A month or so back, I sent Lee Bains III a few questions for a Q&A to run alongside my review of the Glory Fires’ “Dereconstructed” in Uncut. Bains’ answers turned out to be more thoughtful, interesting and extensive than pretty much any email interview I’ve previously conducted, so I’m pleased to run them in their entirety here…
Ahead of the release of R.E.M. Unplugged 1991 & 2001 - The Complete Sessions, we're delighted to carry this exclusive clip of the band playing "The One I Love" from their 2001 appearance on MTV's Unplugged programme.
The two CD box set and digital download is released on May 19 and is available to pre-order here.
Elvis and Priscilla Presley's Palm Springs home is up for sale.
The estate, where the couple honeymooned in 1966, is on the market for $9.5 million, according to Rolling Stone.
REM will release two Unplugged concerts for Record Store Day 2014.
The band will put out Unplugged: The Complete 1991 And 2001 Sessions on April 19, Rolling Stone reports.
Something like two decades ago, when I was Features Editor of NME and making some pragmatic decisions involving coverage of second and third-tier Britpop bands, I had a kind of argument with Laurence Bell, the owner of the Domino label.
It’s recently been announced that a rare live recording of Syd Barrett guesting on guitar with The Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band in Cambridge in July 1972 is to be released – so now seems like a perfect time to revisit the extensive tribute we published in Uncut just after Barrett’s death in July 2006 (Take 112, September 2006). As well as a fantastic piece written by David Cavanagh, we hear from Syd’s friends, collaborators and admirers, including David Bowie, David Gilmour, Mick Rock, Peter Jenner, Damon Albarn, Julian Cope and Kevin Ayers. Shine on…
