The breakthrough British guitar band of last year, Wet Leg created an inescapable earworm with their debut single “Chaise Longue” and its surreal, sunny, self-directed video. After their former folk-tinged project fizzled out in 2019, Isle Of Wight duo Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers adopted a new name and sound with the intention of making music that was emphatically fun, “goofy and a little bit rude”. Signing to indie hit-maker label Domino, home of Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand, they struck a perfect mood-lifting chord for the end of Covid lockdown, selling out their riotous live shows and even...
When Pavement split after touring their fifth album, it was hardly a surprise. They’d always been a strange entity, not really a band at all in the conventional sense. Formed by Stephen ‘SM’ Malkmus and Scott ‘Spiral Stairs’ Kannberg, two Stockton, California friends into hardcore and the gonzo surrealism of The Fall and Captain Beefheart, they were on shaky foundations from the beginning: after recording their first EP, Slay Tracks 1933-1969, Malkmus took off to Europe, leaving Kannberg to release it, and was surprised to find a finished copy in a record store on his travels. After success came,...
A lot needs to be unpacked whenever a new Father John Misty record arrives – that’s the case even when it’s one as good as Chloë And The Next 20th Century, an album of lovelorn orchestral melancholia spiced with the traditional dollop of cynicism. When Misty appeared on the scene with his 2012 debut Fear Fun – one of Uncut’s 300 best albums of the past 25 years – he felt intoxicatingly fresh. There were winding melodies, good looks, a great voice, witty lyrics and playful interviews where he carefully laid out the central conceit: Father John Misty as...
You Belong There is Daniel Rossen’s first ever full-length solo album. But, as the saying goes, it’s taken him a lifetime to get here. For some 20 years, Rossen has been a member of Grizzly Bear, the orchestral Brooklyn troupe who smartened up the city after The Strokes’ rock’n’roll reign, pioneering a wave of literate, sonically sumptuous indie rock in their wake. Grizzly Bear released five studio albums, won acclaim from the likes of Radiohead – Johnny Greenwood declared them his favourite band – and spawned a side-project of sorts in the shape of Department Of Eagles, which Rossen...
Versatile artist 2Kee is captivating everyone’s attention with his new album, called Motivation. Listening to each song gives the audience a whole new experience and, luckily, there are 25 songs to enjoy! As an artist who loves to dabble in between genres, 2Kee has found success in his diverse approach to creating music. The multi-genre album includes Pop, R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop, Afropop and Reggae to name a few. With his single “POWA” reaching more than 1.3 million views on YouTube, the independent artist is set to become a major star. As an experienced musician who’s been making music since...
Crooked Tree feels like the album singer-songwriter Molly Tuttle was destined to make. Her previous two solo releases – 2019 debut When You’re Ready and all-covers effort …but i’d rather be with you – carried traces of the music she grew up with, but now she’s fully immersed herself in the bluegrass so beloved of her father Jack (like Tuttle, a skilled multi-instrumentalist) and her banjo-playing grandfather. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut In addition to her live band, Golden Highway, she’s also joined here by a crack studio collective that includes...
Hank Williams enjoyed a simple metaphor as much as he liked a drink, so let’s compare him to a fine liquor. How would you like him served? On the rocks? Neat, undiluted? Two hundred per cent proof? I’m Gonna Sing is all of that and, swallowed whole, it makes an intoxicating case for a re-evaluation of Hank’s gifts. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Since his death, the life of Hank Williams has been turned into a parable in which the singer’s life of pain – of the spine as much as...
Before there was Jack White, there was Jon Spencer, the original underground white boy rock’n’roll freak force with jet-black hair and an encyclopedic knowledge of the blues. In 1991, after playing in Pussy Galore, he formed The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with Judah Bauer, Russell Simins and a theremin. The band blasted a scuzzed-out amalgam of garage rock, punk, blues, R&B and occasionally hip-hop, with no bass guitar, unwitting progenitors to the garage revival of the new millennium and bass-free acts like the White Stripes and The Black Keys. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest...
Neil Young has announced details of the next three albums in his Official Bootleg Series. The albums are Royce Hall, 1971, a solo acoustic gig which was recorded January 30th on the UCLA campus; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 1971 is also a solo acoustic performance and was the last US show of his 1971 solo tour; and Citizen Kane Jr. Blues (Live at The Bottom Line) is a much-loved boot recorded in New York City, 1974. Young had previously revealed these titles would be made available, along with Somewhere Under The Rainbow – Neil Young & The Santa Monica Flyers...
Roxy Music have announced a run of tour dates to mark the 50th anniversary of their debut album. For their first tour since 2011, Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson will play North America and the UK. ORDER NOW: Paul McCartney is on the cover in the latest issue of Uncut Advertisement The tour dates are: September 7 – Scotiabank Arena – Toronto September 9 – Capital One Arena – Washington DC September 12 – Madison Square Garden – New York September 15 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia September 17 – TD Garden – Boston September...