In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Uncut (UK)

• Seer of visions
  To celebrate what would have been Syd Barrett’s 80th birthday, a new exhibition of his visual art reveals another side to the Pink Floyd founder
• Taped crusader
  In the ’80s and ’90s, Aadam Jacobs stealthily bootlegged virtually every band who came through Chicago. Now his astonishing collection is being made public
• Empire of the sun
  Marry Waterson and Eliza Carthy are taking their parents’ psych-folk touchstone Bright Phoebus for another spin – this time with added Paul Weller
• That’s a fine memory
  As End Of The Road celebrates its 20th anniversary, festival supremo Simon Taffe shares his favourite moments from two decades of musical manna
• THIS YEAR’S MODELS
  Simon’s pick of the new acts at EOTR 2026
• Heart and sold!
  Highlights from Omega’s recent Manchester Music And Factory Records auction
• South Records
  24 Queens Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1LU
• June McDoom
  Reggae, jazz, musicals and ethereal folk songs enhanced with strings – these are a few of her favourite things
• Uncut Playlist
  On the stereo this month…
• Transmissions
  At the interzone of post-punk and new wave
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  THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GREAT MUSIC
• DAVE STEWART
  The one-time Eurythmics man on his incredible adventures with Dylan, Jagger, Sinéad O’Connor, Holger Czukay and more
• THE TUBS
  Tough times and introspection lead to gloriously incandescent songs on the London-based band’s best yet.
• TUB STRIKES
  Three records that chart the band’s journey
• Q&A
  Owen Williams: “I wanted to roast my own persona”
• BILLY STRINGS
  From the depths of grief, Strings dredges up his best yet.
• HOW TO BUY
  Billy Strings
• AtoZ
  This month…
• ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
  The Mac lads defy gravity on storming 13th album.
• PHOEBE BRIDGERS
  Bolder production plus more fearless candour on a consummate third.
• CARL CARLTON
  German guitarist pays tribute to his influences
• LILY SEABIRD
  Intense, exemplary fourth from gifted US songwriter
• BIITA HOUDEI
  “I tend to nest and make a home and garden everywhere I go”
• BECK
  The restless artist returns to the comfortable sadness of Sea Change and Morning Phase.
• THE ROCHES
  A new 3CD boxset gives the daring New Jersey sisters their due.
• BETWEEN ANOTHER WORLD AND HOME
  The Roches’ MCA albums
• Q&A
  Terre Roche: “We only knew how to sing with each other”
• DOLLAR BRAND, DON CHERRY, CARLOS WARD
  Joyful, global jazz from 1972, previously only released in Japan.
• DAVID BOWIE
  Nine months of Bowie in 1965, as the future Starman tries to plot a way to success with producer Shel Talmy.
• THE STAR ROOM BOYS
  Beloved but neglected ’90s alt.country
• VARIOUS ARTISTS
  West Africa’s funkiest players keep pace with the new decade’s changes
• HEART SONGS
  One of Americana’s finest storytellers, MARGO CILKER ventures into darker territory on her most powerful record yet. Weaving together tales of lost friends, hard lives and the mythic landscapes of the American West, Little White Cross finds the singer songwriter confronting grief and honouring those left behind. “I want to let people put themselves in the shoes of a character or just listen as a witness,” she tells Robert Ham.
• INTRODUCING FOSSIL RECORDS
  What’s what on the new label…
• Steve Hillage
  The prog guitarist turned ambient house voyager retraces his journey from the Canterbury scene to the chillout room
• “He was aiming past The Beatles”
  1997’s Either/Or is ELLIOTT SMITH’s most beloved album, its songs later covered by everyone from Phoebe Bridgers to Madonna. But as Jamie Fisher’s new biography reveals, its recording was a fraught, piecemeal affair, Smith battling addiction and indecision, even as his genius was becoming increasingly apparent: “The air would just be frozen when he sang.”
• “Changes” by Sugar
  The rousing debut single from Bob Mould’s second great power trio – this time with sales to match the critical acclaim
• THE SEEKER
  Commercially adrift but creatively fearless, VAN MORRISON spent the 1980s pursuing enlightenment through song. Forty years on from No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, his closest collaborators look back on a remarkable period of inner searching, mystical inquiry and inspired music-making. “You knew there was something happening,” one collaborator tells Nick Hasted. “If you looked at him you could see this shimmering.”
• A PERIOD OF TRANSITION
  Van’s ’80s!
• “I DON’T WRITE ANY OF THIS STUFF”
  Van’s startling TV confessions
• UNDEAD COOL
  You wanna talk about the real junk? Since Lux Interior died in 2009, THE CRAMPS’ legacy has been stuck in limbo. Now, thanks to superfans such as Henry Rollins, the psychobilly pioneers are poised to take their rightful place in the pantheon with the first in a series of thrilling beyond-the-grave releases. As one former member tells Kate Hutchinson: “They were the greatest real rock’n’roll band ever.”
• “I DON’T KNOW HOW WE SURVIVED”
  Kid Congo Powers on The Cramps’ commitment to chaos
• YOU GOT GOOD TASTE
  How to buy The Cramps
• “MY FRIEND, MY HERO”
  Eric Barrett was JIMI HENDRIX’s roadie, friend and confidant from 1968 to 1970, sharing vans and hotel rooms, navigating feuds, managers and mayhem from Woodstock to the Isle of Wight and beyond. Now, after decades of silence, Barrett, one of the last surviving members of Hendrix’s inner circle, has finally decided to tell his story. “A lot has been said and written about Jimi,” he tells Peter Watts. “But I try not to read too much of it…”
• “JIMI WAS IN TROUBLE… BLOOD WAS POURING FROM HIS FACE”
  For three weeks in autumn 1968, between legs of a US tour, The Jimi Hendrix Experience rented a house in LA’s Benedict Canyon. In this extract from Experienced, Eric Barrett recounts what went down…
• AND WE COULD DANCE
  The tragedy of Ian Curtis continues to cast a long shadow over JOY DIVISION’s legacy. Yet alongside it lies another story: of a group that was intense, hypnotic, physical and utterly transformative on stage. As a new boxset gathers the best surviving live recordings, we ask band members, confidants and fans to revisit 10 nights that shaped their remarkable rise, painting a shadow history that runs counter to the established myths. Stand by for tales involving fights, guerilla recordings, Vimto and goat curry, plus cameos from William Burroughs and Annie Lennox. “You couldn’t take your eyes off Ian,” learns Peter Watts. “But the vibe of the band was so powerful.”
• EAUX CLAIRES FESTIVAL
  Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon transforms into Bob Dylan, but can’t quite escape his own impressive legacy
• JAMES TAYLOR
  Winter, spring, summer or fall, the archetypal singer-songwriter still delivers
• SCREEN
  A jazz legend’s redemption trip; a Parisian post-punk coming of age; a poet finds belated acclaim; an awkward debut; and more
• NOVA ’78 ICA
  Beats, punks and freaks celebrate William Burroughs in rediscovered 1978 documentary.
• HI-FI Surreal gone kit
  All-in-one wireless system
• Not Fade Away
  Fondly remembered this month…
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• Marco Pirroni
  The Ants man does us all a favour and plugs in his personal jukebox: “It’s like nothing you’ve heard before…”