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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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“He was free, anarchistic” KEITH LEVENE | 1957–2022 • Jah Wobble remembers inventing the sound of the future with his “mercurial” friend, Keith Levene

HIS OWN CREATION • Three essential Keith Levene tracks

Ivor the Ingenious • Celebrating the centenary of canny Scots poet and much-loved indie touchstone Ivor Cutler

Mountain time • As Complete Mountain Almanac, Rebekka Karijord and Jessica Dessner have written a song for every month of the year – with the aid of the latter’s notable siblings

A QUICK ONE

“Mick wanted me” • He was this close to being a Rolling Stone. Instead, Harvey Mandel continues to weave solo guitar magic

Gaye Su Akyol • Turkish psych dervish who wants her listeners to do more than just dance

UNCUT PLAYLIST • On the stereo this month…

There’s A World • 15 tracks of the month’s best new music

Lawrence • The Felt, Denim and now Mozart Estate mainman on baseball caps, Record Store Day and his elusive quest for fame: “I’m prepared to pay a price for that, yes”

JOHN CALE • Veteran experimentalist ventures far out on a hallucinogenic journey.

SHIFTY ADVENTURES AND MORE… • John Cale’s road to Mercy

MEG BAIRD • Best yet from unsung psych-folk stalwart.

Q&A • Meg Baird: “Everything becomes more beautiful and more sad”

A to Z • This month…

GUIDED BY VOICES • Robert Pollard’s voracious musical appetite continues its remarkable run with GBV’s 14th album since 2017.

Q&A • Bob Pollard: “It’s like making a collage”

WHITEHORSE • Canadian duo summon the ghosts of countrypolitan’s past

AMERICANA ROUND-UP

ITALIA 90 • Drawing from the past, reaching for the universal

KALI MALONE FEATURING LUCY RAILTON AND STEPHEN O’MALLEY • Released from quarantine, two years on. Epic drone experiment from US composer.

Q&A • Kali Malone & Stephen O’ Malley: “Feels like home”

THE BROTHER MOVES ON • Fiery, pulsating, spiritual music from South Africa.

Q&A • Siyabonga Mthembu: “Protest music is still protest music”

HC McENTIRE • North Carolina singer-songwriter digs deep into the dirt for her third album.

Q&A • HC McEntire: “Every Acre, in many ways, is a long goodbye”

DAVE ROWNTREE • “I did want to surprise people”

NEW ORDER • More cowbell! More frogs! Morricone! Rubber! New Order enter their imperial phase.

VIDEODROME • “I wish you’d applaud louder…” Highlights from the Low-Life set’s live footage

Q&A • Stephen Morris and Peter Hook: “We went out a lot…”

GONG • Galaxy quest: the years are kind to cosmic adventurers’ tentative debut.

Q&A • Sax-man Didier Malherbe on the birth of a psychedelic institution

A to Z • This month…

LIGHTSHIPS • Now on vinyl, the 10-year-old, self-effacing solo venture from ex-Teenage Fanclub bassist.

Q&A • Lightships’ Gerard Love on “staying away from chords” and life outside Teenage Fanclub

NICK GARRIE • The reappearance of a ’60s cult/hot-air balloonist

VARIOUS ARTISTS • Cumbia Amazonica in excelsis.

Q&A • Samy Ben Redjeb of Analog Africa

VARIOUS ARTISTS • Warp’s...