Daft Punk have announced the title of their new album and its release date.
Titled 'Random Access Memories', the French dance duo's fourth album is out May 21 via their Daft Life imprint on Columbia Records. The pair, which consists of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, recently announced they had left Virgin, with whom they signed to in 1996.
The deluxe reissue of Saint Julian is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut, dated March 2013, and out now, so it seemed time to revisit October 2007's issue (Take 125), when the always-enlightening Julian Cope answered questions from readers and famous fans… Words: John Lewis / Photo: Sam Jones____________________
Preamble: I’m going to start rolling out this list over the next couple of days whenever I get a chance to post. Apologies, first, for the weird number…
The first bands on the bill for TV On The Radio and Deerhunter's 2013 ATP festivals have been unveiled.
The first weekend, which will be curated by TV On The Radio (May 10-12, 2013), will see performances from TV On The Radio, Spank Rock, El-P, Saul Williams, Tinariwen, Shabazz Palaces, Thee Oh Sees, CSS, Daniel Higgs (Lungfish), Celebration, Talibam! and North America.
To be honest, I’ve not previously had much time for the music of Dan Deacon; for what struck me, perhaps erroneously, as an odd but not quite combustible mix of process, theory, audience participation, electronica and a certain imperishable indie tweeness.
We’ve just had our copies of the new issue dropped off in the office, ahead of it going on sale later this week. Nick Cave’s on the cover, glowering menacingly. John Robinson went down to Brighton, where, as John memorably tells us, Nick lives in a house that’s ‘large and white, much as Russia in winter is large and white’. The occasion for Uncut dropping in on Cave was the release of Lawless, the terrific – and terrifically violent - new movie directed by Nick’s long-time collaborator, John Hillcoat, for which Cave has written the snappy screenplay.
