We have Bruce Springsteen on the cover of the new Uncut, so it's appropriate that the free CD with the issue kicks off rousingly with Brooklyn's The Men and a track called "Another Night from their new album, Tomorrow's Hits that sounds raucously like The E Street Band having a noisy bash at "Train In Vain" by The Clash.
George Whitsell has explained the impact that Neil Young had on him when the guitarist took most of Whitsell’s band, The Rockets, to form his own group, Crazy Horse.
A letter from John Lennon to Phil Spector blaming The Who drummer Keith Moon and singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson for urinating on a console at an LA recording studio is up for auction in London tomorrow (March 21), with an estimated value of £6,000.
The Rolling Stones have cancelled the first date of their Australian tour after the death of Mick Jaggar's girlfriend, the US fashion designer L'Wren Scott.
Neil Young will debut his new digital audio format Pono at South By Southwest tomorrow [March 11]. Details of the service have now appeared online.
A number of news sources - including The Guardian - report that Young will launch a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for his new PonoPlayer device on 15 March, with early buyers getting a discount on its planned $399 price.
I had the good fortune to interview Jim Jarmusch recently for our An Audience With… feature. As you’d imagine, it was interesting, wide-ranging chat, and inevitably not everything we talked about made it into the magazine. There’s a couple of things in particular that seemed pretty interesting – not least the ‘full’ answer he gave to a question regarding the current status of The Sons Of Lee Marvin, a shadowy cabal whose members – allegedly – include Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Iggy Pop.
Bruce Springsteen opened his set at the Perth Arena in Australia with a cover of AC/DC's 1979 hit 'Highway To Hell' – scroll down to watch.
Springsteen appeared at the venue on Friday [February 6]. AC/DC's singer Bon Scott grew up near Perth. Highway To Hell was the final album he recorded with the band before his death in 1980.
The Australian leg of Springsteen's tour continues tomorrow night [February 11] in Adelaide.
Prince played a secret, hour-long show at Electric Ballroom in Camden, London last night [February 4].
Scroll down to watch footage below.
Described as an “open soundcheck”, the performance was announced following a clandestine ‘press conference’ at the home of London-based singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas, who was in attendance at the venue.
Slint have announced that their 1991 album Spiderland will be reissued.
A remastered version of the post-rockers' second album will be available on April 15 on CD and heavyweight vinyl.
The set will feature the new version of the album, which has been remastered from the original analog master tapes by producer Bob Weston. It will also feature 14 previously unreleased outtakes and demos selected by the band.
