Interviews

"Most people turn a corner, Neil ricochets," says the Crazy Horse guitarist

Lake and collaborators on the creation of a very unlikely festive hit…

From Gish and Mellon Collie to Oceania, Billy Corgan reveals all about his torturous journey to stardom

The tales behind every one of the band’s historic 45s, including "All Or Nothing", "Itchycoo Park" and "Lazy Sunday"

I reviewed The Velvet Underground: 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition for new issue of Uncut. It's a comprehensive, six-disc set compiling the band's third album in an assortment of mixes, plus 1969 demos and a live recording from The Matrix in San Francisco. Of course, it marks the first album the band recorded after John Cale had left, with Doug Yule assuming bass and (some) vocal duties. I was fortunate enough to speak to both Yule and Mo Tucker for a Q&A to accompany my review.

“We were trying to sound like Kraftwerk…”

From the Uncut vaults! Good times, bad times, new teeth and more

The band tell the strange tale of their biggest hit

Following this morning's momentous news of Ride's return to active service, I thought I'd dig out this piece I wrote for Uncut in 2011.

One bright Sunday morning, MC Taylor is driving through his patch of North Carolina, past New Hope Creek and the Eno River, over the Chatham County Line and the James Taylor Bridge in Chapel Hill, near the Haw River and the valley that he has meditated upon in song these past few years. Through apparently endless forests, Taylor's destination is Saralyn, a kind of hippy settlement just outside of Pittsboro.