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The new Uncut: Small Faces, a Small Faces CD, Radiohead, Lou Reed, Bootsy Collins, Pogues, Bon Iver and more

For Kenney Jones, reclaiming the Small Faces legacy has been a lengthy battle, doggedly pursuing unpaid royalties and restoring the management of this beloved group’s back catalogue. “I don’t think any band’s been treated worse than the Small Faces,” Jones’s former bandmate Ian McLagan ruefully told Uncut in 2014. Jones’s achievements, then, are nothing short of heroic – as this month’s cover story attests. Nominally a celebration of the posthumous – and now radically expanded – The Autumn Stone album, our cover story explores the band’s tumultuous 1968, discovering along the way tantalising new insights into the music they...
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Uncut May 2025

CLICK HERE TO GET THE NEW ISSUE OF UNCUT DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR EVERY PRINT EDITION OF THIS ISSUE OF UNCUT COMES WITH A COPY OF SOMETHING NICE – A FREE AND EXCLUSIVE SMALL FACES CD OF ALTERNATE MIXES, RARITIES AND LIVE CUTS Advertisement SMALL FACES: 1968 was a year of extremes, from hit singles and a career-defining album to a final, on-stage bust-up. But while the bonds between them were strained by internal tensions and external dramas, the music Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagen and Kenney Jones made in their final months together pointed tantalizingly in bold,...
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And Bob Dylan’s new drummer is…

Bob Dylan began his Rough And Rowdy Ways spring tour on Tuesday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Advertisement THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW While the majority of Dylan’s band remained the same – Tony Garnier (guitar, piano, harp), Bob Britt (acoustic guitar, electric guitar) and Doug Lancio (acoustic guitar, electric guitar) – Jim Keltner, who had been drumming with Dylan since the Outlaw Festival last June, was replaced by Anton Fig. Fig has previously...
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Adam Buxton, Grace Campbell and Stewart Lee top End Of The Road’s comedy bill

The comedy and literature lineups have been announced for this year’s End Of The Road festival, taking place at Larmer Tree Gardens on August 28-31. Advertisement THE APRIL 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT, STARRING LED ZEPPELIN, JASON ISBELL, BRYAN FERRY, MARIANNE FAITHFULL, THE WATERBOYS, DAVID BOWIE, MADDY PRIOR AND MORE, IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW Following last year’s packed-out cameo, Stewart Lee returns to top the comedy bill, alongside Grace Campbell, Michelle de Swarte and Adam Buxton (who will host a special live edition of The Adam Buxton Podcast). Ivo Graham and Alex Kealy bring their own podcast Gig Pigs...
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Pete Shelley’s first two solo albums to be reissued by Domino

Pete Shelley’s first two post-Buzzcocks solo albums, Homosapien and XL-1, will be reissued by Domino on June 6. Advertisement THE MAY 2025 ISSUE OF UNCUT IS AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW: STARRING SMALL FACES, A SMALL FACES RARITIES CD, RADIOHEAD, LOU REED, BOOTSY COLLINS, POGUES, THESE NEW PURITANS, SUZANNE VEGA AND MORE Both LPs will come housed in gatefold sleeves featuring the original fully restored artwork, plus an extra disc featuring B-sides, dubs and extended mixes. The inserts will feature new photos and extensive sleevenotes from Clinton Heylin. Both albums will also be available on CD for the first time...
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Sex Pistols, Royal Albert Hall, London, March 24, 2025

Moments before the Sex Pistols launch into a scathing version of “Problems”, frontman Frank Carter tells the massed punks in the Royal Albert Hall that is the first time Steve Jones has ever visited the venue. That’s something of a surprise given that not only has Jones spent 50 years in the music industry, but before that he was the teenage master of blagging his way into West London venues, usually to liberate some of the gear. But this evening’s show marks his debut – as well as one of the more unlikely shows the hall has seen in...
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Sex Pistols Live In The USA 1978

The Sex Pistols’ chaotic tour of America in 1978 has always divided opinion. For some observers – and even participants – it was a disaster, “the worst thing you’ve ever seen”, as John Lydon said at one show, and “a complete circus” as Steve Jones remembered in his autobiography. But others were enthused. American critics raved about the shows, while Rory Gallagher was at the infamous final show in San Francisco. Deciding that “this is as close to Eddie Cochran as you’re going to see”, he promptly abandoned the album he’d recorded with Elliot Mazer and regrouped with a...
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Bob Mould Here We Go Crazy

On Bob Mould’s last solo album, 2020’s Blue Hearts, he unleashed a fire in his belly. The album contained a series of polemics that railed against the state of America and all the parallel injustices and inequalities that he saw mirroring the Reagan era that defined his formative years. On the follow-up, his 15th solo album, the same musical dynamism can be heard – striking, sharp, sub-three-minute bursts of intense pop-coated alt.rock that recalls the fizzy joy of the Buzzcocks – but Mould’s political bite is tamed here. Instead, it’s a record that grapples with his own life, past,...
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We’re New Here: Silver Synthetic

“We’ve definitely refined our sound on Rosalie,” says singer-guitarist Chris Lyons of Silver Synthetic’s latest album. “We were still figuring out who we were on our first record, but this one has a clearer identity. It’s just a lot more dynamic.” Advertisement A beatific union of cosmic Americana and harmonious guitar grooves, Rosalie is certainly a step up from the New Orleans quartet’s 2021 debut. Its charm partly lies in its warm evocation of another era, while also aligning the band to contemporaries like Rose City Band or Beachwood Sparks. Indeed, the latter’s Brent Rademaker was so impressed that...
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Mac Mikes and His Star-Studded Crew Deliver “TURNAROUND”

Mac Mikes has returned to the hip-hop scene with “TURNAROUND,” a compelling new single featuring an impressive roster of collaborators including ZayBang, Lil Yee, and Baby Money. The track, accompanied by a visually striking music video directed by Suave, pulses with hard-earned grit and relentless drive—themes deeply rooted in Mac Mikes’ personal journey through the criminal justice system. According to Euro Step, the team behind Mac Mikes, the additions of Lil Yee and Baby Money were last-minute decisions that ultimately transformed the track. “Their energy and style blended effortlessly,” the team explains, highlighting how these spontaneous collaborations often yield...