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Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Uncut is the essential magazine about rock music, written by people who love that music as much as you do. Every month, it features the most comprehensive and trustworthy album reviews section in the world. There are in-depth interviews with the finest musicians of the past five decades, and with the exciting new artists who are following in their great tradition. Insightful, informative, passionate about extraordinary music – that’s Uncut.

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“It felt like a celebration” • Buzzcocks salute Pete Shelley with the aid of an all-star cast

Life of Brian • A new book repositions The Rolling Stones’ lost boy Brian Jones as a vivacious cultural trendsetter

“You can make a folk song out of anything” • Karine Polwart’s latest project turns tunes by The Waterboys, Ivor Cutler and Chvrches into folk standards

A QUICK ONE

Cue the music • In off the red! Former snooker ace Steve Davis unveils his cosmic synth trio, The Utopia Strong

Nérija • London jazz supergroup forging a fresh new sound from a vibrant melting pot of influences

UNCUT PLAYLIST • On the stereo this month...

Amazing Journey • 15 tracks of the month’s best new music

“The thing that keeps it fun is not really caring” AN AUDIENCE WITH TY SEGALL • Poised to unleash his umpteenth album, First Taste , the tireless Cali garage-rocker talks sausage dogs, horror films, acid trips and why he’s looking to slow down… a bit

NEW ALBUMS • THE UNCUT GUIDE TO THIS MONTH’S KEY RELEASES

SLEEVE NOTES

POWER OF THREE • The finest of Sleater-Kinney’s earlier work

Carrie Brownstein on power structures and new producers

EZRA FURMAN

Q&A • Ezra Furman “Believe it or not, I feel very peaceful and happy most of the time”

SLEEVE NOTES

A to Z

ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM • Ex-Purson sorceress reveals her sadness and heartache

SLEEVE NOTES

AMERICANA • Country, bluegrass, folk and more

AMERICANA ROUND-UP

FÖLLAKZOID • The “sonic re-articulation of hyper-dimensional space”

SLEEVE NOTES

Q&A • Shannon Lay “It really did feel like a rebirth into this new form”

THE MURDER CAPITAL • …on a confrontational debut

SLEEVE NOTES

Q&A • Rodney Crowell on Steve Earle, Billy Gibbons and Ringo

PETER CAT RECORDING CO • Suryakant Sawhney on how a Delhi boy ended up adopting manifold forms of western pop

SLEEVE NOTES

Q&A • Craig Finn “Everyone seems in a good place”

DISCOVERED • Searching out the best albums new to Uncut

Q&A • Jack Cooper “I always feel there’s a cause for optimism”

ZAK STARKEY

Archive • REISSUES | COMPS | BOXSETS | LOST RECORDINGS

THE ROAD TO THE PINK FAIRIES • From brown-acid absurdism to Larry Wallis’s previous outfit…

SLEEVE NOTES

Q&A • Paul Rudolph on becoming a Deviant and his “intense life” with the Pink Fairies

Q&A

A to Z

REDISCOVERED • Uncovering the underrated and overlooked

THE SPECIALIST

WOODSTOCK 50 • Co-producer Andy Zax explains how he put together the epic live document

COMING NEXT MONTH...

“WALK THROUGH THE FIRE FLY THROUGH THE SMOKE…” DR JOHN | 1941-2019 • Graeme Thomson explores the colourful life and remarkable music of Mac Rebennack – and his supernatural alias Dr John – with help from Aaron Neville , Rickie Lee Jones , Jim Keltner and other friends and collaborators. “We won’t see another like him…”

“HE WAS BELOVED” • Rickie Lee Jones remembers her friend and mentor

“SMOKE AND FUNK...” • Bob Ezrin on...