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FILL YOUR HEART

In 1971, DAVID BOWIE was all about ch-changes. Inspired by the America of Andy Warhol and Lou Reed, Bob Dylan and After The Gold Rush, he delivered a daring, career-reviving triumph with his first truly great album. As a new boxset, Divine Symmetry, digs deep into the 12 months that led up to the release of Hunky Dory, collaborators and confidants reveal the secrets of this major turning point in Bowie’s evolution. “With David, it was onward and upward all the time,” learns Peter Watts. Look out, you rock’n’rollers!

“THIS ALBUM IS FULL OF MY CHANGES”

Bowie himself takes us track by track through Hunky Dory via this 1971 advert made for radio by his label, RCA

“IF YOU STAY YOU WON’T BE SORRY”

DB co-producer Ken Scott on “Kooks”, fatherhood and birthday emails

IT’S THE FREAKIEST SHOW!

Ten highlights from the new Divine Symmetry boxset

FILMS

A quirky DeLillo adaptation; a tender coming-of-age drama; a slo-mo pre-war snapshot; and more…

REVIEWED THIS MONTH

WILSONWEBB/NETFLIX © 2022 AFTERSUN Directed by Charlotte Wells

ALSO OUT...

THE MENU RELEASED NOVEMBER 18 Ralph Fiennes plays

BOOKS

Dylan: “Strange, hypnotic sermons” COURTESY OFBOBDYLAN WHEN people

FEEDBACK

The “likeable” Nick Mason behind the kit with

Rough and rowdy ways

Farewell to the rock’n’roll pioneer

New adventures!

REM’s Bill Berry tells us about The Bad Ends, his ‘Athens supergroup’ with Five Eight frontman Mike Mantione

A QUICK ONE

Do the watusi! Our latest Ultimate Music Guide

Sparkle hard

Over a decade in the making, This Is Sparklehorse commemorates the life and work of the troubled but “incredibly talented” Mark Linkous

“It was like the Wild West”

Adventures in NYC’s mid-’80s hardcore scene with Agnostic Front… and future Grey’s Anatomy star Brooke Smith!

The Murder Capital

Passionate Dublin postpunkers, already evolving into something altogether more colourful

UNCUT PLAYLIST

On the stereo this month...

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Only The Strong Survive (Covers Vol 1) COLUMBIA

THE UNCUT GUIDE TO THIS MONTH’S KEY RELEASES

SOUL MAN

Three less familiar Springsteen songs that absorbed the influence of soul

DUKE GARWOOD

Rogues Gospel GOD UNKNOWN

ARCHERS OF LOAF

Reason In Decline MERGE

ATTAWALPA

Presence ATTAWALPA

ROZI PLAIN

Entrancing fifth from the cooperatively inclined songwriter

DANIEL AVERY

Ultra Truth PHANTASY SOUND 8/10 Electronic producer searches

BIBIO

BIB10 WARP 7/10 Easy-listening doyen goes disco for

BLACK OX ORKESTAR

Everything Returns CONSTELLATION 7/10 First in 15 years

PETER BRODERICK

Piano Works Vol 1 (Floating In Tucker’s Basement)

JULIA BULLOCK

Walking In The Dark NONESUCH 7/10 Cross-cultural laments

BENJAMIN CLEMENTINE

And I Have Been PRESERVE ARTISTS 7/10 Cryptic

THE COOL GREENHOUSE

Sod’s Toastie MELODIC 9/10 One of the best

DAVID CROSBY & THE LIGHTHOUSE BAND

Live At The Capitol Theatre BMG 8/10 Album

THE COOL GREENHOUSE

Tom Greenhouse ”I envisaged a lyrical Turing test”

DECIUS

Decius: sleazy riders Decius Vol 1 THE LEAF

ETCETERAL

Rhizome TAK:TIL/GLITTERBEAT 7/10 Slovenian future-jazz-tronica trio’s quixotic second album

TERENCE FIXMER

Shifting Signals MUTE 7/10 Thrilling, minimal techno from French

FLORE LAURENTIENNE

Volume II RVNG INTL/COSTUME 7/10 New Classical-aligned meditations from

JEMMA FREEMAN & THE COSMIC SOMETHING

Miffed TRAPPED ANIMAL 6/10 London glam-grunge trio’s exasperated second

BILL FRISELL

Four BLUE NOTE 8/10 Jazz guitar maestro shares the

FUJIYA & MIYAGI

Slight Variations IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTS OF DESIRE 7/10 Reliably elegant

HELEN GANYA

Polish The Machine BELLA UNION 8/10 Mesmerising electro-rock from

GOLD PANDA

The Work CITY SLANG 7/10 Soothing electronics from longabsent

AMERICANA

Album of the month

ALEXANDRA HAMILTON-AYRES

Play Echoes LEITER 7/10 Contemporary classical meets electronic

MICAH P HINSON

I Lie To You PONDEROSA 6/10 An exorcism

JACK HUES AND THE QUARTET

EPIGONAL QUARK DAWNCHORUSRECORDINGCOMPANY 7/10 Jazz-indebted explorations from ’80s

SHIRLEY HURT

Problem Child TELEPHONE EXPLOSION 6/10 Deliciously sad songcraft

SOPHIE JAMIESON

Choosing BELLA UNION 9/10 London singer-songwriter lives up

JAMES JOHNSTON & STEVE GULLICK

Everybody’s Sunset GOD UNKNOWN 7/10 Fruitful and disquieting

DANIEL LANOIS

Player, Piano BMG 8/10 Canadian producer and songwriter

This Is What We Do VIRGIN

7/10 Electronic stalwarts add Fontaines DC’s Grian Chatten

MANDALAI LAMAS

III CEMENTMIXER 6/10 Detroit garage rock from Oslo

MEDIAEVAL BAEB

MydWinter BELLISSIMA 7/10 Ancient Christmas carols given a

ANNA MIEKE

Theatre NETTWERK 8/10 Second from singular alt.folk voice

SOPHIE JAMIESON

“I feel like I’m only just starting…”

NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE

Borrowed time, borrowed tunes and a Horse of a different colour on Neil’s 42nd

THE MARY WALLOPERS

The Mary Wallopers BC 7/10 Full-length debut from

JEB LOY NICHOLS

United States Of The Broken Hearted ON-USOUND 7/10

FRANZ NICOLAY

New River DON GIOVANNI 7/10 Fifth solo work

NYX NÓTT

Themes From MELODIC 7/10 Arab Strap co-founder takes

OFFICE CULTURE

Big Time Things NORTHERNSPY 9/10 Sublimely sophisticated, intimate

OLD CALIFORNIO

Old Californio Country SELF-RELEASED 7/10 Occasional band’s latest

PHOENIX

Alpha Zulu LOYAUTÉ/GLASSNOTE 8/10 More slick electro-pop from

THE POOR PERFORMER

Like Yer Wounds Too TINY GLOBAL 8/10 Journeyman

PLAID

Electronica veterans take a space odyssey through the past three decades on their 11th album

SAM PREKOP

The Sparrow TAL 7/10 More analogue jams from

STEVE REICH

Runner/Music For Ensemble & Orchestra NONESUCH 8/10 Two

RÖYKSOPP

RÖYKSOPP Profound Mysteries III DOG TRIUMPH 7/10 Norwegian duo

RUN LOGAN RUN

Nature Will Take Care Of You WORMDISCS 7/10

RURAL TAPES

Inner Space Music SMUGGLERMUSIC 8/10 No-one’s cramping this

NATHAN SALSBURG

Landwerk No 3 NO QUARTER 8/10 Guitarist’s sublime

SUSANA SANTOS SILVA

All The Birds And A Telephone Ringing THANATOSIS

SAM PREKOP

“Like a sketch book or a studio diary of sorts”

BILL ORCUTT

Ruthlessly minimal and truly experimental outing from American explorer

TOM SKINNER

Voices Of Bishara INTERNATIONAL ANTHEM 8/10 Infectiously honest

STARGAZE

One TRANSGRESSIVE 7/10 Experimental Covid orchestra project comes

COLIN STETSON

Chimæra I ROOM40 7/10 Montreal saxophonist goes deeper,

BILLY STRINGS

Me And Dad ROUNDER 7/10 A guitar hero

GAYE SU AKYOL

Anadolu Ejderi GLITTERBEAT 8/10 Intoxicating fourth from Turkish

PHIL THORNALLEY

Now That I Have Your Attention LOJINX 7/10

TROPICAL GOTHCLUB

Tropical Gothclub THIRD MAN 7/10 “Subculture shock and

HEATHER TROST

Desert Flowers BA DA BING 8/10 Albuquerque chanteuse’s

WHITE LUNG

Premonition DOMINO 7/10 Final, much-delayed album by underground

THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS

Memories To Burn REGIONAL 7/10 Country siblings finally

THE BEACH BOYS

A “new Beach Boys” attempt to take an audience with them into the heart of the 1970s

SAIL AGAIN, SAIL BETTER

Three hidden treasures from the Sail On Sailor set

SLEEVE NOTES

CD 1 Carl And The Passions – “So

Q&A

Al Jardine: “A whole new vision for the Beach Boys”

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS

Epic account of the Heartbreakers’ 20-night stand in San Francisco

SLEEVE NOTES

CD1 1 Pre-show (spoken interlude) 2 Around And

Q&A

Benmont Tench & Mike Campbell: “I thought, ‘Oh,

MONTY ALEXANDER

The Montreux Years BMG 7/10 Ten-track compilation of

EMAHOY TSEGUÉ-MARYAM GUÈBROU

New compilation of solo piano pieces from Ethiopia’s ‘honky-tonk nun’

BEAT HAPPENING

Jamboree (reissue, 1988) DOMINO 9/10 Twee pop royalty

BLACK SABBATH

Heaven And Hell/Mob Rules (reissues, 1980, ’81) BMG

NEAL CASAL

Rain, Wind And Speed (reissue, 1996) NCMF 7/10

ALEX CHILTON

Live In London: Encore Edition (reissue, 1982) SUNDAZED

CYMANDE

Cymande (reissue, 1972) PARTISAN 8/10 Stellar first album

NEAL CASAL

Manager Gary Waldman remembers the singer-songwriter

LES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS

Heavy, psychedelic Japan, officially unearthed at last

DR STRANGELY STRANGE

Radio Sessions THINK LIKE AKEY 8/10 Irish Incredible

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

Evergreen 25th Anniversary Edition LONDON 8/10 The godfathers’

THE FLAMING LIPS

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots: 20th Anniversary Edition

GUNS N’ ROSES

Use Your Illusion I & II (reissue, 1991)

HALLELUJAHS

Eat Meat, Swear An Oath (reissue, 1986) BLACKEDITIONS

IRON MAIDEN

The Number Of The Beast (reissue, 1982) WARNER

REDISCOVERED

Uncovering the underrated and overlooked

FELA RANSOME-KUTI & THE AFRICA ’70

Afrodisiac (reissue, 1973) PARTISAN 9/10 50th-anniversary reissue for

LOVE

Expression Tell Everything NEWLAND 8/10 Love’s first singles,

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

The Wizard Of Is (reissue, 2004) EARTH 9/10

QUEEN

The Miracle Box Set EMI 7/10 1989’s penultimate

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE

Queens Of The Stone Age (reissue, 1998) MATADOR

DJIVAN GASPARYAN

Two timeless, Eno-endorsed albums by an Armenian folk master

SIMON RAYMONDE

Solo Works 96–98 BELLA UNION 7/10 Label’s co-founder

THE SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE WITH PATTI SMITH

The Perfect Vision BELLA UNION 7/10 Boxset collecting

CAT STEVENS

Catch Bull At Four (reissue, 1972) UNIVERSAL 7/10

THAT PETROL EMOTION

Every Beginning Has A Future – An Anthology

COMING NEXT MONTH...

N EXT time we focus in on 2023’s

Blue Kentucky Girl

A revolutionary spirit in country music, LORETTA LYNN chronicled ordinary women’s lives for over six decades. Here a cast of admirers – including Lucinda Williams, Margo Price and kd lang – pay tribute to the singer and songwriter and her defiant songs of experience. “She did what she wanted to do. She was independent. She was rebellious,” hears Graeme Thomson

NEW WEST RECORDS

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ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Drive-By Truckers: back to the bars EDWIG HENSON;CHANTAL

“IT FEELS LIKE A REAL ACHIEVEMENT”

Makaya McCraven on the past year’s “big release”

“I STILL FIGHT THE NIGHT OWL”

Sharon Van Etten on life on the road in 2022

“KEEP THE EARS OPEN, THE ANTENNAE UP”

Elvis Costello makes some new musical friends

“EVERYTHING MOVED VERY FAST”

All three members of The Smile on creating Uncut’s album of 2022

Michael Head

The creator of Uncut’s third best album of 2022 on his magical Mersey adventures with The Pale Fountains, Shack, Arthur Lee and Lee Mavers

HEARTH & HOME

During 2022, a lot of good music has come out of JOAN SHELLEY and NATHAN SALSBURG’s remote farm near Louisville, Kentucky – from Shelley’s timeless and vital album The Spur to the latest instalment in Salsburg’s Landwerk series of sound collages. Stephen Deusner heads into the woods to hear about how parenthood, isolation and upheaval have shaped the couple’s past 12 months

Richard Dawson

The idiosyncratic songsmith’s path from “very bad” debut to multi-layered latest

HELLZAPOPPIN’!

Chess-playing, concept-album-loving jazz proggers, BLACK MIDI are the British alternative scene’s ambitious eccentrics. We catch them on tour in America - with contemporaries Black Country, New Road - where their latest album, Hellfire - asong cycle about war, prostitution and death - is going down a storm. Tom Pinnock hears how Count Dracula, Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds and “circus music” have helped shape their exhilarating 2022.

“EVERYTHING IS AN INSTRUMENT”

Black Country, New Road on their future plans

REISSUE OF THE YEAR

Dexys in ’82: justadd warmth and intimacy BRIANCOOKE/REDFERNS;

Hero by Neu!

The origins and influence of possibly their greatest track – a groundbreaking combination of driving motorik guitars and angry proto-punk vocals

FILMS OF THE YEAR

20 NOTHING COMPARES Directed by: Kathryn Ferguson From

BOOK OF THE YEAR

Object lesson: the life of Jarvis, related via

ROXY MUSIC

02 Arena, London, October 14

SIR DOUG AND THE GENUINE TEXAS COSMIC GROOVE SPTM

Documentary on US maverick and “wide open spirit” reissued.

Not Fade Away

Fondly remembered this month…

UNCUT

JANUARY 2023 EDITOR Michael Bonner EDITOR (ONE-SHOTS) John

Kevin Rowland

Dexys’ driving force on the tunes he’s been humming forever: “I didn’t know music could go so deep”