UNCUT

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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Just a shot away • Unseen photos of one of The Rolling Stones ’ earliest studio sessions on display in London

Running the voodoo down • Director Stanley Nelson on the challenges of condensing Miles Davis's wild life into a two-hour documentary

“There’s a lot of tears” • Folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman find new emotional currency in centuries-old songs

Whatever he brings… • The wayward charm of Kevin Ayers is celebrated in a new book of lyrics, photos and recipes for poached trout

A QUICK ONE

WH Lung • Proud upholders of Manchester’s fine tradition of existentialist synth-rock

UNCUT PLAYLIST • On the stereo this month...

LEONARD COHEN • The poet’s intimate musical postscript. By Richard Williams

SLEEVE NOTES

DANCING PARTNERS • The closest relations to Cohen’s final work

Q&A • Michael Chaves (engineer, musician): “It’s pretty much an extension of Darker…”

BECK • LA shapeshifter turns electro-soul softie.

SLEEVE NOTES

Q&A • Beck: “I just went in happy to do anything”

A to Z

TOY • Cover up! Londoners’ bedroom reinvention.

SLEEVE NOTES

Q&A • Toy frontman Tom Dougall: “For us it was just a bit of fun…”

REVELATIONS

VARIOUS ARTISTS • Iggy Pop, Fiona Apple, Elvis Costello and many more celebrate the eccentric jazz artist.

Q&A • Amy Allison: “He defied categorisation”

SLEEVE NOTES

AMERICANA • Country, bluegrass, folk and more

AMERICANA ROUND-UP

REVELATIONS DANIEL KNOX • Night strolls and Star Trek with the singer/projectionist

CRAVEN FAULTS • Bleak and blasted English electronica.

SLEEVE NOTES

Q&A • Craven Faults on the future sounds of Yorkshire

THE GO-BETWEENS • Australian indie ambassadors’ golden age showcased in opulent style.

LOVE GOES ON • The best of what came next

Q&A • Go-Betweens co-founder Robert Forster on “the most romantic profession in the world”

ROBERT PLANT

SLEEVE NOTES

Q&A • Robert Plant on suddenly being free to fail outside “Fortress Zeppelin”

A to Z

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS

Q&A • Tom Rowlands “The music is a moment we’re capturing”

SLEEVE NOTES

REDISCOVERED • Uncovering the underrated and overlooked

JIMI HENDRIX

Q&A

PAUL KELLY • How to buy his rugged love songs and stately blues

ROYAL TRUX • Jennifer Herrema: “We weren’t going on tour with a monkey”

THE SPECIALIST

COMING NEXT MONTH...

“I’LL TELL YOU THE FULL STORY…” • During the past 12 months, a series of lavish boxsets have tracked DAVID BOWIE’s early development throughout 1968 and 1969. As this comprehensive archeological survey concludes with Conversation Piece , long-serving producer TONY VISCONTI relives the highs and lows of Bowie’s breakthrough. There are ham sandwiches, Marc Bolan impressions, the peerless “Space Oddity”, and tearful studio interludes… but, most importantly, we learn how the music made during this brief but pivotal period critically influenced one superstar in the making: David Bowie himself…

“HAVE YOU GOT AN...