Patti Smith has paid further tribute to Lou Reed in a new interview with Mary Anne Hobbs.
Speaking on the DJ's BBC 6Music show, the punk poet opened up about how she heard of Reed's death and her last moments with him.
Enter The Slasher House, the debut album from Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, consisting of Dave Portner (aka Avey Tare), Angel Deradoorian and Jeremy Hyman, is released on April 7. Avey Tare’s psychedelic journey with Animal Collective, though, is also worth checking out – in this archive feature from Uncut’s September 2012 (Take 184) issue, Stephen Troussé chats to the band about their wide-ranging career so far. “We got terrible reviews…” Interview: Stephen Troussé
The Hold Steady and Trans will join Courtney Barnett, Arc Iris, Syd Arthur, The Rails, Alice Boman, PHOX and Ethan Johns on the Uncut stage at this year's Great Escape festival in Brighton.
Meanwhile, the festival, which takes place at 35 venues in Brighton between May 8-10, have also confirmed details of another 100 artists who will be performing.
Scott Asheton, the drummer with the Stooges, has died aged 64.
According to a report on Rolling Stone , Asheton [pictured, above right] died on Saturday [March 15] from an unspecified illness.
Iggy Pop confirmed the news in a statement on his Facebook page on Sunday.
A new documentary charting Pulp's homecoming show in Sheffield in December 2012 has been unveiled at the SXSW Film Festval.
The movie, simply entitled Pulp, received its world premiere in Austin, Texas, and also had a follow-up screening last night (March 12) at the city's Stateside Theatre, at which Jarvis Cocker and director Florian Habicht were present.
The War On Drugs’ new album, Lost In The Dream, is out on Monday (March 17). Here, in this feature from Uncut’s November 2011 issue (Take 174), Sam Richards joins Adam Granduciel’s friend and collaborator Kurt Vile on tour in California to uncover the blood ties between Vile’s Violators and The War On Drugs…
Keith Richards will release a children's with his daughter, Theodora, later this year.
The guitarist will release Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar on September 9 after signing a deal with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Richards' artist daughter Theordora has illustrated the picture book, which was co-written with Barnaby Harris and Bill Shapiro.
The annual Green Man Festival has announced a host of line-up additions.
Real Estate, Bill Callahan, Caribou, former Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser and Simian Mobile Disco have been confirmed for the festival, alongside Angel Olsen, Boy & Bear, Nick Mulvey, Francois & The Atlas Mountain, Teleman and East India Youth.
