It's April 6, 1966. We're in EMI Studios on Abbey Road, where tape loops, drones and mystical incantations derived from The Tibetan Book Of The Dead herald this next revolutionary phase in The Beatles’ career
Curtis Mayfield covered a vast amount of ground during the ’60s with The Impressions, but as a solo artist he went into overdrive. Bandmates and family tell us about the soul superstar’s creative peak in the early ’70s
Blending ‘retro’ R&B with lo-fi garage grit, Leon Bridges became a Grammy-winning Texan success story. Back home in Fort Worth, he tells us of the nocturnal LA sessions that birthed his third album Gold-Diggers Sound
As Lindsey Buckingham resumes his solo career as one of rock’s most discreet musical radicals, he tells Uncut about false starts, his “crisp and dirty” new songs, the death of Peter Green and the ongoing soap opera around his alma mater
From the Smart Studio in Wisconsin – via $2 pitchers of beer at the Friendly Tavern – to Los Angeles’ legendary Sound City, Butch Vig guides us through the Nevermind recording sessions. Stand by for food fights with L7, encounters with Billy Corgan and Europe and sojourns at the “Cokewood Apartments”
From their base in a former Cold War nuclear bunker, psych warriors Altin Gün are busy reinventing the deep and mystical sounds of Anatolian rock. Their tools? Fuzz pedals, electronics, and ancient instruments once used in shamanic rituals
Fifty years after releasing their first album as Halfnelson, Sparks are finally ready for their close-up. A new documentary, The Sparks Brothers, directed by Edgar Wright, pays tribute to the indomitable, pioneering spirit of music’s oddest couple
