“When it came out people were like, ‘Where in the world did this come from? What kind of music is this?’” Robbie Robertson tells Uncut in an exclusive interview for this month’s cover story celebrating the 45th anniversary of The Band’s landmark debut album, Music From Big Pink.
David Byrne and St Vincent are giving away a free EP entitled 'Brass Tactics'.
The EP, which features unreleased, live and remixed material is available to download here. David Byrne and St Vincent's Annie Clark released their acclaimed debut collaborative album, Love This Giant, last year.
The 'Brass Tactics' EP tracklisting is:
'Cissus' [previously unreleased album track]
'I Should Watch TV' [M. Stine Remix]
'Lightning' [Kent Rockafeller Remix]
'Marrow' [live]
In this archive feature from Uncut's May 2003 issue (Take 72), rock's greatest living soap opera tell the story of how they went to hell and back to bring the world some of the most popular, and most perfect, hard-centred easy listening music of all time. However, it nearly cost them their sanity. And their lives… Words: Nigel Williamson_________________
Grizzly Bear have revealed that their new studio album will be titled Shields.
The Brooklyn indie band will release the album on Warp Recordings on September 17 in the UK and September 18 in the US and you can hear the opening track "Sleeping Ute" now at the bottom of the page. It is the fourth record of their career to date.
Grizzly Bear will tour the UK in support of the album in the autumn, with dates booked in both August and October.
Alabama Shakes have announced a short UK tour for this November.
The band, who released their critically acclaimed debut album Boys & Girls earlier this year, will play four shows in November, including two in London.
The run of shows begins at Manchester Academy on November 12, before moving onto Glasgow Barrowlands on November 13, the band will then play two dates in the UK capital, first day at the Coronet on November 16 and then at the HMV Forum on November 17.
Dirty Three have announced a full UK and Ireland tour for later this year.
The Australian trio, who released their eighth studio album Toward The Low Sun in February of this year, will play seven live shows across November.
The gigs begin at Birmingham Glee Club on November 20 and run until November 28, when the band will headline London's O2 Shepherds Bush Empire. The band will also play Manchester, Dublin, Glasgow, Gateshead and Bristol on the tour.
Beneath Welbeck Abbey, an expansive estate in North Nottinghamshire thus far untouched by any sort of National Trust daytripping, there is a vast network of underground tunnels, wide and stretching for miles around the roots of Sherwood Forest. Somewhere down there, according to my mother, there’s even a ballroom that she visited for a dance the best part of 60 years ago.
Grizzly Bear have revealed that they will release their new album in September.
The Brooklyn indie band will release the album, which doesn't have a title as yet, on Warp Recordings on September 17. It is the fourth record of their career to date.
The band have also unveiled the album's opening track "Sleeping Ute", which you can hear by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.
