Upside Down Mountain, Conor Oberst’s new, Jonathan Wilson-produced solo album is set for release on Monday (May 19), so it seemed time to dig out this look through the Bright Eyes singer-songwriter’s record collection from Uncut’s June 2007 issue (Take 121). Featuring sex, drugs, Pavement and Nas… Interview: Jaan Uhelszki
The latest instalment Uncut's Ultimate Music Guide series is available now - and the subject of this current edition is The Cure.
This lavish, 148 page magazine includes brand new reviews by Uncut's team of writers of all The Cure's albums.
Meanwhile, we revisit classic interviews from the archives of Melody Maker and NME, charting first hand the band's journey from their home town of Crawley to the enormodomes of America.
Mercury Rev will perform Deserter's Songs in full during their headline set at this year's Green Man Festival.
The band will perform their 1998 album in full on August 16 at the festival, which takes place on Glanusk Estate, Black Mountains in the Welsh Brecon Beacons.
Recently lso added to the bill are acts including Joanna Gruesome, The Field, Augustines, Ben UFO, Ought, The Pooh Sticks, Vancouver Sleep Clinic and H Hawkline, as well as DJ sets from Huw Stephens, Heavenly DJs and Simian Mobile Disco.
Morrissey has posted his first ever tweet.
Though the singer joined Twitter in June 2009, he only began posting on the social networking site last night (May 14), almost five years after the account was opened. He wrote:
Hello. Testing, 1, 2, 3. Planet Earth, are you there? One can only hope...
7:47 PM - 14 May 2014
Scene of some devastation this morning, as we’re surrounded by crates, packing for a move to new offices on the floor below. In haste, then: this has been the soundtrack for throwing out a load of old shit these past few days. Special attention, please, to the tremendous new Pye Corner Audio business…
