UNCUT - 1 Jan 2026
SMASHING IT UP WITH... THE DAMNED
ESSENTIAL 2026 PREVIEW
DIONNE WARWICK
ARCTIC,MONKEYS
CAT POWER
DRY CLEANING
THE BYRDS
LAURA NYRO
THE BLUES BROTHERS
LINK WRAY
COURTNEY MARIE
MANI RIP
REVIEWS!
STEVE DAVIS
ANDREWS
JAMES
“We’ve been crying now for much too long/and now we’re gonna dance to a different song”
We bring you the inside track on upcoming albums by Stevie Nicks, Alabama Shakes, The Rolling Stones, Bill Callahan, Lana Del Rey, Robert Plant and many more
Roger Mcguinn on the group’s exceptional first 18 months as they made their jet-powered escape from the folk think tank – and his relationship with Gene Clark
With a new record in tribute to their fallen co-founder Brian James, punk pioneers Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies recall their volatile beginnings
Fifty years on from the revolutionary singer-songwriter’s return from self-imposed exile, collaborators and friends revisit her striking second act
Including: Melody’s Echo Chamber, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Glyders, Imarhan, Langhorne Slim, Pullman, The The
Setting sights on new targets, the band refine their nervy post-punk sprechgesang with new LP Secret Love
On the covers:
Including: Link Wray, Sugar, Blur, The Groundhogs, Happy Mondays, Bill Fay, Soft Cell, Alan Vega
Blues Brothers, Cat Power, Warren Zevon, Arctic Monkeys, Mildred
Radiohead, Simple Things Festival
Album By Album
Leonard Cohen, Live Aid, punk
Marty Supreme, Blue Moon
An Audience With...
Plus the Uncut crossword
Pauline Black
Steve Davis
Obituaries
The Making Of “Laid”
The latest audio streamers
Blues explosion
Blues explosion
“It got really intense”
Keep me in your heart
A Quick One
View from the dressing room
View from the dressing room
Mildred
Uncut Playlist
I’M YOUR FAN
Music For Pleasure
Music For Pleasure
DIONNE WARWICK
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER
SLEEVE NOTES
MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER
THE NARCOLEPTIC DANCERS
Melody Prochet: “I focused on the drums…”
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Live God BAD SEED/PIAS
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Live God BAD SEED/PIAS
Bad Seed George Vjestica on the Wild God Tour’s “emotional impact”
BARRY ADAMSON
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS
SLEEVE NOTES
JULIANA HATFIELD
LANGHORNE SLIM
THE LOVELY EGGS
SLEAFORD MODS
THE WATERBOYS
DOVE ELLIS
DE LA SOUL
ERIC BIBB
MAPS
Glyders:
SLEEVE NOTES
ERIC BIBB
SCOTT BALLEW
THE CRIBS
ANTIBALAS
ALEJANDRA CÁRDENAS
ANUSHKA CHKHEIDZE + ROBERT LIPPOK
JULIANNA BARWICK AND MARY LATTIMORE
CATERINA BARBIERI & BENDIK GISKE
AVTT/PTTN
IMARHAN
Sadam: “We want to leave a positive mark”
SLEEVE NOTES
KAHIL EL’ZABAR
LIZ DRAPER
DRY CLEANING
DE LA SOUL
GABI DELGADO & MARC HURTADO
THE DAMNED
KAHIL EL’ZABAR’S ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE
STELLA DONNELLY
LANGHORNE SLIM The Dreamin’ Kind DUALTONE
AMERICANA ROUND-UP
EMERGENCE COLLECTIVE
DOVE ELLIS
LAWRENCE ENGLISH & STEPHEN VITIELLO
HARPER FINN
ESSENDON AIRPORT
JULIANA HATFIELD
ESSENDON AIRPORT
HAMISH HAWK
FAT WHITE FAMILY
THEE HEADCOATS
HEALTH
PULLMAN
Ken Brown: “Everyone just responded to the material”
SLEEVE NOTES
JUST MUSTARD
THE LOVELY EGGS
MAPS
JESSIKA KENNEY
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
WEDNESDAY KNUDSEN
DANIEL KNOX
JANA HORN
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
SLEAFORD MODS
ROBERT STILLMAN
THE THE
NATURAL INFORMATION SOCIETY
TOM SMITH
JON PORRAS
SUNDAY MOURNERS
NICK & JUNE
PORTUGAL. THE MAN
VARIOUS ARTISTS
WRECKLESS ERIC
WRECKLESS ERIC
WHITE LIES
THE WATERBOYS
IONA ZAJAC
D CLINTON THOMPSON
LINK WRAY Early Recordings (reissue, 1978)
LINK WRAY Early Recordings (reissue, 1978)
LINK WRAY
ROBERT GORDON, LINK WRAY & THE WILDCATS
LINK WRAY
SLEEVE NOTES
SUGAR
SUGAR
“I feel optimistic”
BABYSHAMBLES
SLEEVE NOTES
THE BLACK CROWES
GIL SCOTT-HERON
THE HOLD STEADY
HAPPY MONDAYS
JUDY COLLINS
ALAN VEGA
ULTRAVOX
SOFT CELL
BLUR
FUZZ
JUDY COLLINS
GROUPER
BLUR
THE GROUNDHOGS
ANDREW GOLD
BEBEL GILBERTO
NAGISA NI TE
SISTER IRENE O’CONNOR
LOVESLIESCRUSHING
HAPPY MONDAYS
THE HOLD STEADY
BILL FAY From The Bottom Of An Old Grandfather Clock
SLEEVE NOTES
THE SPECIALIST
DON CHERRY & LATIF KHAN
CONRAD SCHNITZLER Control/convex
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE
GIL SCOTT HERON The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (reissue, 1974)
SOFT CELL The Art Of Falling Apart: Super Deluxe Boxset UNIVERSAL
ULTRAVOX The Collection: Deluxe Edition CHRYSALIS
ALAN VEGA Alan Vega/collision Drive
THE UNDERTONES Hypnotised
VARIOUS ARTISTS
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Inflammable Material
COMING NEXT MONTH...
2026 ALBUMS PREVIEW
2026 ALBUMS PREVIEW
COURTNEY BARNETT
STEVIE NICKS
BILL CALLAHAN
ALTIN GÜN
HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER
2026 NEW RELEASES ROUND-UP
BUZZCOCKS
ROBYN HITCHCOCK
2026 REISSUES ROUND-UP
I Am The Blues
“LAURA WAS A FREE SPIRIT, YET MENTALLY VERY SMART”
“I’M FREE IF I CAN BE ME”
“THE LYRICS SPOKE TO ME”
Courtney Marie Andrews
Courtney Marie Andrews
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
LAUNDRY LIST
THE ART SCHOOL DANCE GOES ON FOREVER
KEY PLAYERS
“Laid”
TIM BOOTH:
TIME LINE
FACT FILE
SUPERSONIC!
SUPERSONIC!
“WE HAD A BALL WITH THE BEATLES AND STONES”
“WE HAD A BALL WITH THE BEATLES AND STONES”
A PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN
NEAT NEAT NEAT
NEAT NEAT NEAT
BASTARD! THE LOST SINGLE…
RODS FOR THEIR OWN BACK
DAMNED ETIQUETTE!
COVER TO COVER
RADIOHEAD
RADIOHEAD
SETLIST
SIMPLE THINGS FESTIVAL
Screwball escapades on the Lower East Side; bittersweet glory on Broadway; trauma in Tehran; and more…
REVIEWED THIS MONTH
Screwball escapades on the Lower East Side; bittersweet glory on Broadway; trauma in Tehran; and more…
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REX ‘WRECKS’ BELL
P.E.A.C.E.
JARDS MACALÉ
HILLY MICHAELS
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RICHARD DARBYSHIRE
SCOTT SORRY
JACK DEJOHNETTE
TODD SNIDER
JD KING
MARCIE FREE
RAY DRUMMOND
JAMES SENESE
JOHN WESLEY RYLES
VICTOR CONTE
Our selection of the best new audio streamers
CAMBRIDGE AUDIO EXN100
MCINTOSH DS200
BLUESOUND NODE NANO
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Crossword
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Steve Davis
MAGMA
CYRUS
AUTECHRE
TEETH OF THE SEA
PHILIP JECK
ROBERT WYATT
THE UTOPIA STRONG
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