COMETS ON FIRE

TIMELINE

June 2, 1941: Born in University College Hospital,

CROSSWORD

A vinyl copy of La Luz’s self-titled album

UNCUT

I’VE been thinking a lot recently about Martin

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NOVEMBER 2021 EDITOR Michael Bonner EDITOR (ONE-SHOTS) John

The Mighty Upsetter

LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY | 1936–2021

“Incredible moments”

The Orb’s Alex Paterson reveals what it was like to collaborate with Lee “Scratch” Perry on 2012’s The Orbserver In The Star House

DUBBY CONQUEROR

Five revolutionary Lee Perry productions

A QUICK ONE

Dread to think what the future will bring?

“I’m quite a driven person”

Billy Bragg on beating the pandemic blues with the help of his son, a Mellotron and a couple of Magic Numbers…

The good, the bad and the Verocai

BadBadNotGood ascend to the next level, in cahoots with cult Brazilian arranger Arthur Verocai

Spencer Cullum

The Nashville-based Brit rediscovering his psych-folk roots

UNCUT PLAYLIST

On the stereo this month

Rollin’ & Tumblin’

FREE CD

Your ego goes out the door

AN AUDIENCE WITH EMMYLOU HARRIS

BUFFALO NICHOLS Buffalo Nichols

FAT POSSUM

SLEEVE NOTES

1 Lost & Lonesome 2 Living

BUFFALO TRAIL

Three works that influenced Nichols’ debut

Q&A

Buffalo Nichols on discovering the blues, travelling Europe, and the one song he stopped playing…

THE WAR ON DRUGS

I Don’t Live Here Anymore ATLANTIC

SLEEVE NOTES

1 Living Proof 2 Harmonia’s Dream

Q&A

Adam Granduciel: excited to “dive back in”

JEFFREY ALEXANDER & THE HEAVY LIDDERS

Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders ARROWHAWK

BABA ALI

Memory Device MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES

LA LUZ

La Luz HARDLY ART 8/10

Q&A

Shana Cleveland: “It’s inherently cinematic”

AQUASERGE

The Possibility Of A New Work For Aquaserge CRAMMED

AUDIOBOOKS

Astro Tough HEAVENLY

BADBADNOTGOOD

Talk Memory XL

BLACK METEORIC STAR

NYC Beat Boxx VOLUMINOUS ARTS

JAMES BLAKE

Friends That Break Your Heart POLYDOR RECORDS

PIP BLOM

Welcome Break HEAVENLY

BILLY BRAGG

The Million Things That Never Happened COOKING VINYL

BUFFALO DAUGHTER

We Are The Times ANNIVERSARY

BUFFALO DAUGHTER

SuGar Yoshinaga on the slow genesis of the Japanese band’s new album

HAYES CARLL

You Get It All DUALTONE

TRÉ BURT

You, Yeah, You OH BOY

CAMPBELL/ MALLINDER/BENGE

Clinker LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE

BRANDI CARLILE

In These Silent Days ATLANTIC

CIRCUIT DES YEUX

-io MATADOR

AMERICANA ROUND-UP

Alison Krauss and Robert Plant AHEAD of being

PHILIP FROBOS

Vague Enough To Satisfy UPSET THE RHYTHM

CLINIC

Fantasy Island DOMINO

COTS

Disturbing Body BOILED

CHARLEY CROCKETT

Music City USA SON OF DAVY/THIRTY TIGERS

DEAFHEAVEN

Infinite Granite SARGENT HOUSE

BÉLA FLECK

My Bluegrass Heart BMG

GLOK

Pattern Recognition BYTES

VIVIEN GOLDMAN

Next Is Now YOUTH SOUNDS

RW HEDGES

Year After Year WONDERFUL SOUND

STEELY DAN/ DONALD FAGEN

UMG

SLEEVE NOTES

NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: STEELY DAN LIVE! 1 Black Cow

ELSA HEWITT

LUPA TOMPKINS SQUARE

SCOTT HIRSCH

Windless Day ECHO MAGIC

HOWLIN RAIN

The Dharma Wheel SILVER CURRENT

IMMERSION WITH TARWATER, LAETITIA SADIER, ULRICH SCHNAUSS, SCANNER

Nanocluster Vol 1 SWIM~

INDIGO

Part 1 MUSIC COMPANY

JEAN-MICHEL JARRE

Welcome To The Other Side SONY

JOHN

Nocturnal Manoeuvres

AMYTHYST KIAH

Wary + Strange ROUNDER

LADYHAWKE

Time Flies BMG

MASTON WITH L’ECLAIR

Souvenir INNOVATIVE LEISURE

MAC McCAUGHAN

The Sound Of Yourself MERGE

MILD HIGH CLUB

Going Going Gone TONES THROW

MILDRED MAUDE

Sleepover SONIC CATHEDRAL

MOUTH PAINTER

Tropicale Moon

KACEY MUSGRAVES

Star Crossed INTERSCOPE/UMG NASHVILLE

HAYDEN PEDIGO

Letting Go MEXICAN SUMMER

NOLAN POTTER

Music Is Dead CASTLE FACE

MOUTH PAINTER

Walker Jr and Osterberg on creating cosmic moods

POND 9

SPINNING TOP

RP BOO

Established! PLANET MU

XENIA RUBINOS

Una Rosa ANTI-

TY SEGALL

Harmonizer DRAG CITY

SELF ESTEEM

Prioritise Pleasure FICTION

NALA SINEPHRO

Space 1.8 WARP

OMAR SOSA & SECKOU KEITA

Suba BENDIGEDIG

SOUTHERN AVENUE

Be The Love You Want RENEW/BMG

MY MORNING JACKET

My Morning Jacket ATO

SLEEVE NOTES

1 Regularly Scheduled Programming 2 Love Love Love

Q&A

Jim James on Covid and carpe diem

GROUPER

Shade KRANKY

SLEEVE NOTES

1 Followed The Ocean 2 Unclean Mind

Q&A

Liz Harris: “Finding calm is one way to touch ground”

SUFJAN STEVENS & ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE

A Beginner’s Mind ASTHMATIC KITTY

STICK IN THE WHEEL

Tonebeds For Poetry FROM HERE

SUUNS

The Witness JOYFUL NOISE

ROGER TAYLOR

Outsider EMI

HAYDEN THORPE

Moondust For My Diamond DOMINO

TIRZAH

Colourgrade DOMINO

TROPICAL FUCK STORM

Deep States JOYFUL NOISE

THE RONNIE WOOD BAND

Mr Luck: A Tribute To Jimmy Reed BMG

WYNDOW

Wyndow SUMMER CRITICS

SHANNON LAY

Geist SUB POP

YES

The Quest INSIDE OUT MUSIC/SONY MUSIC

THE dB’S

I Thought You Wanted To Know (1979–81)

FINDING “NEVERLAND”

The best of the rest of The dB’s

SLEEVE NOTES

1 (I Thought) You Wanted To Know

Q&A

All laid out in black and white: Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey speak to Uncut

BOB DYLAN

Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series, Volume 16, 1980–1985 SONY LEGACY

SLEEVE NOTES

DISC 1 1 Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

Q & A

Steve Berkowitz on omissions, roads not taken and the unfathomable essence of Bob

AtoZ

This month…

FAUST 1971-1974

BUREAUB

SLEEVE NOTES

LP1 / CD1 Faust LP2 / CD2 So Far

Q&A

Faust on field recordings, political messages and doing a runner from posh hotels

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS

B-Sides & Rarities Part I & II MUTE

THE CHARLATANS

A Headful Of Ideas REPUBLIC OF MUSIC

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL

BUZZIN’ FLY

THE CHARLATANS

Tim Burgess on remixes, live tracks and lockdown comforts

GENESIS

The Last Domino? GENESIS.INK

GRIZZLY BEAR

Yellow House (reissue, 2006) WARP

MARK KNOPFLER

The Studio Albums 1996–2007 UNIVERSAL

NICK LOWE

The Convincer (reissue, 2001)

PRIMAL SCREAM Demodelica

SONY

THE REPLACEMENTS

Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash RHINO

THE ROLLING STONES

Tattoo You (reissue, 1981) POLYDOR

CAITLIN ROSE

Own Side Now (reissue, 2010) ATO

JONI MITCHELL

The Joni Mitchell Archives Volume 2: The Reprise Albums (1968–1971) WARNER BROTHERS

SLEEVE NOTES

CD 1 Joni’s home, 1967/ early 1968 4

THE BEAU BRUMMELS

Uncovering the underrated and overlooked

SEX PISTOLS

76–77 UNIVERSAL

NANCY SINATRA

Boots (reissue, 1966) LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

SMALL FACES Live 1966

NICE

VARIOUS ARTISTS It’s A Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul Of Fania Records

CRAFT LATINO

JOSEPH SPENCE Encore: Unheard Recordings Of Bahamian Guitar And Singing

SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS

VARIOUS ARTISTS Cameroon Garage Funk

ANALOG AFRICA

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Eins Und Zwei Und Drei Und Vier: Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1980–86 BUREAUB

VARIOUS ARTISTS

RIVER LEA/ROUGH TRADE

VARIOUS ARTISTS Pop Psychédélique

TWO-PIERS/REPUBLIC OF MUSIC

VIOLENT FEMMES Why Do Birds Sing?

(reissue, 1991)

NEIL YOUNG Carnegie Hall 1970

REPRISE

COMING NEXT MONTH...

N ext time around we’ll be reviewing new

URBAN HYMNS

Locked down in her new Melbourne apartment, COURTNEY BARNETT has busied herself buying plants, making soups and hoarding vintage gear. Finally, she emerges with a typically brilliant new album, Things Take Time, Take Time – but how do the Mojave Desert, Arthur Russell and Joni Mitchell’s ’80s albums feature in its creation? “You might as well just do what’s fun in the moment,” she tells Tom Pinnock

AN AUSSIE GREEN WORLD

Barnett on her ambient project – whether we get to hear it or not

HISTORY AMAZER

How to buy the rest of Barnett’s work

HEARTBREAK AND HARMONIES

With the death of DON EVERLY, aged 84, time has finally been called on THE EVERLY BROTHERS – one of rock’n’roll’s earliest and most important duos. Stephen Deusner reflects on the pioneering music made by Don and his brother Phil, while Ray and Dave Davies recall the impact the Everlys had on a generation of musicians: “Don and Phil influenced many of us”

“A spark of life that stays in the grooves”

Ray and Dave Davies remember growing up with The Everly Brothers

Your guide to…The Everly Brothers

THE EVERLY BROTHERS CADENCE, 1958 Their first LP

“You don’t tell an Everly how to sing!”

Albert Lee – The Everly Brothers’ longtime guitarist and musical director – recalls five decades with the volatile and influential siblings

“They lived lives dedicated to music”

Will Oldham on What The Brothers Sang, his 2013 Everlys covers album with Dawn McCarthy

“WE HAD NOTHING TO OFFER BUT PISS, VINEGAR AND SONGS”

All hail THE REPLACEMENTS! As a new boxset celebrates the ’Mats earliest recordings, we return to Minneapolis at the start of the ’80s to explore their (im)modest beginnings. Join us in the basement of 3628 Bryant Avenue, where things are about to get loud. “We went from being working-class nobodies,” Paul Westerberg tells Nick Hasted, “to being infamous…”

MORE MA, MORE TRASH!

Producer Peter Jesperson on five treasures to be found on the Sorry Ma boxset

“IT WAS ALL WITHIN A MILE”

A guide to the ’Mats’ Minneapolis

These Boots Are Made For Walkin’

How the US singer hit her stride with a hip makeover and a “dumb” song pinched from Lee Hazlewood: “I never get tired of talking about it”

TANGERINE DREAMER

For SHANNON LAY, the quiet life has been a long-cherished pursuit. From her beginnings in LA’s punk scene, via jobs in weed dispensaries and her association with Ty Segall, she’s reached the nexus between British folk-rock, spiritual jazz and indie. “It was really fun to not hold back,” she tells Erin Osmon

BUYER’S GUIDE

JOHNNY EASTLUND; TITOUAN MASSÉ SHANNON LAY LIVING WATER

MUSIC THAT INSPIRED GEIST

SIBYLLE BAIER COLOUR GREEN 2006 During lockdown, Lay

Ethan Miller

Psych freakouts and classic boogie with Comets On Fire, Howlin Rain and more…

HOWLIN RAIN

BIRDMAN, 2006 After three albums with the accelerating

COMETS ON FIRE

AVATAR SUB POP, 2006 With the cracks already

HOWLIN RAIN

MAGNIFICENT FIEND

HOWLIN RAIN

THE RUSSIAN WILDS

HOWLIN RAIN

MANSION SONGS

HERON OBLIVION

SUB POP, 2016 Sole album – so far

HOWLIN RAIN

THE ALLIGATOR BRIDE

HOWLIN RAIN

THE DHARMA WHEEL

SPELLBOUND!

In 1979, SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES came back from the dead. Abandoned mid-tour by disgruntled band members, they recruited innovative drummer Budgie and virtuoso guitarist John McGeoch – and recorded a trio of classic albums, including their 1981 masterpiece, Juju. But at what price? “We pushed ourselves beyond the realms of safety,” learns Michael Bonner

BUYER’S GUIDE

The Banshees’ first imperial phase rated!

WILD THINGS!

Budgie on The Creatures’ Hawaiian adventure

“He was one of a kind”

Uncut marks the departure of a true gentleman of rock’n’roll. We look back at the life and work of a dapper master of his craft, while collaborators, friends and fans share their intimate memories: “He’d hired a Silver Wraith Rolls-Royce for the afternoon…”

“THE STONES’ SECRET INGREDIENT”

“Charlie Watts was one of a kind –

Ode To A Highflying Bird

From smoky nights at the Ealing Jazz Club to the dawning of their first imperial phase, Rob Hughes discovers how CHARLIE WATTS turned the Rollin’ Stones into The Rolling Stones

“THIS IS NOT SHOWBUSINESS”

Steve Van Zandt recalls the impact of the Stones’ arrival in 1960s America…

“WE HAD TO CREATE AN IMAGE FOR OURSELVES”

Charlie himself on jazz, Alexis Korner and Dylan – and the pivotal moment when the Stones left the blues clubs to become the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world

“CHARLIE’S GOOD TONIGHT…”

…and most other times, too. A succinct run through 10 choice Charlie moments

STONE ALONE

Charlie’s extracurricular work

“IT’S ALL IN THE STYLE”

Stones’ producer Chris Kimsey remembers a “gentleman”

WILCO

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado, August 10

BOOK

Mag men: Howard Devoto and Barry Adamson recording

FILMS

The “Flat Beat” fella’s huge housefly; Cage back on bug-eyed form; a French space oddity and more…

ALSO OUT...

THE SERVANT OPENS SEPTEMBER 10 This re-release of

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

The VU as the culmination of New York 1960s avant-garde in Todd Haynes’ diligent new documentary

COUNT ME IN

NETFLIX 7/10 A celebration of the unsung drummer

FREAKSCENE: THE STORY OF DINOSAUR JR

MUNRO FILMS 8/10 A turbulent tale well told

OASIS KNEBWORTH 1996

TRAFALGAR RELEASING 8/10 Archive footage, Britpop memories, impeccable

WOODSTOCK ’99: PEACE, LOVE, AND RAGE

HBO 7/10 A festival where the bad vibes

THE BEATLES AND INDIA

The Maharishi, Magic Alex and some myths unravelled

Not Fade Away

Fondly remembered this month…

BRIAN TRAVERS

UB40 sax player (1959-2021) When Brian

TOM THALL

Country singer-songwriter (1936-2021) Born in Kentucky, Hall

RON BUSHY

UB40’s Brian Travers in Germany in 1984 Iron

PATRICIA KENNEALY­ MORRISON

Music journalist and ‘wife’

WALTER YETNIKOFF

Rambunctious record mogul (1933-2021) As the

CHUCKY THOMPSON

Hip-hop producer (1968-2021) As a member of

SHEILA BROMBERG

Beatles harpist ( 1 928-2021) When Sheila

LITHOFAYNE PRIDGON

Hendrix’s Foxy Lady (1940-2021) After relationships

JOHNNY VENTURA

Salsa singer (1940-2021) Born in Dominica, Juan

LES VANDYKE AKA JOHNNY WORTH

Prolific hitmaker (1931-2021) John Worsley began his

STUART LYON

London promoter (1944-2021) Known to generations of

BOB FISH

Darts singer (1949-2021) Bob Fish came to

KENNY MALONE

Nashville session drummer (1938-2021) Hailing from

MIKE FINNEGAN

Hammond maestro (1945-2021) Mike Finnegan’s recording debut

OLLI WISDOM

Goth rocker (1958-2021) Olli Wisdom began his

DEE TEE THOMAS

Kool & The Ga ng

DENNIS CAPLINGER

Bluegrass multi-instrumentalist (1963-2021) Dennis Caplinger’s fiddle playing

PAUL JOHNSON

House producer (1971-2021) Chicago-born Paul Johnson began

INGE GINSBERG

Heavy metal grandma (1922-2021) Inge Ginsberg

FRITZ McINTYRE

Simply Red keyboardist (1958-2021) A founder

ERIC WAGNER

Doom metal singer (1959-2021) Eric Wagner

SIR VICTOR UWAIFO

ANALOG AFRICA, DPA PICTURE ALLIANCE / ALAMY STOCK

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