The deluxe reissue of The Jam’s final album, The Gift, is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut (December 2012, Take 187) – so for this week’s archive feature, we’ve stepped back to Uncut’s December 2008 (Take 139) issue, to spend a year by Paul Weller’s side, as he celebrates his 50th birthday. We are invited into the Guv’nor’s inner sanctum, to his star-studded birthday party, and into dressing rooms across Britain and America. And we learn that, like any good mod, Weller remains “more interested in the future than the past”. Words: Paul Moody
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Blur have unveiled live footage of their recent single 'Under The Westway' from their summer London Hyde Park concert – scroll down to watch it.
The clip is taken from the band's forthcoming Parklife five-disc CD and DVD, which is out on December 3. The entire audio from the Olympic Games closing gig will feature on two CDs, while a DVD of the concert – which was shot on 12 cameras – will also be included.
Paul McCartney, and his wife Nancy Shevall, were within two feet from crashing in a chartered helicopter, it has been revealed.
The Beatles man and his wife were traveling in a £5million, 9-seater Air Harrods helicopter in May when their pilot became "disorientated" in poor weather conditions and dropped the aircraft towards trees situated within their East Sussex estate.
Kraftwerk have announced a residency in Düsseldorf this coming January.
After their residency at New York's Museum of Modern Art in April, where the group played one album per date along with additional works from their back catalogue, the band will follow a similar programme in their hometown.
The performances, called 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, will take place at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum, first from January 11 - 13, then 16-20. Like the MoMA shows, Kraftwerk will play one album per date and will be accompanied by 3-D visuals.
The Stones’ new compilation, GRRR!, is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut (December 2012, Take 187), out now, so for this week’s archive feature we head back to Uncut’s April 2008 issue (Take 131). Mick Jagger is micro-managing the release of their new, Scorsese-directed concert movie, Shine A Light. Keith Richards is lounging on a Caribbean beach with his dogs. They both find time, however, to tell Uncut about pet hygiene, “fucking crap” modern music and having rebellion thrust upon them. Words: Andrew Mueller
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The Rolling Stones have unveiled a brand new track titled "One More Shot" – scroll down to listen to it.
The song is the second new recording from the rock legends, who have been back in the studio for the first time in seven years. It follows the release of the track 'Doom And Gloom' and will feature on the band's new greatest hits compilation GRRR!.
Like "Doom And Gloom", "One More Shot" was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and was recorded in Paris with longtime Stones collaborator Don Was, who worked with the band on their last five LPs.
Reports have claimed that Thom Yorke's supergroup Atoms For Peace will release their debut album in January next year.
Radiohead fan site Ateaseweb.com suggests that the band's first effort will be titled AMOK and will be available on CD, vinyl and digital download on January 28 through XL Records, although the rumour is yet to be confirmed officially by either the band or the record label.
According to the report, the album's tracklisting is as follows:
1. 'Before Your Very Eyes…'
2. 'Default'
3. 'Ingenue'
4. 'Dropped'
5. 'Unless'
A new track by Thom Yorke's supergroup Atoms For Peace has appeared on YouTube, after originally being played on Mary Anne Hobbs' XFM show yesterday (October 31).
The song, titled 'What The Eyeballs Did', is the B-side to the 12inch vinyl release of debut single "Default", which is due out on November 19 via XL Recordings – you can listen to the track above.
Thom Yorke features in the group alongside longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and Red Hot Chili Pepper's Flea as well as drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco.
