Last year, I interviewed the film director Peter Strickland about Berberian Sound Studio, his tribute to the Heath Robinson-style endeavours of analogue sound designers. Strickland and I chatted about the influences for his main character, a tweedy sound engineer called Gilderoy; Strickland mentioned pioneering figures like Adam Bohman, Vernon Elliott and Basil Kirchin.
Atoms For Peace have unveiled a the video for their track "Before Your Very Eyes" – watch it below.
The group revealed the promo before their show last night (October 16) at the Hollywood Bowl. Thom Yorke tweeted: "Aaah Blinkin' Hollywood:) Thanks to everyone who came last night."
Thom Yorke has attacked Spotify again, labelling the music streaming service "the last desperate fart of a dying corpse".
The comments follow Yorke's decision, alongside producer Nigel Godrich, to remove the Atoms For Peace album they made together from the service while Yorke's solo album 'The Eraser' was also removed. Godrich went on to explain his position criticising the low royalty rates paid to artists – who he said received "f*ck all" from the service.
With Arcade Fire’s new album, Reflektor, due for release on October 28, this week’s archive feature looks back to December 2005, when Uncut awards Album Of The Year to Arcade Fire’s debut, Funeral. Adored by everyone from David Bowie and David Byrne to Chris Martin and Bono, Funeral is a spectacular word-of-mouth success, and suggests whole new futures for rock music. Stephen Troussé meets the band on the eve of their Riviera Theatre set in Chicago…
I hope you had a good Bank Holiday break. I spent a very enjoyable chunk of it reading the new Carl Hiaasen novel – excuse the shameless self-promotion, but you can read an interview I did with Hiaasen over on my blog. But now we’re back in the office, and it’s my pleasure to introduce you all to the new issue of Uncut, which goes on sale tomorrow.