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Lambchop Trip

On first acquaintance it would be easy to imagine that Trip was Kurt Wagner’s lockdown project. The glitchy beats, pulsing electronics and digitally processed vocals heard on 2016’s FLOTUS and last year’s This (Is What I Wanted To Tell You) have largely been muted. Yet neither does Trip really return to the Glen Campbell-meets-Curtis Mayfield country-soul of early Lambchop triumphs such as Nixon, Uncut’s album of the year exactly 20 years ago. All of the songs are covers and we get just six tracks. The feel is loose and amiable, with an immediacy that has not always been Lambchop’s...
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Paul McCartney says he still consults John Lennon when writing songs

The brand new issue of Uncut – which hits UK shops today and is also available to purchase online by clicking here – features a world exclusive interview with the one and only Paul McCartney. Ostensibly he’s with us to talk about his new solo album McCartney III, largely recorded at home during lockdown this year. But we also get to hear about his carpentry skills, his admiration for Bob Dylan… and his ongoing communion with John Lennon and George Martin. Here’s an extract from the interview: You said some of the songs on McCartney III had been around...
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David Bowie Ultimate Record Collection: Part 2 (1977-89)

Uncut’s series of specials continues with Ultimate Record Collection: David Bowie – Part 2 (1977-89), which presents every record Bowie made during that time, in order – with insightful comment from the people who made them. It’s available individually or in a bundle with Part 1 – click here to buy. Advertisement
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Introducing Ultimate Record Collection: David Bowie Part 2 (1977-89)

As eagle-eyed readers will have noted, part two of our Ultimate Record Collection: David Bowie did not join you in April as was promised but arrives with you now in November. I hope you’ll find it was worth the wait. This volume covers 1977-1989 and takes us from the Chateau d’ Herouville, where co-conspirators like guitarist Ricky Gardiner, engineer Laurent Thibault and producer Tony Visconti are working on Low. It travels through the “Berlin Trilogy”, all the way to Let’s Dance and beyond, to the start of Tin Machine. It’s quite a journey. The early part of Bowie’s 1980s...
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Pylon Pylon Box

In the 200-page book that comes with this four-LP primer for the band’s original four-year run, many words are used to describe what Pylon did and why that mattered. The most effusive of these are provided by the many luminaries who were awestruck by Pylon’s energy and ingenuity. Jon King of Gang Of Four calls them, “One of the best bands we ever played with.” Hearing their records while in college, Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein says, “I couldn’t believe they weren’t the biggest band in the world.” Adds Bill Berry of REM – whose cover of “Crazy” boosted the Pylon...
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Paul McCartney and The Review Of 2020 in the new Uncut

At the end of a strange and difficult year, it’s reassuring to find that some things remain constant. Like Uncut’s Review Of The Year, for instance – which occupies 35 pages in this month’s issue. Within it, you’ll find our Top 75 New Albums and Top 30 Reissues, as well as Best Films and Books of 2020. This year’s list has been compiled from charts submitted by 52 contributors (a record number, I think), who voted for 400 new albums and 170 reissues. There are also interviews with some of the artists who’ve helped shaped 2020: Elton John, Jarvis...
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Uncut – January 2021

CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW UNCUT DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR Paul McCartney, Uncut’s Review Of 2020, Neil Young, Elton John, Jarvis Cocker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucinda Williams, AC/DC, The Kinks and Moses Boyd all feature in the new Uncut, dated January 2021 and in UK shops from November 12 or available to buy online now. As always, the issue comes with a free CD, this time comprising 15 tracks of the year’s best new music. PAUL McCARTNEY: As he prepares to release McCartney III, the man himself calls us up to discuss the new lockdown-recorded album, his ongoing communion with John Lennon,...
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Diana Jones Song To A Refugee

Diana Jones has Emma Thompson to thank for shifting her writer’s block. While recovering from a long illness caused by a gas leak in her New York apartment, her creativity already numbed by the last presidential election, Jones kept bumping into the British actor around town. This, in turn, led to a friendship that resulted in Jones becoming interested in Thompson’s work with the Helen Bamber Foundation, which supports refugees and asylum seekers. Song To A Refugee gathers together the songs that subsequently poured out. Driven by the need to rehumanise those who’d been reduced to statistics by governments...
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The making of The Style Council’s “Walls Come Tumbling Down!”

As a new compilation and an accompanying documentary tell the story of The Style Council, Paul Weller and his bandmates relive those halcyon days in the latest issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here. Perhaps their most striking moment – in today’s climate, at least – is their ninth single, the punchy “Walls Come Tumbling Down!”, which tackled political oppression and complacency over a pounding beat. “The song was a product of the time, as the band was,” says Weller. “Sometimes I think I wasn’t affected by the ’80s – it’s...
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The Top 10 Hip-Hop Songs Of Fall 2020

As Autumn will soon come to an end, we decided to pick the Top 10 best hip-hop releases we’ve heard this fall. Many well-known artists dropped new releases, and lots of new artists came to the scene. Below you will find our top pick for the season. 10. “Early Bird Night Owl” – Elzhi “Early Bird Night Owl” from Elzhi reminds us once again how underrated the talented artist is. The genre needs to pay more tribute to him as his releases like “Early Bird Night Owl” spark emotions no other artist is capable of providing. 9. “Time’s Up...