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Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972-1976
It begins quietly in A&M Studios, Los Angeles, on November 15, 1972, and ends several thousand miles away on March 10, 1976 in a blaze of feedback at Tokyo’s Budokan Hall. The intervening years – those covered, no less, by this ambitious second instalment of the expansive Archives project – remains a critical period for Neil Young, not just for the stellar run of albums he made during this time, but for the way it continues to dominate our thinking about his long, capricious career. After The Gold Rush and Harvest made Young a solo star at the start...
A Wonderful Mix Of Africa, Paris And NYC: Aicha Dosso Released Her Debut Single “Bien”
NYC-based multi talented artist Aicha Dosso, with African roots, raised in Paris, France, released her debut single “Bien,” mixing cultures and showcasing her cosmopolitan heritage and views. The talented Aicha wants to incorporate the vibe of NYC into Parisian Cabaret music as she mentions: “I feel I can add a special New York flavor to my songs.” The mission seems impossible, but there is nothing impossible for Aicha. The talented singer-songwriter is also quite a successful actress and writer. She sets herself a goal and does not stop unless reaching it. The talented and devoted artist studied acting at...
Uncut’s Best Reissues & Compilations Of 2020
30 GRANDADDY The Sophtware Slump: 20th Anniversary Collection DANGERBIRD Two decades on, the ‘American OK Computer’ (or one of them, anyway) got a deluxe vinyl box, featuring two LPs of rarities and B-sides and a full 2020 re-recording of the album on piano. The latter, rush-recorded during lockdown in Jason Lytle’s LA apartment, was a surprise highlight, actually shining new light on the 11 songs that made up the original record. 29 BRIAN ENO Film Music 1976 – 2020 UMe While Eno busied himself with a collaborative project alongside brother Roger (Mixing Colours, Luminous), the reissue of his back...
Uncut’s Best New Albums Of 2020
50 MARGO PRICE That’s How Rumors Get Started LOMA VISTA Recording in Hollywood with Sturgill Simpson in the producer’s chair, the Midwest farmer’s daughter tried her hand at a West Coast pop album for her third LP. Rather than country confessionals, then, here were 10 songs taking in Heartbreakers-esque new wave, gospel and prime Fleetwood Mac. Complete with a more oblique, lyrical voice from Price, the result was another step forward for a musician who respects tradition but has never been shackled by it. 49 GWENIFER RAYMOND Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain TOMPKINS SQUARE A fearsome live performer, foregoing...
When Stevie Wonder toured with The Rolling Stones: “The building was actually vibrating”
The latest issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here – includes a fascinating survey of Stevie Wonder’s early-’70s, during which he transformed from teen idol to the visionary auteur behind double-album masterpiece, Songs In The Key Of Life. The story begins at Madison Square Garden on July 26, 1972, the final date of The Rolling Stones’ STP Tour across America. Stevie Wonder has just come on stage to play an encore with The Stones and to wish Mick Jagger a happy 29th birthday. Even the nosebleed seats stomp and cheer as...
Luluc Dreamboat
As unexpected as it is to find Luluc closing out 2020 sharing a producer with pop behemoth Taylor Swift, it seems like a fitting end to this liminal, otherworldly year. The kinetic Aaron Dessner beat that opens the Australian duo’s fourth album is as much of a departure from the more muted tones of their previous work as its siblings brought to folklore – and yet, just as those propelled Swift’s heroine east from St Louis, this synthesised pulse also takes the listener on a journey. The opening “Emerald City” began in a world halfway between the Melbourne of...
Paul McCartney McCartney III
Moments of crisis have often been strangely liberating for Paul McCartney’s music. When The Beatles were running on vapours, he retrenched and wrote his disarming debut album, McCartney. Ten years later, after a pot bust, a cancelled tour and a general weariness with Wings, he broke free to make McCartney II in 1980. These are both great albums and big ones, but they seem to have defined themselves very clearly as a “type” in Macca’s mind, and in his canon. Rather than “proper” records (today he uses the word “commercial”) if it’s called McCartney somewhere then it’s in some...
Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams Plastic Bouquet
Like the rest of us, Marlon Williams heard Kacy Lee Anderson sing and thought she was from a different time. While on tour in Europe, the Kiwi singer-songwriter was listening to the radio and hearing lots of new music, but one song stood out: “Springtime Of The Year”, by Anderson and her cousin/musical partner Clayton Linthicum. He was entranced by the sound of Kacy’s voice, by the melody of the song, by Clayton’s studied guitar playing, by the warm production. Marlon assumed it must be an unearthed track from the 1960s, recorded by a contemporary of Sandy Denny or...
The Kinks Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One
The Kinks’ story wouldn’t be the ripping yarn it is without some turbulence. Or rather, a lot of turbulence. Even when compared to the other giants of the ’60s and ’70s, The Kinks arguably attracted the heaviest of weather, forever forcing them to ride out one storm after another. And few other periods competed with the dire straits that surround Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One. Lawsuits, personal turmoil, mishaps, brilliant music that stubbornly failed to chart – the litany of woes was long. But with the victory they eventually extracted from defeat’s jaws, The Kinks once...Recent Posts
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