Religious dissidents and juvenile delinquents, Greenwich Village and Potsdamer Platz, doomed soldiers and vacuous celebrities... David Cavanagh files the epic, definitive review of The Next Day. From Uncut's April 2013 (Take 191) issue._______________
The Quo are currently on a UK tour, hitting London’s O2 on December 15 – and here’s one song that they are sure to be playing. In this piece from the Uncut archives (Take 190, March 2013), Nick Hasted hears all about the denim-clad, ‘boogie-shuffle’ giants’ 1974 hit. “We were the most uncool band in the world, yet the coolest DJ in the world was saying nice things about us…”_________________
We have about 24 hours to finish the next issue, and not much longer to complete another Uncut Ultimate Music Guide due in January, so no preamble this week: lots to hear and anticipate below. (Thanks, though, for all your feedback on my Best Of 2013 list; much appreciated, as ever).
OK, I’ve managed to remember 143 albums that came out this year and that I liked. As in previous years, I didn’t see much point in hacking my list down to a Top 100, or Top 50, or whatever. While it’d be a stretch to claim every one is an imperishable classic, I do feel broadly confident recommending them all.
Morrissey is to release a new edition of his third solo album, Your Arsenal.
Originally released in 1992, Your Arsenal was produced by Mick Ronson.
The Definitive Master will be released on February 24 via Parlophone Records.
It will be available on CD, vinyl and digital download, with the CD edition accompanied by a bonus DVD of previously unreleased live concert from 1991.
Robby Krieger and John Densmore have been filmed together for the first time in 10 years.
In footage below, Krieger and Densmore reminisce about the impact Ray Manzarek had on the band and their early rehearsals with Jim Morrison.
This conversation was filmed not long after Manzarek's death on May 20 this year and features on an updated version of the Doors app in a section called Ray 'Manzarek Remembered'.
