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The Bourne Ultimatum

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The Bourne Ultimatum

DIRECTED BY Paul Greengrass STARRING Matt Damon, Joan Allen, David Strathairn This summer has been dominated by the “threequel” – a dreadful example of pernicious, Nadsat-style marketing speak that thus far has been a byword for artistic bankruptcy, as anyone who’s had the misfortune to sit through Spider Man 3, Pirates 3 or Shrek 3 will willingly attest. Based on the Robert Ludlum spy novels, the Bourne films have been refreshingly lean, pared to the bone. Their no-frills approach to the genre notably forced the bloated Bond franchise to take a long, hard look at what it’d become and precipitated the Casino Royale reboot. Picking up the series with 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy, English director Paul Greengrass brought a grainy, hand-held verite to the series that was both intimate and, for a genre predominantly reliant on scale and spectacle, revolutionary. Greengrass returns for this, the third and – probably – final movie, picking up the story of Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne, the amnesiac, former CIA assassin as he attempts to unravel the final secrets of his past: who he is, what Project Treadstone was, and who’s responsible for turning him into a ruthless killer – and has been trying to kill him lo these past two movies. We open with Guardian journalist Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) discovering the existence of a covert CIA black ops project, Blackbriar, that implicates Bourne. Cue a hair-raising chase through Waterloo Station that sets the pace for the rest of the film. It’s basically a 2 hour car chase reminiscent of Claude Lelouch’s C’Etait Un Rendez-Vous but set across several continents, Greengrass managing to sustain incredible velocity, the narrative barely once losing momentum even during the delivery of crucial exposition. Like peeling an onion, everytime Bourne thinks he’s got all the answers he’s looking for another layer of conspiracy presents itself. At the end of the second film, he discovered his real name is David Webb, but what is Blackbriar, and what’s its connection to Treadstone? Who is Dr Albert Hirsch (Albert Finney – marvellously toad-like and corpulent)? What role will Bourne’s only ally in the CIA, Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) play in all this, as yet another nasty Agency director (Strathairn’s Noah Vosen) hoves into view to try and get Bourne whacked? Of course, it would be remiss of me to go too deeply into the various plot threads here, suffice to say Greengrass’ film touches on issues like rendition, brainwashing and corruption. Damon – pugnacious, bullet-like – is excellent. After a run of movies that began with Good Will Hunting and take in The Talented Mr Ripley, Ocean’s Eleven, Gerry, Syriana and The Departed, he’s become the go-to guy for leads in smart, quality studio movies. I find myself liking him more and more with each film, and here – even when sudden revelations seem to indicate David Webb’s own motivations behind his decision to become Bourne might not be as honourable as he’d like to believe – you find yourself in total sympathy with Bourne. Damon’s canny enough an actor to make subtle distinctions between Webb and Bourne. So, it’s exhilarating stuff, what you’d call edge-of-seat in another parlance. You’ll be exhausted by the end. But it’s fantastic, high quality entertainment, and not far off Film Of The Year. MICHAEL BONNER

DIRECTED BY Paul Greengrass

STARRING Matt Damon, Joan Allen, David Strathairn

This summer has been dominated by the “threequel” – a dreadful example of pernicious, Nadsat-style marketing speak that thus far has been a byword for artistic bankruptcy, as anyone who’s had the misfortune to sit through Spider Man 3, Pirates 3 or Shrek 3 will willingly attest.

Based on the Robert Ludlum spy novels, the Bourne films have been refreshingly lean, pared to the bone. Their no-frills approach to the genre notably forced the bloated Bond franchise to take a long, hard look at what it’d become and precipitated the Casino Royale reboot. Picking up the series with 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy, English director Paul Greengrass brought a grainy, hand-held verite to the series that was both intimate and, for a genre predominantly reliant on scale and spectacle, revolutionary.

Greengrass returns for this, the third and – probably – final movie, picking up the story of Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne, the amnesiac, former CIA assassin as he attempts to unravel the final secrets of his past: who he is, what Project Treadstone was, and who’s responsible for turning him into a ruthless killer – and has been trying to kill him lo these past two movies.

We open with Guardian journalist Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) discovering the existence of a covert CIA black ops project, Blackbriar, that implicates Bourne. Cue a hair-raising chase through Waterloo Station that sets the pace for the rest of the film.

It’s basically a 2 hour car chase reminiscent of Claude Lelouch’s C’Etait Un Rendez-Vous but set across several continents, Greengrass managing to sustain incredible velocity, the narrative barely once losing momentum even during the delivery of crucial exposition.

Like peeling an onion, everytime Bourne thinks he’s got all the answers he’s looking for another layer of conspiracy presents itself. At the end of the second film, he discovered his real name is David Webb, but what is Blackbriar, and what’s its connection to Treadstone? Who is Dr Albert Hirsch (Albert Finney – marvellously toad-like and corpulent)?

What role will Bourne’s only ally in the CIA, Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) play in all this, as yet another nasty Agency director (Strathairn’s Noah Vosen) hoves into view to try and get Bourne whacked? Of course, it would be remiss of me to go too deeply into the various plot threads here, suffice to say Greengrass’ film touches on issues like rendition, brainwashing and corruption.

Damon – pugnacious, bullet-like – is excellent. After a run of movies that began with Good Will Hunting and take in The Talented Mr Ripley, Ocean’s Eleven, Gerry, Syriana and The Departed, he’s become the go-to guy for leads in smart, quality studio movies. I find myself liking him more and more with each film, and here – even when sudden revelations seem to indicate David Webb’s own motivations behind his decision to become Bourne might not be as honourable as he’d like to believe – you find yourself in total sympathy with Bourne. Damon’s canny enough an actor to make subtle distinctions between Webb and Bourne.

So, it’s exhilarating stuff, what you’d call edge-of-seat in another parlance. You’ll be exhausted by the end. But it’s fantastic, high quality entertainment, and not far off Film Of The Year.

MICHAEL BONNER

The Rolling Stones – The Biggest Bang

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"What," Martin Scorsese wondered rhetorically when discussing his forthcoming Rolling Stones concert film with Uncut last month, "am I going to bring to *that*?" Faced with the sheer enormity of the Stones' 2006-2007 tour, its six-storey stage set spewing fire like Hell's own multi-storey parking lot, Scorsese opted to get intimate for his upcoming movie '[Shine a Light', shooting the band on as small a stage as he could find instead. What this 4-disc set attempts to capture, though, is the very *that* he was talking about: the spectacle of A Bigger Bang, the biggest rock'n'roll tour in history, as the Stones go sashaying their imperious way across the planet, leaving unimaginable carbon footprints behind. Given how unchanging their setlists can be, it's a deftly assembled box, with Discs 1 and 2 devoted to two of the tour's most distinctive shows. We open in Austin, Texas, in October 2006 to find the Stones at their most relaxed, departing from the blueprint for extremely unexpected, Texas-friendly covers: Jagger rediscovering his "Dead Flowers" twang for Waylon Jennings' "Bob Wills is Still the King"; Richards demonstrating his band remain Buddy Holly fans with a characteristically smoky "Learning the Game." More thrillingly, though, the spirit of adventure extends to them dusting off incomprehensibly neglected gems from their own catalogue, unveiling a truly epic "Sway," Ron Wood's razor-wire-and-knuckle-duster slide solo practically scorching the stage. Disc 2 hops a continent, to Brazil and the epochal free gig on Rio's Copacabana Beach in February 2006 - the night the Stones played to an estimated two million. The DVD is sequenced with the option of playing the pre-gig documentary included among the extras as prelude, and doing so adds another dimension of drama. Watching as the Stones' crew rolls into town days in advance to begin construction like an army of Egyptian labourers, the insane scale of the undertaking grows increasingly apparent. By showtime on the night - the band walking to the stage via a specially-built bridge from their hotel, grinning with the kind of excitement you might have thought they could no longer feel - the energy crackles in the steaming air. The sense of some vast, timeless, ritual is incredible. As searchlights beam out across the crowd, the endless sea of people dwarfs the real sea, lapping darkly by their side, with yet more people looking on from the decks of the bobbing flotilla of boats moored out there to catch the show. At the apex of it all, the Stones pull out a leviathan performance, unleashing definitive readings of "Miss You" and "Midnight Rambler". It's hard to say if you're watching 2006 or 1978. Disc 3 casually hoovers up the rest of the world, offering selected highlights from Japan, an out-of control Argentina, and China, while Disc 4 is given over to a documentary laying out the whole the tour, from initial, stripped-down rehearsals through to the final night of the first leg, 116 shows later. It's a suitably monumental set, but there are flaws. While both concerts are billed as "full-length," three of the songs performed from Austin and four from Rio are actually, inexplicably and needlessly omitted. The most desperately missed is a storming "Bitch" from the Austin show. Given the seven hours of footage that is included, that might seem a minor quibble, but it's hugely irritating not to have the complete performances documented. The really bad news for Stones fans who already shelled out for 2003's *Four Flicks* box, though, is that this is a must-have. Just remember to leave a Scorsese-sized gap on your shelf... EXTRAS: Compilation of duets, featuring guests like Bonnie Raitt and Eddie Vedder; bonus songs; band member profiles; individual concert documentaries; jukebox feature. 4* DAMIEN LOVE Pic credit: Rex Features

“What,” Martin Scorsese wondered rhetorically when discussing his forthcoming Rolling Stones concert film with Uncut last month, “am I going to bring to *that*?”

Faced with the sheer enormity of the Stones’ 2006-2007 tour, its six-storey stage set spewing fire like Hell’s own multi-storey parking lot, Scorsese opted to get intimate for his upcoming movie ‘[Shine a Light’, shooting the band on as small a stage as he could find instead. What this 4-disc set attempts to capture, though, is the very *that* he was talking about: the spectacle of A Bigger Bang, the biggest rock’n’roll tour in history, as the Stones go sashaying their imperious way across the planet, leaving unimaginable carbon footprints behind.

Given how unchanging their setlists can be, it’s a deftly assembled box, with Discs 1 and 2 devoted to two of the tour’s most distinctive shows. We open in Austin, Texas, in October 2006 to find the Stones at their most relaxed, departing from the blueprint for extremely unexpected, Texas-friendly covers: Jagger rediscovering his “Dead Flowers” twang for Waylon Jennings’ “Bob Wills is Still the King”; Richards demonstrating his band remain Buddy Holly fans with a characteristically smoky “Learning the Game.” More thrillingly, though, the spirit of adventure extends to them dusting off incomprehensibly neglected gems from their own catalogue, unveiling a truly epic “Sway,” Ron Wood’s razor-wire-and-knuckle-duster slide solo practically scorching the stage.

Disc 2 hops a continent, to Brazil and the epochal free gig on Rio’s Copacabana Beach in February 2006 – the night the Stones played to an estimated two million. The DVD is sequenced with the option of playing the pre-gig documentary included among the extras as prelude, and doing so adds another dimension of drama. Watching as the Stones’ crew rolls into town days in advance to begin construction like an army of Egyptian labourers, the insane scale of the undertaking grows increasingly apparent. By showtime on the night – the band walking to the stage via a specially-built bridge from their hotel, grinning with the kind of excitement you might have thought they could no longer feel – the energy crackles in the steaming air.

The sense of some vast, timeless, ritual is incredible. As searchlights beam out across the crowd, the endless sea of people dwarfs the real sea, lapping darkly by their side, with yet more people looking on from the decks of the bobbing flotilla of boats moored out there to catch the show. At the apex of it all, the Stones pull out a leviathan performance, unleashing definitive readings of “Miss You” and “Midnight Rambler”. It’s hard to say if you’re watching 2006 or 1978. Disc 3 casually hoovers up the rest of the world, offering selected highlights from Japan, an out-of control Argentina, and China, while Disc 4 is given over to a documentary laying out the whole the tour, from initial, stripped-down rehearsals through to the final night of the first leg, 116 shows later.

It’s a suitably monumental set, but there are flaws. While both concerts are billed as “full-length,” three of the songs performed from Austin and four from Rio are actually, inexplicably and needlessly omitted. The most desperately missed is a storming “Bitch” from the Austin show. Given the seven hours of footage that is included, that might seem a minor quibble, but it’s hugely irritating not to have the complete performances documented. The really bad news for Stones fans who already shelled out for 2003’s *Four Flicks* box, though, is that this is a must-have. Just remember to leave a Scorsese-sized gap on your shelf…

EXTRAS: Compilation of duets, featuring guests like Bonnie Raitt and Eddie Vedder; bonus songs; band member profiles; individual concert documentaries; jukebox feature. 4*

DAMIEN LOVE

Pic credit: Rex Features

Bob Dylan Box Set Tracklisting Revealed

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Bob Dylan Box Set Tracklisting Revealed

Columbia Records have today (August 10) revealed the 51 song tracklisting that will make up Bob Dylan's long-awaited retrospective box set 'DYLAN.' The three disc set, due out in October, spans 45 years from the great man and ends many months of speculative debate about what was to be chosen for inclusion. It also features the new Mark Ronson remix of ''Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine).' 'DYLAN' will come in three versions, one as a single disc 18 track retrospective. The three CD set will come in a limited edition deluxe box covered in red cloth, the discs themselves designed to look like replica vinyl in their own sleeves. The box will also include a 40 page booklet with extended liner notes and rare photos, as well 10 limited edition postcard prints. Also in October comes the first Dylan live at Newport Folk Festival DVD release. 'The Other Side Of The Mirror' captures Dylan playing at the event in 1963 - the DVD boasts 80 minutes of previously unreleased material. So, anyway back to the tracklisting, with a drum roll... Here is the definitive tracklisting: Disc One: Song To Woody Blowin' In The Wind Masters Of War Don't Think Twice, It's All Right A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall The Times They Are A-Changin' All I Really Want To Do My Back Pages It Ain't Me Babe Subterranean Homesick Blues Mr. Tambourine Man Maggie's Farm Like A Rolling Stone It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Positively 4th Street Rainy Day #12 & 35 Just Like A Woman Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) All Along The Watchtower Disc Two: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Lay, Lady, Lay If Not For You I Shall Be Released Knockin' On Heaven's Door On A Night Like This Forever Young Tangled Up In Blue Simple Twist Of Fate Hurricane Changing Of The Guards Gotta Serve Somebody Precious Angel The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar Jokeman Dark Eyes Disc Three: Blind Willie McTell Brownsville Girl Silvio Ring Them Bells Dignity Everything Is Broken Under The Red Sky You're Gonna Quit Me Blood In My Eyes Not Dark Yet Things Have Changed Make You Feel My Love High Water Po' Boy Someday Baby When The Deal Goes Down

Columbia Records have today (August 10) revealed the 51 song tracklisting that will make up Bob Dylan’s long-awaited retrospective box set ‘DYLAN.’

The three disc set, due out in October, spans 45 years from the great man and ends many months of speculative debate about what was to be chosen for inclusion.

It also features the new Mark Ronson remix of ”Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine).’

‘DYLAN’ will come in three versions, one as a single disc 18 track retrospective.

The three CD set will come in a limited edition deluxe box covered in red cloth, the discs themselves designed to look like replica vinyl in their own sleeves.

The box will also include a 40 page booklet with extended liner notes and rare photos, as well 10 limited edition postcard prints.

Also in October comes the first Dylan live at Newport Folk Festival DVD release. ‘The Other Side Of The Mirror’ captures Dylan playing at the event in 1963 – the DVD boasts 80 minutes of previously unreleased material.

So, anyway back to the tracklisting, with a drum roll… Here is the definitive tracklisting:

Disc One:

Song To Woody

Blowin’ In The Wind

Masters Of War

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

The Times They Are A-Changin’

All I Really Want To Do

My Back Pages

It Ain’t Me Babe

Subterranean Homesick Blues

Mr. Tambourine Man

Maggie’s Farm

Like A Rolling Stone

It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

Positively 4th Street

Rainy Day #12 & 35

Just Like A Woman

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)

All Along The Watchtower

Disc Two:

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

Lay, Lady, Lay

If Not For You

I Shall Be Released

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

On A Night Like This

Forever Young

Tangled Up In Blue

Simple Twist Of Fate

Hurricane

Changing Of The Guards

Gotta Serve Somebody

Precious Angel

The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar

Jokeman

Dark Eyes

Disc Three:

Blind Willie McTell

Brownsville Girl

Silvio

Ring Them Bells

Dignity

Everything Is Broken

Under The Red Sky

You’re Gonna Quit Me

Blood In My Eyes

Not Dark Yet

Things Have Changed

Make You Feel My Love

High Water

Po’ Boy

Someday Baby When The Deal Goes Down

The Flaming Lips To Release First LIve DVD

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The Flaming Lips To Release First LIve DVD

The Flaming Lips are to make one of their legendary live performances available to watch on DVD for the first time next month. 'UFOS At The Zoo' sees the band filmed bringing their glittery, inflatable and contume laden, sensory overload of a live show to the Zoo Ampitheatre in their hometown of Oklahoma. 13 tracks of audio from the show recorded last September will also be available to download as MP3s with each DVD recorded in the MVI format (formerly known as DVD albums). The DVD is released through Warner Bros. Records on September 24. The trailer for the release is available to watch here. The full 'UFOs At The Zoo' tracklisting is: 1. "The Freaks Get Restless and Wake the Animals" (interstitial) 2. "The Mothership Descends" (interstitial) 3. "Race For the Prize" 4. "Free Radicals" 5. "Expecting Everyone's Head to Explode" (interstitial) 6. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" 7. "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part 2" 8. "Should We Free the Animals?" (interstitial) 9. "Vein of Stars" 10. "Hot Dog Eating Contest" (interstitial) 11. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" 12. "The Spark That Bled" 13. "Preparing the U.F.O. Mothership" (interstitial) 14. "The W.A.N.D." 15. "My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion" 16. "Santas and Aliens" (interstitial) 17. "She Don't Use Jelly" 18. "Do You Realize??" 19. "How Much Red Duct Tape?" (interstitial) 20 "A Spoonful Weighs A Ton" 21. "Captain America Splits the Audience" (interstitial) 22. "Love Yer Brain" 23. "The Mothership Departs" (interstitial) 24. "The Greatest Audience in the Galaxy" (interstitial)

The Flaming Lips are to make one of their legendary live performances available to watch on DVD for the first time next month.

‘UFOS At The Zoo’ sees the band filmed bringing their glittery, inflatable and contume laden, sensory overload of a live show to the Zoo Ampitheatre in their hometown of Oklahoma.

13 tracks of audio from the show recorded last September will also be available to download as MP3s with each DVD recorded in the MVI format (formerly known as DVD albums).

The DVD is released through Warner Bros. Records on September 24.

The trailer for the release is available to watch here.

The full ‘UFOs At The Zoo’ tracklisting is:

1. “The Freaks Get Restless and Wake the Animals” (interstitial)

2. “The Mothership Descends” (interstitial)

3. “Race For the Prize”

4. “Free Radicals”

5. “Expecting Everyone’s Head to Explode” (interstitial)

6. “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”

7. “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part 2”

8. “Should We Free the Animals?” (interstitial)

9. “Vein of Stars”

10. “Hot Dog Eating Contest” (interstitial)

11. “The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song”

12. “The Spark That Bled”

13. “Preparing the U.F.O. Mothership” (interstitial)

14. “The W.A.N.D.”

15. “My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion”

16. “Santas and Aliens” (interstitial)

17. “She Don’t Use Jelly”

18. “Do You Realize??”

19. “How Much Red Duct Tape?” (interstitial)

20 “A Spoonful Weighs A Ton”

21. “Captain America Splits the Audience” (interstitial)

22. “Love Yer Brain”

23. “The Mothership Departs” (interstitial)

24. “The Greatest Audience in the Galaxy” (interstitial)

Got A Question For Dave Grohl?

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Got A Question For Dave Grohl?

UNCUT is interview the mighty DAVE GROHL for our An Audience With... feature, and we're after your questions to put to the rock world's greatest dude. So, is there anything you've always wanted to ask him? The funnier, and more out there, the better! Send your questions by 9am on Tuesday August 14 to: uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

UNCUT is interview the mighty DAVE GROHL for our An Audience With… feature, and we’re after your questions to put to the rock world’s greatest dude.

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

The funnier, and more out there, the better!

Send your questions by 9am on Tuesday August 14 to:

uncutaudiencewith@ipcmedia.com

Green Man Festival Running Order Confirmed

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Green Man Festival Running Order Confirmed

The running order and times have just been confirmed for next weekend's Green Man Festival taking place from August 17 at Glanusk Park in Powys, Wales. Headlined by Joanna Newsom, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation and Stephen Malkmus. The festival will also see performances from an array of talented artists such as current Uncut feature star Devendra Banhart, who will hopefully be previewing songs from his fifth album, 'Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon'. The bill also features other Uncut favourites in Richmond Fontaine, Vetiver and Six Organs Of Admittance. The three day festival line-up and running times are below. Uncut will be reporting from Green Man over the weekend (August 17-19), check back to news and the special Uncut Festivals blog here. Friday August 17: MAIN STAGE 11.30-12.30am Joanna Newsom 10.00-10.45pm Bill Callahan 8.30-9.15pm Stephen Duffy 7.00-7.45pm Euros Childs 5.30-6.15pm Indigo Moss 4.30-5.00pm Rachel Unthank & the Winterset 3.30-4.00pm Findlay Brown 2.30-3.00pm Pete & The Pirates 1.30-2.00pm Fanfarlo 12.30-1.00pm Gwildor FOLKEY DOKEY STAGE 11.00-11.45pm Tunng 9.30-10.15pm King Cresote 8.00-8.45pm Dead Meadow 6.30-7.15pm Daimh 5.00-5.45pm Ellis Island Sound 4.00-4.30pm Richard James 3.00-3.30pm Steve Adey 2.00-2.30pm Men-An-Tol 1.00-1.30pm Gilbert 12.00-12.30pm Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love GREEN MAN CAFE STAGE 11.15-12.00pm Martin Stephenson 9.45-10.30pm Gareth Pearson 8.15-9.00pm Alela Diane 6.45-7.30pm Slow Club 5.15-6.00pm Arborea 4.15-4.45pm John Smith 3.15-3.45pm Gethin Pearson 2.15-2.45pm The Gentle Good 1.15-1.45pm Pamela Wyn Shannon 12.15-12.45pm Sweet Baboo Saturday August 18: MAIN STAGE 11.30-12.30am Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation 10.00-10.45pm Vashti Bunyan 8.30-9.15pm Richmond Fontaine 7.00-7.45pm Vetiver 5.30-6.15pm The Broken Family Band 4.30-5.00pm Clinic 3.30-4.00pm PG Six 2.30-3.00pm Lisa Knapp 1.30-2.00pm Monkey Swallows 12.30-1.00pm The Beep Seals FOLKEY DOKEY STAGE 11.00-12.00pm Battles 9.30-10.15pm Fridge 8.00-8.45pm James Yorkston 6.30-7.15pm Six Organs Of Admittance 5.00-5.45pm North Sea Radio Orchestra 4.00-4.30pm Voice of the Seven Woods 3.00-3.30pm The General and Duchess Collins 2.00-2.30pm Starless and Bible Black 1.00-1.30pm Thistletown 12.00-12.30pm Moon Music Orch GREEN MAN CAFE STAGE 11.15-12.15pm John Power 9.45-10.30pm Diane Cluck 8.15-9.00pm Victoria Williams 6.45-7.30pm Johnny Flynn 5.15-6.00pm Emmy The Great 4.15-4.45pm Nancy Elizabeth 3.15-3.45pm Andrew Hockey 2.15-2.45pm Christopher Rees 1.15-1.45pm Thee,Stranded Horse 12.15-12.45pm Alun Tan Lan Sunday August 19: MAIN STAGE 10.30-11.30pm Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks 9.00-9.45pm Devendra Banhart 7.30-8.15pm Gruff Rhys 6.15-7.00pm The Earlies 5.00-5.45pm Alasdair Roberts 4.00-4.30pm Malcolm Middleton 3.00-3.30pm Misty's Big Adventure 2.00-2.30pm Connan and the Mockasins 1.00-1.30pm Soft Hearted Scientists 12.00-12.30pm Eugene Francis Jnr & the Juniors FOLKEY DOKEY STAGE 11.00-11.45pm The Aliens 9.30-10.15pm Herman Dune 8.00-8.45pm Seasick Steve 6.45-7.30pm John Renbourn 5.30-6.15pm My Brightest Diamond 4.30-5.00pm Arbouretum 3.30-4.00pm The Yellow Moon Band 2.30-3.00pm 9Bach 1.30-2.00pm The Laughing Windows 12.30-1.00pm Arctic Circle GREEN MAN CAFE STAGE 10.45-11.30pm Fernhill 9.15-10.00pm Wizz & Simeon Jones 7.45-8.30pm Jill Barber 6.30-7.15pm Pete Molinari 5.15-6.00pm Cate Le Bon 4.15-4.45pm David Thomas Broughton 3.15-3.45pm Directing Hand 2.15-2.45pm Threatmantics 1.15-1.45pm Petra Jean Phillipson 12.15-12.45pm Charlotte Greig

The running order and times have just been confirmed for next weekend’s Green Man Festival taking place from August 17 at Glanusk Park in Powys, Wales.

Headlined by Joanna Newsom, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation and Stephen Malkmus. The festival will also see performances from an array of talented artists such as current Uncut feature star Devendra Banhart, who will hopefully be previewing songs from his fifth album, ‘Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon’.

The bill also features other Uncut favourites in Richmond Fontaine, Vetiver and Six Organs Of Admittance.

The three day festival line-up and running times are below.

Uncut will be reporting from Green Man over the weekend (August 17-19), check back to news and the special Uncut Festivals blog here.

Friday August 17: MAIN STAGE

11.30-12.30am Joanna Newsom

10.00-10.45pm Bill Callahan

8.30-9.15pm Stephen Duffy

7.00-7.45pm Euros Childs

5.30-6.15pm Indigo Moss

4.30-5.00pm Rachel Unthank & the Winterset

3.30-4.00pm Findlay Brown

2.30-3.00pm Pete & The Pirates

1.30-2.00pm Fanfarlo

12.30-1.00pm Gwildor

FOLKEY DOKEY STAGE

11.00-11.45pm Tunng

9.30-10.15pm King Cresote

8.00-8.45pm Dead Meadow

6.30-7.15pm Daimh

5.00-5.45pm Ellis Island Sound

4.00-4.30pm Richard James

3.00-3.30pm Steve Adey

2.00-2.30pm Men-An-Tol

1.00-1.30pm Gilbert

12.00-12.30pm Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love

GREEN MAN CAFE STAGE

11.15-12.00pm Martin Stephenson

9.45-10.30pm Gareth Pearson

8.15-9.00pm Alela Diane

6.45-7.30pm Slow Club

5.15-6.00pm Arborea

4.15-4.45pm John Smith

3.15-3.45pm Gethin Pearson

2.15-2.45pm The Gentle Good

1.15-1.45pm Pamela Wyn Shannon

12.15-12.45pm Sweet Baboo

Saturday August 18: MAIN STAGE

11.30-12.30am Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation

10.00-10.45pm Vashti Bunyan

8.30-9.15pm Richmond Fontaine

7.00-7.45pm Vetiver

5.30-6.15pm The Broken Family Band

4.30-5.00pm Clinic

3.30-4.00pm PG Six

2.30-3.00pm Lisa Knapp

1.30-2.00pm Monkey Swallows

12.30-1.00pm The Beep Seals

FOLKEY DOKEY STAGE

11.00-12.00pm Battles

9.30-10.15pm Fridge

8.00-8.45pm James Yorkston

6.30-7.15pm Six Organs Of Admittance

5.00-5.45pm North Sea Radio Orchestra

4.00-4.30pm Voice of the Seven Woods

3.00-3.30pm The General and Duchess Collins

2.00-2.30pm Starless and Bible Black

1.00-1.30pm Thistletown

12.00-12.30pm Moon Music Orch

GREEN MAN CAFE STAGE

11.15-12.15pm John Power

9.45-10.30pm Diane Cluck

8.15-9.00pm Victoria Williams

6.45-7.30pm Johnny Flynn

5.15-6.00pm Emmy The Great

4.15-4.45pm Nancy Elizabeth

3.15-3.45pm Andrew Hockey

2.15-2.45pm Christopher Rees

1.15-1.45pm Thee,Stranded Horse

12.15-12.45pm Alun Tan Lan

Sunday August 19: MAIN STAGE

10.30-11.30pm Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks

9.00-9.45pm Devendra Banhart

7.30-8.15pm Gruff Rhys

6.15-7.00pm The Earlies

5.00-5.45pm Alasdair Roberts

4.00-4.30pm Malcolm Middleton

3.00-3.30pm Misty’s Big Adventure

2.00-2.30pm Connan and the Mockasins

1.00-1.30pm Soft Hearted Scientists

12.00-12.30pm Eugene Francis Jnr & the Juniors

FOLKEY DOKEY STAGE

11.00-11.45pm The Aliens

9.30-10.15pm Herman Dune

8.00-8.45pm Seasick Steve

6.45-7.30pm John Renbourn

5.30-6.15pm My Brightest Diamond

4.30-5.00pm Arbouretum

3.30-4.00pm The Yellow Moon Band

2.30-3.00pm 9Bach

1.30-2.00pm The Laughing Windows

12.30-1.00pm Arctic Circle

GREEN MAN CAFE STAGE

10.45-11.30pm Fernhill

9.15-10.00pm Wizz & Simeon Jones

7.45-8.30pm Jill Barber

6.30-7.15pm Pete Molinari

5.15-6.00pm Cate Le Bon

4.15-4.45pm David Thomas Broughton

3.15-3.45pm Directing Hand

2.15-2.45pm Threatmantics

1.15-1.45pm Petra Jean Phillipson

12.15-12.45pm Charlotte Greig

CUT of The Day: David Bowie Backs The Simpsons

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CUT of the day: Friday August 10. Today's YouTube find is a new video splice posted by Daniel. The rocket trip into space manned by Homer Simpson in Season 5 of the comedy cartoon is backed time-perfectly with David Bowie's 1969 UK number one, 'Space Oddity.' Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNZkTiSKkY

CUT of the day: Friday August 10.

Today’s YouTube find is a new video splice posted by Daniel.

The rocket trip into space manned by Homer Simpson in Season 5 of the comedy cartoon is backed time-perfectly with David Bowie’s 1969 UK number one, ‘Space Oddity.’

Check it out here:

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

The Hold Steady To Play With Rolling Stones

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The Hold Steady To Play With Rolling Stones

The Hold Steady have just confirmed that they will open up for the Rolling Stones at their huge Dublin Slane Castle show next weekend (August 18). The Hold Steady have been especially picked to open up for the Stones at the 85, 000 capacity Slane concert. Hailing from an Irish American family, Hold Steady singer Craig Finn also holds playing in Dublin close to his heart. The last time they played in the city, not only were they mobbed by fans, but Phil Lynott's mum also called them up when she heard they were fan's of her son's band Thin Lizzy. The hardest working festival band this Summer have also confirmed a second round of stints in fields around their Carling stage Reading and Leeds appearances on Bank Holiday weekend. The band will also call at a handful of UK venues for their own headlining shows, including Carlisle, Cardiff, and Nottingham. They play London's Electric Ballroom on August 30 too. A new single will be released in October - and we can reveal that it will be 'Massive Nights.' Dublin Slane Castle (with The Rolling Stones) (August 18) Limerick Dolans Warehouse (19) Belfast Vital Festival (21) Carlisle Brickyard (22) Leeds Carling Festival (24) Cardiff The Point (25) Reading Carling Festival (26) Zagreb Inmusic Festival (28) London Electric Ballroom (30) Nottingham Rescue Rooms (31) Scotland Connect Festival (September 1) And in other Hold Steady fan news, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, has declared: “The best band of this year by far is The Hold Steady.”

The Hold Steady have just confirmed that they will open up for the Rolling Stones at their huge Dublin Slane Castle show next weekend (August 18).

The Hold Steady have been especially picked to open up for the Stones at the 85, 000 capacity Slane concert.

Hailing from an Irish American family, Hold Steady singer Craig Finn also holds playing in Dublin close to his heart. The last time they played in the city, not only were they mobbed by fans, but Phil Lynott’s mum also called them up when she heard they were fan’s of her son’s band Thin Lizzy.

The hardest working festival band this Summer have also confirmed a second round of stints in fields around their Carling stage Reading and Leeds appearances on Bank Holiday weekend.

The band will also call at a handful of UK venues for their own headlining shows, including Carlisle, Cardiff, and Nottingham.

They play London’s Electric Ballroom on August 30 too.

A new single will be released in October – and we can reveal that it will be ‘Massive Nights.’

Dublin Slane Castle (with The Rolling Stones) (August 18)

Limerick Dolans Warehouse (19)

Belfast Vital Festival (21)

Carlisle Brickyard (22)

Leeds Carling Festival (24)

Cardiff The Point (25)

Reading Carling Festival (26)

Zagreb Inmusic Festival (28)

London Electric Ballroom (30)

Nottingham Rescue Rooms (31)

Scotland Connect Festival (September 1)

And in other Hold Steady fan news, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, has declared: “The best band of this year by far is The Hold Steady.”

Babyshambles Album Title Is Revealed

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The forthcoming album from Babyshambles has been revealed to be 'Shotter's Nation.' The much speculated album title for the second Babyshambles album has been leaked across the internet this morning (August 10) from sources close to the band. The album, which is due for release this October, will be preceeded by a single 'Delivery' on September 17. The title 'Shotter's Nation' is taken from the opening lines to the track 'Delivery' - "By and by the way of an explanation Cast adrift of the shores of shotters’ nation" Although the album is not due out for a while, Uncut Editor Allan Jone's has been playing it non-stop - read his indepth track by track guide here. As previously reported, Babyshambles are playing an arena tour later this year, supported by The View. They call at the following mammoth venues: Manchester MEN Arena (November 22) Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (23) Brighton Centre (25) Bournemouth BIC (26) Wembley Arena (27) Birmingham NIA, with The View (28) Nottingham Arena, with The View (30) Glasgow SECC (December 1

The forthcoming album from Babyshambles has been revealed to be ‘Shotter’s Nation.’

The much speculated album title for the second Babyshambles album has been leaked across the internet this morning (August 10) from sources close to the band.

The album, which is due for release this October, will be preceeded by a single ‘Delivery’ on September 17.

The title ‘Shotter’s Nation’ is taken from the opening lines to the track ‘Delivery’ – “By and by the way of an explanation

Cast adrift of the shores of shotters’ nation”

Although the album is not due out for a while, Uncut Editor Allan Jone’s has been playing it non-stop – read his indepth track by track guide here.

As previously reported, Babyshambles are playing an arena tour later this year, supported by The View.

They call at the following mammoth venues:

Manchester MEN Arena (November 22)

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (23)

Brighton Centre (25)

Bournemouth BIC (26)

Wembley Arena (27)

Birmingham NIA, with The View (28)

Nottingham Arena, with The View (30)

Glasgow SECC (December 1

James Blackshaw and PG Six live

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I must admit, I never thought I'd end up at the Cross Kings pub in King's Cross, North London. It used to be a place called The Backpackers, and every time I drove past it there appeared to be 200 Australians in a heap outside. Very macho, very rugby. Not really for me. Last night, though, the place was taken over by my colleague Pat, who books a folk night called In The Pines and who had secured a couple of people I've been dying to see for a couple of years now, James Blackshaw and PG Six. Blackshaw, as I mentioned here the other day, is a quite fantastic guitarist, and having seen him live I can definitely assert that he's a match for one obvious contemporary, Jack Rose. Unlike Rose, Blackshaw (from somewhere on the outskirts of London I think, though he spends most of his time touring the States as far as I can tell) favours a 12-string acoustic, which he hunches over so low that his head sometimes rests on it. Like I said last time, the closest analogue I can find for his rich, mystical playing is probably Robbie Basho. He starts with a new, untitled song dedicated to someone called Dusty, and it stretches out for something like 15 minutes of interlocking, recurring, bewitching melodies. It's quite extraordinary. Then he plays something from last year's awesome "O True Believers" album, which is very nearly as good. I think it may have been "Transient Life In Twilight": right now I'm playing that song on a live CD I bought at the show, "Waking Into Sleep". Really, I can't recommend this man highly enough. After Blackshaw, New York resident Pat Gubler, aka PG Six, played a pretty wonderful set, too. According to the stats on my iPod, it seems like I've played his second album, "The Well Of Memory", more than anything else in the past couple of years, and there are plenty of selections from that tonight. In case you haven't come across Gubler's music (we've featured a couple of his tunes on Uncut CDs in the past year), he's currently moving away from the Janschish acid folk of his earlier records, towards a very woody, early '70s canyon craftsmanship. When he plays "Bless These Blues" tonight, he self-deprecatingly notes that he always imagines Al Green singing it, though in its stripped-down incarnation tonight it feels closer to an unlikely Jackson Browne/Davey Graham hybrid. Where Blackshaw is a fluid, meditative player, Gubler is much more clipped, fastidious. I get the impression he's maybe a bit nervous, even in as relaxed and intimate a setting as this, and that the reveries of his records may take a lot more effort than they betray. He told me a few months ago that this year's "Slightly Sorry" LP, for all its air of open-hearted mellowness, was actually written by following the exercises set out in a songwriting manual by Jimmy Webb. It's a neat conceit, and Gubler never sounds clinical, thanks to the pervading warmth of his tone; he does a great version of Jerry Garcia's "Loser". Lying on the floor, gently enraptured, it's the best thing like this I've seen for a while.

I must admit, I never thought I’d end up at the Cross Kings pub in King’s Cross, North London. It used to be a place called The Backpackers, and every time I drove past it there appeared to be 200 Australians in a heap outside. Very macho, very rugby. Not really for me.

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Lavish Sid Vicious Live Compilation On Its Way

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A colossal collection of songs by punk legend Sid Vicious is to go on sale in October, as part of the marketing surrounding the 30 year anniversary of the release of Sex Pistols’ debut LP “Never Mind The Bullocks”. Titled “Sid Lives”, the double disc compilation is taken from the last four live shows Vicious has ever performed and consists of 39 songs – most of which have never been released before. During his period as a solo artist, Vicious performed with the likes of Mick Jones (The Clash), Rat Scabies (the Damned) and the New York Dolls. While the rebellious attitude made him an icon – it’s Sid Vicious’ music with The Sex Pistols that pioneered British punk rock. A 24-page, 8000-word booklet detailing the Sex Pistols saga is to accompany the album. Inside, former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Dior gives an eyewitness account on the demise of the band and the conspiracy theories surrounding Nancy and Sid’s deaths. There is also background material to all the songs and an extensive timeline in regard to the lives of Sid, Nancy and The Sex Pistols. With the publishers promising the double CD collection for under a tenner, it promises to be the bargain for all the Sid Vicious fans. 'Sid Lives' is released on October 22. As previously reported, heavyweight vinyl reissues of 'Never Mind''s singles are to be released weekly in the run up to the 30th anniversary on October 28. More details here ‘Sid Lives’ compilation tracklisting: DISC 1: Sept 28, 1978- FIRST SET: 1. Search & Destroy 2. Chatterbox 3. I Wanna Be Your Dog 4. Something Else 5. Stepping Stone 6. Don't Gimme No Lip Child 7. Belsen Was A Gas 8. Take A Chance 9. Chinese Rocks SECOND SET: 10. Search & Destroy 11. Chatterbox 12. I Wanna Be Your Dog 13. Something Else 14. Belsen Was A Gas 15. Stepping Stone 16. Chinese Rocks 17. Take A Chance 18. Don't Gimme No Lip Child 19. Something Else. DISC 2: Sept 30, 1978 FIRST SET: 1. Search And Destroy 2. Chatterbox 3. Something Else 4. Belsen Was A Gas 5. I Wanna Be Your Dog 6. Stepping Stone 7. Take A Chance 8. Don't Gimme No Lip Child 9. Chinese Rocks 10. My Way SECOND SET: 11. Search And Destroy 12. Chatterbox 13. Something Else 14. I Wanna Be Your Dog 15. Belsen Was A Gas 16. Stepping Stone 17. Take A Chance 18. Don't Gimme No Lip Child 19. Chinese Rocks 20. My Way

A colossal collection of songs by punk legend Sid Vicious is to go on sale in October, as part of the marketing surrounding the 30 year anniversary of the release of Sex Pistols’ debut LP “Never Mind The Bullocks”.

Titled “Sid Lives”, the double disc compilation is taken from the last four live shows Vicious has ever performed and consists of 39 songs – most of which have never been released before.

During his period as a solo artist, Vicious performed with the likes of Mick Jones (The Clash), Rat Scabies (the Damned) and the New York Dolls. While the rebellious attitude made him an icon – it’s Sid Vicious’ music with The Sex Pistols that pioneered British punk rock.

A 24-page, 8000-word booklet detailing the Sex Pistols saga is to accompany the album. Inside, former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Dior gives an eyewitness account on the demise of the band and the conspiracy theories surrounding Nancy and Sid’s deaths.

There is also background material to all the songs and an extensive timeline in regard to the lives of Sid, Nancy and The Sex Pistols.

With the publishers promising the double CD collection for under a tenner, it promises to be the bargain for all the Sid Vicious fans. ‘Sid Lives’ is released on October 22.

As previously reported, heavyweight vinyl reissues of ‘Never Mind”s singles are to be released weekly in the run up to the 30th anniversary on October 28. More details here

‘Sid Lives’ compilation tracklisting:

DISC 1: Sept 28, 1978-

FIRST SET:

1. Search & Destroy

2. Chatterbox

3. I Wanna Be Your Dog

4. Something Else 5. Stepping Stone

6. Don’t Gimme No Lip Child

7. Belsen Was A Gas

8. Take A Chance

9. Chinese Rocks

SECOND SET:

10. Search & Destroy

11. Chatterbox

12. I Wanna Be Your Dog

13. Something Else

14. Belsen Was A Gas

15. Stepping Stone

16. Chinese Rocks

17. Take A Chance

18. Don’t Gimme No Lip Child

19. Something Else.

DISC 2: Sept 30, 1978

FIRST SET:

1. Search And Destroy

2. Chatterbox

3. Something Else

4. Belsen Was A Gas

5. I Wanna Be Your Dog

6. Stepping Stone

7. Take A Chance

8. Don’t Gimme No Lip Child

9. Chinese Rocks

10. My Way

SECOND SET:

11. Search And Destroy

12. Chatterbox

13. Something Else

14. I Wanna Be Your Dog

15. Belsen Was A Gas

16. Stepping Stone

17. Take A Chance

18. Don’t Gimme No Lip Child

19. Chinese Rocks

20. My Way

Boo Radleys Frontman Is Back

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Sice, the former Boo Radleys lead singer has come out of retirement with the announcement of a forthcoming album – his first in nine years. The Boo Radleys split up in 1999 after a decade of mixed success. They found massive popularity during the height of Britpop with their '96 album 'Wake Up!' on the back of catchy summer hit 'Wake Up Boo!' After the band's critically and commercially panned final two albums 'C'mon Kids' and 'Kingsize' - Sice vowed to retire and never come back to the industry. However, after periodic flirtations with music, Sice is back after forming a new band, “Paperlung” with bassist Simon Gardiner after a chance meeting in a bar at Victoria Station. Within eight weeks, Sice recruited Ben Datlen on guitar and Guillaume Jambel on drums added to the line up, and already played their first gig together. Paperlung’s just completed debut album, “Balance” is says Sice: "Unashamedly melodic. I can’t write songs any other way. What matters most to me in music is melody, with harmony coming a close second." He adds: “The album is all about relationships. Every kind of human relationship: partner to partner, father to child, child to parents and friend to friend. Balance, as a title, sums up what most people are forever striving to achieve within these relationships.” Balance is released through Shifty Disco on October 1. Check out the video for album track 'Do What Thou Will' here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXY_EwIuPYw

Sice, the former Boo Radleys lead singer has come out of retirement with the announcement of a forthcoming album – his first in nine years.

The Boo Radleys split up in 1999 after a decade of mixed success. They found massive popularity during the height of Britpop with their ’96 album ‘Wake Up!’ on the back of catchy summer hit ‘Wake Up Boo!’

After the band’s critically and commercially panned final two albums ‘C’mon Kids’ and ‘Kingsize’ – Sice vowed to retire and never come back to the industry.

However, after periodic flirtations with music, Sice is back after forming a new band, “Paperlung” with bassist Simon Gardiner after a chance meeting in a bar at Victoria Station. Within eight weeks, Sice recruited Ben Datlen on guitar and Guillaume Jambel on drums added to the line up, and already played their first gig together.

Paperlung’s just completed debut album, “Balance” is says Sice: “Unashamedly melodic. I can’t write songs any other way. What matters most to me in music is melody, with harmony coming a close second.”

He adds: “The album is all about relationships. Every kind of human relationship: partner to partner, father to child, child to parents and friend to friend. Balance, as a title, sums up what most people are forever striving to achieve within these relationships.”

Balance is released through Shifty Disco on October 1.

Check out the video for album track ‘Do What Thou Will’ here:

Final Stooges Live Show To Get Official Release

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American rock legends Iggy and the Stooges have announced the release of a digitally re-mastered version of their most infamous album, 'Metallic K.O.' Consisting of the band’s (original) last ever chaotic live performance at Michigan Palace, Detroit in 1974 (before re-forming in 2003) - 'Metallic K.O.'’s initial bootleg release in 1976 gained a cult following despite poor quality of sound, and frequent background noises of beer bottles shattering as they were hurled at the band. The re-mastered version of the album boasts to have corrected the tape-speed error of the initial bootleg copy and the accompanying booklet is filled with commentary of the infamous “Last Ever Iggy and the Stooges Show” that would eventually become part of the punk-rock folklore. A published essay by the prominent critic Lester Bangs on the chaos that accompanied the band is included in the 12 pages of embossed sleevenotes. He comments: “Metallic K.O. is the only rock album I know where you can actually hear hurled beer bottles breaking against guitar strings.” Another renowned 70s music critic, Nick Kent, calls the album a ‘masterpiece.’ Re-issued with the original LP track list and improved sound, the original recording can now be heard at the correct pitch for the first time; perfect chaos in your living room. The album is on released on Jungle records on October 1. Metallic K.O. Track List: Disc One: Michigan Place, Detroit, Feb 9, 1974 Raw Power Head On Gimme Danger Rich Bitch Cock In My Pocket Louie Louie Disc Two: Michigan Palace, Detroit, Oct 6, 1973 Raw Power Head On Gimme Danger Search and Destroy Heavy Liquid Open Up And Bleed

American rock legends Iggy and the Stooges have announced the release of a digitally re-mastered version of their most infamous album, ‘Metallic K.O.’

Consisting of the band’s (original) last ever chaotic live performance at Michigan Palace, Detroit in 1974 (before re-forming in 2003) – ‘Metallic K.O.’’s initial bootleg release in 1976 gained a cult following despite poor quality of sound, and frequent background noises of beer bottles shattering as they were hurled at the band.

The re-mastered version of the album boasts to have corrected the tape-speed error of the initial bootleg copy and the accompanying booklet is filled with commentary of the infamous “Last Ever Iggy and the Stooges Show” that would eventually become part of the punk-rock folklore.

A published essay by the prominent critic Lester Bangs on the chaos that accompanied the band is included in the 12 pages of embossed sleevenotes. He comments: “Metallic K.O. is the only rock album I know where you can actually hear hurled beer bottles breaking against guitar strings.” Another renowned 70s music critic, Nick Kent, calls the album a ‘masterpiece.’

Re-issued with the original LP track list and improved sound, the original recording can now be heard at the correct pitch for the first time; perfect chaos in your living room.

The album is on released on Jungle records on October 1.

Metallic K.O. Track List:

Disc One:

Michigan Place, Detroit, Feb 9, 1974

Raw Power

Head On

Gimme Danger

Rich Bitch

Cock In My Pocket

Louie Louie

Disc Two:

Michigan Palace, Detroit, Oct 6, 1973

Raw Power

Head On

Gimme Danger

Search and Destroy

Heavy Liquid

Open Up And Bleed

Rolling Stone Gathers Up Solo Records

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Rolling Stone Mick Jagger has revealed the tracklisting for his forthcoming solo compilation 'The Very Best Of Mick Jagger.' As well as featuring three previously unreleased performances, the album's seventeen tracks are collated from his four solo records spanning three decades; from 1983's 'She's The Boss' through to 2001's 'Goddess In The Doorway.' “It was such a disparate time with lots of ups and down—fortunately mostly up—like you do generally have in life,” explains Jagger. “For me, it’s a great thing to listen to since all the songs speak to a certain time and make things come alive for me.” The highlight of the previously unreleased tracks on The 'Very Best Of' is the John Lennon produced 'Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)' - recorded in Los Angeles in '73 - with an all-star line-up that included Harry Nilsson, Al Kooper and Jim Keltner amongst the throng of musicians. The other two rarities are from Jagger's 'Wandering Spirit' album sessions between February and September 1992, with producer Rick Rubin at the helm. 'Charmed Life' features Jagger's daughter Karis on backing vocals, and was not included on the original album as Jagger didnt think it fit in with the rest. The second track from the 'Wandering Spirit' sessions; a cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's 'Checkin' Up On My Baby' came out of a recording session with LA blues band The Red Devils. Mick Jagger's artist collaborations over the years are also on a typical for a Rolling Stone scale - with David Bowie covering Martha & The Vandellas 'Dancing In The Street' to raise money for Live Aid, co-writing with Lenny Kravitz for 'God Gave Me Everything', duetting with original Wailer Peter Tosh on a cover of The Temptation's '(You Got to Walk And) Don’t Look Back' and even U2's Bono guest sings on 'Joy.' Mick Jagger's notable film soundtrack contributions are also included. The R&B 'Memo From Turner' from Performance (in which Jagger also starred) features Ry Cooder on slide guitar, plus his Golden Globe Award winning 'Old Habits Die Hard' from the 2004 remake of Alfie, both feature. 'The Very Best Of Mick Jagger' is scheduled for release through Rhino Records on October 2. Mick Jagger's compilation tracklisting in full, * denotes previously unreleased: 1. God Gave Me Everything 2. Put Me In The Trash 3. Just Another Night 4. Don’t Tear Me Up 5. Charmed Life* 6. Sweet Thing 7. Old Habits Die Hard 8. Dancing In The Street 9. Too Many Cooks* 10. Memo From Turner 11. Lucky In Love 12. Let’s Work 13. Joy 14. Don’t Call Me Up 15. Checkin’ Up On My Baby* 16. (You Gotta Walk And) Don’t Look Back 17. Evening Gown Pic credit: Asssociated Press

Rolling Stone Mick Jagger has revealed the tracklisting for his forthcoming solo compilation ‘The Very Best Of Mick Jagger.’

As well as featuring three previously unreleased performances, the album’s seventeen tracks are collated from his four solo records spanning three decades; from 1983’s ‘She’s The Boss’ through to 2001’s ‘Goddess In The Doorway.’

“It was such a disparate time with lots of ups and down—fortunately mostly up—like you do generally have in life,” explains Jagger. “For me, it’s a great thing to listen to since all the songs speak to a certain time and make things come alive for me.”

The highlight of the previously unreleased tracks on The ‘Very Best Of’ is the John Lennon produced ‘Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup)’ – recorded in Los Angeles in ’73 – with an all-star line-up that included Harry Nilsson, Al Kooper and Jim Keltner amongst the throng of musicians.

The other two rarities are from Jagger’s ‘Wandering Spirit’ album sessions between February and September 1992, with producer Rick Rubin at the helm.

‘Charmed Life’ features Jagger’s daughter Karis on backing vocals, and was not included on the original album as Jagger didnt think it fit in with the rest.

The second track from the ‘Wandering Spirit’ sessions; a cover of Sonny Boy Williamson’s ‘Checkin’ Up On My Baby’ came out of a recording session with LA blues band The Red Devils.

Mick Jagger’s artist collaborations over the years are also on a typical for a Rolling Stone scale – with David Bowie covering Martha & The Vandellas ‘Dancing In The Street’ to raise money for Live Aid, co-writing with Lenny Kravitz for ‘God Gave Me Everything’, duetting with original Wailer Peter Tosh on a cover of The Temptation’s ‘(You Got to Walk And) Don’t Look Back’ and even U2’s Bono guest sings on ‘Joy.’

Mick Jagger’s notable film soundtrack contributions are also included. The R&B ‘Memo From Turner’ from Performance (in which Jagger also starred) features Ry Cooder on slide guitar, plus his Golden Globe Award winning ‘Old Habits Die Hard’ from the 2004 remake of Alfie, both feature.

‘The Very Best Of Mick Jagger’ is scheduled for release through Rhino Records on October 2.

Mick Jagger’s compilation tracklisting in full, * denotes previously unreleased:

1. God Gave Me Everything

2. Put Me In The Trash

3. Just Another Night

4. Don’t Tear Me Up

5. Charmed Life*

6. Sweet Thing

7. Old Habits Die Hard

8. Dancing In The Street

9. Too Many Cooks*

10. Memo From Turner

11. Lucky In Love

12. Let’s Work

13. Joy

14. Don’t Call Me Up

15. Checkin’ Up On My Baby*

16. (You Gotta Walk And) Don’t Look Back

17. Evening Gown

Pic credit: Asssociated Press

Bob Dylan To Display Work In First Ever Art Exhibition

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Bob Dylan To Display Work In First Ever Art Exhibition

Bob Dylan has produced over 200 exclusive pictures for his first ever art museum exhibition. 'The Drawn Blank Series' features new intense colour variations based on his drawings and sketches produced between 1989 and 1992 - originally published in a the Randon House published book 'Drawn Blank.' The book's preface declared Dylan's intention to fully realise the sketches at a later date - and the now finished works are photo-lithographs transferred to deckle-edged paper and reworked in water colour and gauche. As to how the Kunstsammlungen art museum in Chemnitz, Germany came to be the venue for the iconic singer's first exhibition - museum director Ingrid Moessinger explained, "I first came across Bob Dylan's book of drawings at an historical exhibition about Bob Dylan at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York. I went straight out and bought my own copy and immediately began to track down the originals." Dylan's pictures will be on display for three months from October 28, at Kunstsammlungen art museum in Chemnitz, Germany. Bob himself has commented, "I was fascinated to learn of Ingrid's interest in my work, and it gave me the impetus to realize the vision I had for these drawings many years ago." He added, "If not for this interest, I don't know if I even would have revisited them." Colour and black and white reproductions of Dylan's visual work will be published by Prestel Munich, in an extensive catalogue to accompany the exhibition which runs for three months from October 28.

Bob Dylan has produced over 200 exclusive pictures for his first ever art museum exhibition.

‘The Drawn Blank Series’ features new intense colour variations based on his drawings and sketches produced between 1989 and 1992 – originally published in a the Randon House published book ‘Drawn Blank.’

The book’s preface declared Dylan’s intention to fully realise the sketches at a later date – and the now finished works are photo-lithographs transferred to deckle-edged paper and reworked in water colour and gauche.

As to how the Kunstsammlungen art museum in Chemnitz, Germany came to be the venue for the iconic singer’s first exhibition – museum director Ingrid Moessinger explained, “I first came across Bob Dylan’s book of drawings at an historical exhibition about Bob Dylan at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York. I went straight out and bought my own copy and immediately began to track down the originals.”

Dylan’s pictures will be on display for three months from October 28, at Kunstsammlungen art museum in Chemnitz, Germany.

Bob himself has commented, “I was fascinated to learn of Ingrid’s interest in my work, and it gave me the impetus to realize the vision I had for these

drawings many years ago.” He added, “If not for this interest, I don’t know

if I even would have revisited them.”

Colour and black and white reproductions of Dylan’s visual work will be published by Prestel Munich, in an extensive catalogue to accompany the exhibition which runs for three months from October 28.

CUT of the day: The Police Vs Snow Patrol

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CUT of the day: The Police Vs Snow Patrol

CUT of the day: Thursday August 9 Today we bring you a video clip of The Police Vs Snow Patrol. Two massive hits, two iconic videos, one from 1983, the other 2006 - both together. And it works too! Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltKyaedTDUU

CUT of the day: Thursday August 9

Today we bring you a video clip of The Police Vs Snow Patrol.

Two massive hits, two iconic videos, one from 1983, the other 2006

– both together. And it works too!

Watch it here:

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

Rare Midlake EP To Get Reissued

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Rare Midlake EP To Get Reissued

Midlake's 2001 seven-track EP 'Milkmaid Grand Army' is to be reissued due to massive demand on November 28. The twenty five minute, self-produced debut EP has become a collector's item since it's release, as the initial pressing was a modest 1000 copies. The Texan band decided not to make any more copies of the record, until now. Their popularity has surged since releasing their second album 'The Trials of Van Occupanther' trhough Bella Union Records last year. The 'Milkmaid Grand Army' tracklisting is: "She Removes Her Spiral Hair" - 3:38 "Paper Gown" - 4:30 "Excited But Not Enough" - 4:18 "I Lost My Bodyweight In The Forest" - 1:18 "Simple" - 3:49 "Roller Skate (Farewell June)" - 3:34 "Golden Hour" - 3:41 Midlake have been touring extensively throughout this year, including playing to a packed main stage at this year's Latitude festival and plan to start recording their third full length album at the end of the year, after an Autumn headline tour of the US. To hear a track from the EP visit Basement Front Record's website radio here Pic credit: Farah Ishaq

Midlake’s 2001 seven-track EP ‘Milkmaid Grand Army’ is to be reissued due to massive demand on November 28.

The twenty five minute, self-produced debut EP has become a collector’s item since it’s release, as the initial pressing was a modest 1000 copies.

The Texan band decided not to make any more copies of the record, until now. Their popularity has surged since releasing their second album ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’ trhough Bella Union Records last year.

The ‘Milkmaid Grand Army’ tracklisting is:

“She Removes Her Spiral Hair” – 3:38

“Paper Gown” – 4:30

“Excited But Not Enough” – 4:18

“I Lost My Bodyweight In The Forest” – 1:18

“Simple” – 3:49

“Roller Skate (Farewell June)” – 3:34

“Golden Hour” – 3:41

Midlake have been touring extensively throughout this year, including playing to a packed main stage at this year’s Latitude festival and plan to start recording their third full length album at the end of the year, after an Autumn headline tour of the US.

To hear a track from the EP visit Basement Front Record’s website radio here

Pic credit: Farah Ishaq

Devendra Banhart Rolls Out Thunder Canyon

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Devendra Banhart Rolls Out Thunder Canyon

Devendra Banhart's fifth album, "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon", is set to be released by XL Records on September 24, and Uncut has heard it! The 16-track album, produced by Banhart and long-time collaborator Noah Georgeson, sees him depart from the acid-folk style and experiment with gospel, reggae, South American balladry and even Jackson 5-style soul-pop. The album was recorded at a secluded house in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, and details Banhart's break-up with Bianca Casady of CocoRosie. Besides regular collaborators like Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Otto Hauser (Espers) and Pete Newsom (Joanna's brother), "Smokey Rolls" also features some pretty special guests. Actor Gael Garcia Bernal duets on "Cristobal", and the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson adds charango (a South American mandolin) to "Samba Vexillographica". Amongst the supporting singers, Banhart's muse, British folk legend Vashti Bunyan, contributes to "My Dearest Friend", while lost lady of the canyons Linda Perhacs comes out of a 37-year retirement to guest on the outstanding "Freely". For a full preview of "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon", visit Uncut's Wild Mercury Sound blog.

Devendra Banhart’s fifth album, “Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon”, is set to be released by XL Records on September 24, and Uncut has heard it!

The 16-track album, produced by Banhart and long-time collaborator Noah Georgeson, sees him depart from the acid-folk style and experiment with gospel, reggae, South American balladry and even Jackson 5-style soul-pop.

The album was recorded at a secluded house in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, and details Banhart’s break-up with Bianca Casady of CocoRosie. Besides regular collaborators like Andy Cabic (Vetiver), Otto Hauser (Espers) and Pete Newsom (Joanna’s brother), “Smokey Rolls” also features some pretty special guests.

Actor Gael Garcia Bernal duets on “Cristobal”, and the Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson adds charango (a South American mandolin) to “Samba Vexillographica”. Amongst the supporting singers, Banhart’s muse, British folk legend Vashti Bunyan, contributes to “My Dearest Friend”, while lost lady of the canyons Linda Perhacs comes out of a 37-year retirement to guest on the outstanding “Freely”.

For a full preview of “Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon”, visit Uncut’s

Wild Mercury Sound blog.

Devendra Banhart’s “Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon”

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The first time I heard Devendra Banhart, I remember thinking that there was something ineffably creepy about him. I loved "Oh Me Oh My. . .", but it felt an eerie, almost malign record, and the impression was compounded at his first London show, supporting Michael Gira. Banhart didn't seem dangerous, exactly, but his otherness was somehow disturbing, as well as compelling. It's funny thinking back, because in the interim Banhart seems to have become the indie world's pet hippy, a benign prankster who radiates love for music, spiders, humanity, his beard, and the vast array of fine artists he has nurtured, played with and championed over the past five years. I can't think of many other musicians in that time who have informed my taste so much, whose proselytizing have turned me on to so much great music. There's a danger, though, that maybe people don't take Banhart seriously enough now. That his open-hearted cheerleading and kindergarten flights of fantasy leave him looking substantially more lightweight than he really is. Hopefully, "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon" should remedy that. It's a very long record, and there's still a fair bit of mucking about on it. But at heart, this is a beautifully-realised piece of work: an album recorded in LA's Topanga Canyon that taps into the local vibes (the airy, dislocated majesty of David Crosby's "If I Could Only Remember My Name" is a key text here) and Banhart's South American heritage (on the likes of "Samba Vexillographica", he emerges as a potent heir to Caetano Veloso) to describe the end of a love affair. "Smokey Rolls" isn't really an acid-folk album: it's much grander and more complicated than that, as the "Seahorse" track I linked to yesterday proves. At its best, there's a stately, stoned grace to it all, with woody acoustics and chamber strings weaving around Banhart's frank confessions of romantic dislocation. In this vein, "Bad Girl", "I Remember", "My Dearest Friend" and "Freely" are some of the best songs Banhart has ever written. Elsewhere, his attempts to stretch out are pretty successful - even the rabbinical doo-wop number, "Shabop Shalom". Only a run of stylistic flip-flops - gospel ("Saved"), Jackson 5 pop ("Lover"), salsa ("Carmensita"), reggae ("The Other Woman") - though individually brilliant, feel a bit like exercises in pastiche when they're bunched together. But this is a minor gripe, really, about such an absorbing record. It reveals that Devendra Banhart is a good enough songwriter to transcend the eccentricities which have, thus far into his career, been most prominent. And now he's claimed, in the current issue of Uncut, that he's not really a hippy, then you don't even have to be put off by that. . .

The first time I heard Devendra Banhart, I remember thinking that there was something ineffably creepy about him. I loved “Oh Me Oh My. . .”, but it felt an eerie, almost malign record, and the impression was compounded at his first London show, supporting Michael Gira. Banhart didn’t seem dangerous, exactly, but his otherness was somehow disturbing, as well as compelling.

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Fairport Convention – Liege And Lief (Deluxe Edition)

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Fairport Convention – Liege And Lief (Deluxe Edition)

R1969 Rightly considered a folk-rock landmark, Fairport’s fourth album contains music too mercurial to be constrained within one genre. Not that it ever looked as if things would turn out quite as happily. Conceived of after a tragic van accident, Fairport added traditional English music and a renewed sense of purpose to their already diverse elements, and emerged triumphant. Here on “Reynardine” or “Tam Lin” the kind of musical interplay – particularly between guitarist Richard Thompson and violinist Dave Swarbrick - that the band had explored in 'Unhalfbricking'’s “A Sailor’s Life” is blended with vernacular song to mesmerising effect. The unstable marriage of elements wasn’t destined to last, but with Liege And Lief the band didn’t just homage folk roots – they found new routes of their own. JOHN ROBINSON

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Rightly considered a folk-rock landmark, Fairport’s fourth album contains music too mercurial to be constrained within one genre. Not that it ever looked as if things would turn out quite as happily. Conceived of after a tragic van accident, Fairport added traditional English music and a renewed sense of purpose to their already diverse elements, and emerged triumphant.

Here on “Reynardine” or “Tam Lin” the kind of musical interplay – particularly between guitarist Richard Thompson and violinist Dave Swarbrick – that the band had explored in ‘Unhalfbricking’’s “A Sailor’s Life” is blended with vernacular song to mesmerising effect. The unstable marriage of elements wasn’t destined to last, but with Liege And Lief the band didn’t just homage folk roots – they found new routes of their own.

JOHN ROBINSON

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