentators later dubbed “soulcialism”.

Lyrically, The Gift does not have the cohesiveness of the two Jam LPs generally regarded as classics – All Mod Cons and Sound Affects – but it certainly has at least as many great songs as either of them. There’s no arguing with the singles “Town Called Malice” (effectively “You Can’t Hurry Love” reimagined by Ken Loach) or “Precious” (hypnotically itchy punk-funk, with a nod to Beggar & Co), but, for all Weller’s professed “anti-rock” agenda of this period, there is plenty here to please any element of The Jam’s fanbase. You want Ray Davies-style kitchen-sink realism? Try the militant vaudevillian turn “Just Who Is The 5 O’Clock Hero”. You want a stunningly poetic ballad with heart-wrenching chord changes? Try “Carnation” (“I am the greed and fear/and every ounce of hate in you”). You want haunting and graceful post-punk? Listen to “Ghosts”, with its elegant horns, fluid bassline and uplifting lyric (“there’s more inside you that you won’t show”).

The first CD contains all 11 LP tracks, along with a further 10 singles, B-sides or covers from this period which didn’t make it onto the album. Weller has always upheld the uniqueness of the flipside (“I always felt the shackles were off,” he says. “You can experiment a bit”), and all of the supplementary tracks on CD1 share that same spirit of adventure, creating a secondary album that’s almost as good as the primary one. Even the covers, which were approached as enthusiastic recreations of the band’s new favourite songs, add a twist to the originals. “Move On Up” replaces Curtis Mayfield’s sweet-voiced earnestness with punky urgency; The Chi-Lites’ “Stoned Out Of My Mind” benefits from Rick Buckler’s heavily syncopated, Afro-Cuban rhythm track.

As well as a riotous live CD, and an excellent DVD of promos and Top Of The Pops appearances, there’s a CD that comprises demos of most of the album tracks and B-sides. It includes early versions of some contemporary sides not included on CD1, such as “Tales From The Riverbank” (here titled “We’ve Only Started”), “Absolute Beginners” (titled “Skirt”), and a Northern soul-style re-reading of the Small Faces “Get Yourself Together”. All of them are multi-tracked solely by Weller on guitars, bass, piano, keyboards and even drums. Unfashionable though it might be to point this kind of thing out, Weller really is an extraordinarily accomplished musician; even his drumming has a certain wonky, Stevie Wonder-ish flair. Some of the demos are virtually identical to the finished versions, only without the horns: a couple (“The Planner’s Dream…”, “Shopping”) sound better. One gets the impression that three or four Wellers might have made a great stadium rock band.

The Jam’s studio versions of “A Solid Bond In Your Heart” (separate mixes of which have previously appeared on The Sound Of The Jam and Direction Reaction Creation) are notably absent from CD1 of this package, although Weller’s drumless original demo does appear on CD2, with a piano-led arrangement that’s almost identical to the version later recorded by The Style Council. There are certainly premonitions of The Style Council all over The Gift, be it the heavy duty funk workout of “Precious”, the militant call-to-arms of “‘Trans-Global Express’”, or the insistent Northern soul drumbeats on at least half the tracks. And, with veteran Trinidadian percussionist Russ Henderson playing steelpan, “The Planner’s Dream Goes Wrong” is an early example of the outsourcing philosophy that Weller and Talbot would later adopt (the song also shares the same lyrical territory as “Come To Milton Keynes”).

In fact it’s the 10 extra tracks on CD1 that seem to prefigure The Style Council’s revolving door policy. Most of the singles of this period are dominated by hired hands, not least the backing vocals of Jennie McKeown from The Belle Stars (on “The Bitterest Pill”) or future Respond starlet Tracie (who almost steals the show on “Beat Surrender”). “Bitterest Pill”, “Beat Surrender” and “Malice” are all dominated by Peter Wilson’s piano or organ lines; while “Precious” and the three soul covers are dominated by the horns of Steve Nichol and Keith Thomas. Other tracks point out the limitations of the three-piece. A jazz waltz like “Shopping”, or the off-kilter “The Great Depression” are the kind of beats that Style Council drummer Steve White would breeze through; likewise you could imagine an early incarnation of the Council transforming “Pity Poor Alfie” into a more limber soul gem. And that maybe explains why The Gift rankles a little for certain Jam loyalists: it’s a reminder that Weller really did need to break up the biggest British band since The Beatles to pursue his musical vision.

John Lewis

Jeff Buckley musical to retell the story of ‘Romeo and Juliet’

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A musical production based on Jeff Buckley's life will retell the story of Romeo And Juliet and is currently in development, according to reports. The Guardian says that The Last Goodybe, named after one of Buckley's most popular songs, will be directed by Alex Timbers, with a series of workshops set to take place in New York in early 2013. The production, which was conceived by Michael Kimmel, will use other Buckley songs such as "Lover, You Should Have Come Over" and "Eternal Life" to re-interpret William Shakespeare's classic play, with rehearsal set to start in January next year. Previously, Buckley's mother Mary Gilbert said she was unsure about the project, but in 2010 revealed she had changed her mind after speaking to Kimmel. Speaking to the New York Times, she said: "Suddenly I felt that across centuries you had two kindred spirits talking about the same things – love, relationships, suffering, death. It was like having my eyes opened to Jeff's music in a new light, a different and very natural light." The Last Goodybe is not the only theatrical production inspired by Buckley's life – a biopic of the singer's life titled Greetings From Tim Buckley received its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, although an official release date is yet to be revealed. To see a trailer for the film, which stars Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley in the lead role, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click. Jeff Buckley passed away in 1997 at the age of 30 after accidentally drowning in the Wolf River in Tennessee.

A musical production based on Jeff Buckley‘s life will retell the story of Romeo And Juliet and is currently in development, according to reports.

The Guardian says that The Last Goodybe, named after one of Buckley’s most popular songs, will be directed by Alex Timbers, with a series of workshops set to take place in New York in early 2013.

The production, which was conceived by Michael Kimmel, will use other Buckley songs such as “Lover, You Should Have Come Over” and “Eternal Life” to re-interpret William Shakespeare’s classic play, with rehearsal set to start in January next year.

Previously, Buckley’s mother Mary Gilbert said she was unsure about the project, but in 2010 revealed she had changed her mind after speaking to Kimmel. Speaking to the New York Times, she said: “Suddenly I felt that across centuries you had two kindred spirits talking about the same things – love, relationships, suffering, death. It was like having my eyes opened to Jeff’s music in a new light, a different and very natural light.”

The Last Goodybe is not the only theatrical production inspired by Buckley’s life – a biopic of the singer’s life titled Greetings From Tim Buckley received its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, although an official release date is yet to be revealed. To see a trailer for the film, which stars Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley in the lead role, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click.

Jeff Buckley passed away in 1997 at the age of 30 after accidentally drowning in the Wolf River in Tennessee.

Peter Gabriel announces So tour

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Peter Gabriel is to play his 1986 album, So, in its entirety. Gabriel, who is currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of the album, is to bring to the UK next October his current Back To Front tour, featuring the original live band who toured So with him in the mid-Eighties. Gabriel will perform...

Peter Gabriel is to play his 1986 album, So, in its entirety.

Gabriel, who is currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of the album, is to bring to the UK next October his current Back To Front tour, featuring the original live band who toured So with him in the mid-Eighties. Gabriel will perform So in its entirely as well as material from his entire career.

Gabriel will play:

Monday 21st October 2013 : LONDON, THE O2

Tuesday 22nd October 2013 : LONDON, THE O2

Thursday 24th October 2013 : GLASGOW, THE HYDRO

Friday 25th October 2013 : MANCHESTER ARENA

Tickets will also be available from www.kililive.com or 08448718803; they go on sale on Friday November 23.

Amour

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Amour
Michael Haneke has often meted out cruel and unusual punishments to his characters. You might think of the middle class couple in Funny Games, an oppressed music professor in The Piano Teacher, or an entire town in The White Ribbon. Amour, however, provides a corrective of sorts. No less uncomforta...

Michael Haneke has often meted out cruel and unusual punishments to his characters. You might think of the middle class couple in Funny Games, an oppressed music professor in The Piano Teacher, or an entire town in The White Ribbon. Amour, however, provides a corrective of sorts.

No less uncomfortable to watch than his previous films, Amour is nevertheless both a poignant love story and a typically rigorous attempt to dismantle one of the last great taboos in cinema. To Haneke, love hurts. Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) are retired music teachers living in an elegant, book-lined Paris apartment. When Anne suffers a stroke, Georges promises to look after her at home; at first, there is gentleness and humour as they reconfigure their lives around Anne’s condition, but she begins to deteriorate. Georges effectively shuts them both off from the outside world – their daughter Eva, played by Isabelle Hupert, various carers and a former pupil are all shunned. “Your concern is of no use to me,” Georges tells Eva.

This is moving, but not sentimental filmmaking. Trintignant, best known for …And God Created Women, A Man And A Woman and Z, and Riva, the European lead in Alain Resnais’ Hiroshima, Mon Amour, are both remarkable. Riva allows Anne to be slowly, systematically, taken away from Georges, while Trintignant – now 82 – is almost heroic in his stoicism. Anne describes him as “a monster, also capable of great kindness.”

Michael Bonner

Ask Joe Cocker

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Ask Joe Cocker

Ahead of the release of his new album early next year, Joe Cocker is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature. So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask him? How did he come to record with Jimmy Page? What are his memories of playing Woodstock? What was it like recording the Mad Dogs And Englishmen album? Send up your questions by noon, Monday, November 26 to uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com. The best questions, and Joe's answers, will be published in a future edition of Uncut magazine. Please include your name and location with your question.

Ahead of the release of his new album early next year, Joe Cocker is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.

So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask him?

How did he come to record with Jimmy Page?

What are his memories of playing Woodstock?

What was it like recording the Mad Dogs And Englishmen album?

Send up your questions by noon, Monday, November 26 to uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com. The best questions, and Joe’s answers, will be published in a future edition of Uncut magazine. Please include your name and location with your question.

Kings Of Leon, members of The Strokes and The Black Keys join forces for Tom Petty tribute show

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Kings Of Leon, members of The Strokes and The Black Keys join forces for Tom Petty tribute show

Kings Of Leon, members of The Black Keys and The Strokes joined forces for a Tom Petty tribute show in the US last night (November 14). The concert at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre also saw acts such as Har Mar Superstar, Eagles Of Death Metal and Hollywood star Johnny Depp performing tracks by Petty and his band the Heartbreakers, reports Rolling Stone. The gig saw The Black Keys drummer Pat Carney and Ke$ha team up with the Cabin Down Band for a cover of "Last Dance With Mary Jane". Actor Depp also later stepped up to perform guitar during six of the covers alongside actors and comedians such as Sarah Silverman, Justin Bartha and The Perks of Being a Wallflower star Mae Whitman. No members of Petty's band played any tracks despite rumours they would in the build up to the show. The concert was wrapped up by members of The Strokes, with guitarists Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi performing "I Need To Know" and "King Of Pomona". Valensi and drummer Fabrizio Moretti also did a take of "American Girl" before all the acts performed "Free Fallin'" at the end of the gig. All proceeds from the show, which was the first of back to back gigs, will go to the charity Sweet Relief and victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Kings Of Leon, members of The Black Keys and The Strokes joined forces for a Tom Petty tribute show in the US last night (November 14).

The concert at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre also saw acts such as Har Mar Superstar, Eagles Of Death Metal and Hollywood star Johnny Depp performing tracks by Petty and his band the Heartbreakers, reports Rolling Stone.

The gig saw The Black Keys drummer Pat Carney and Ke$ha team up with the Cabin Down Band for a cover of “Last Dance With Mary Jane”. Actor Depp also later stepped up to perform guitar during six of the covers alongside actors and comedians such as Sarah Silverman, Justin Bartha and The Perks of Being a Wallflower star Mae Whitman. No members of Petty’s band played any tracks despite rumours they would in the build up to the show.

The concert was wrapped up by members of The Strokes, with guitarists Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi performing “I Need To Know” and “King Of Pomona”. Valensi and drummer Fabrizio Moretti also did a take of “American Girl” before all the acts performed “Free Fallin'” at the end of the gig.

All proceeds from the show, which was the first of back to back gigs, will go to the charity Sweet Relief and victims of Hurricane Sandy.

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