Get behind me Rodin!

The first major exhibition of Jack White ’s art is coming to Damien Hirst’s London gallery in May

“The dark stuff came easily”

Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur on wild stories, “witch trials” and reconnecting with Courtney Love

A Quick One

You’re right, it’s time: the third edition of

Antiquing in the UK

This month: five highlights from Bonhams’ 50 Years Of Punk auction

Looking For The Magic

11 The Parade, Beynon Road, Carshalton, SM5 3RL

You’re gonna get Doors

The Doors’ John Densmore and Public Enemy’s Chuck D unveil their surprise new collaboration, doPE

April hauls!

Uncut’s guide to the best of 2026’s Record Store Day releases

Prostitute

Defiantly multicultural noise-punk about “growing up Arab” in the USA

Uncut Playlist

On the stereo this month

Kurt Vile’s Songs In The Chest Of My Soul

“This is a bunch of songs that inspire me. Some are from friends, and some just hit me. Some are recent, and some are older – lately I’ve been stuck in the ’90s with the music I grew up on as a teen. These are all songs that I carry with me in my heart.”

RICK WAKEMAN

The high wizard of prog talks Bowie, bhunas and golf with Norman Wisdom

BROWN HORSE

Norwich Americana heroes expand their doomsday lexicon on stellar third.

TOTAL JIVE

Brown Horse on the albums that influenced their new record

Q&A

Patrick Turner: “More of the same, but better”

IRMIN SCHMIDT

Can explorer’s elegiac, ambient hymn to nature.

AtoZ

This month…

JOHNNY BLUE SKIES & THE DARK CLOUDS

Today’s American nightmares meet the disco on Sturgill Simpson’s latest.

JUNI HABEL

Thoughtful, unfussy third from the Norwegian singer-songwriter.

RINGO STARR

Ringo’s country renaissance continues, ably assisted by various guests

MY NEW BAND BELIEVE

Cameron Picton (front centre) with collaborators in My

THUNDERCAT

Stephen Bruner returns after six years with more humour, psych-funk and guests.

EAVES WILDER

Landscapes of song: Eaves Wilder DORA PAPHIDES; CHARLIE

SCRITTI POLITTI

Nietzsche meets New Pop on Green Gartside’s “fashionless” debut.

PRETTY POLITTI

Deconstructing the Scritti back catalogue

Q&A

Green Gartside : “I thought I wanted to be a pop star”

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS

Entertaining origin story of the returning Welsh vagabonds.

AtoZ

This month…

REDISCOVERED

Uncovering the underrated and overlooked

YOKO ONO

Ono’s poignant puzzle piece of mourning and anger.

THE SPECIALIST

VARIOUS ARTISTS Ayam El Disco: Egyptian Disco, Boogie

ENTER THE DRAGON

Thirty years on from the release of the landmark Boys For Pele , TORI AMOS has communed with Celtic gods, mythical wizards and her ever-present Muses to summon her spectacular 18th album, In Times Of Dragons . No mere fantasy, it turns out to be a fiery allegory touching on sadistic billionaires, motherhood, ageing, Minnesota ICE raids and Amos’s own triumph over the sexist ’90s music industry. “Some of us are called to talk about the tough stuff,” she tells Kate Hutchinson.

FIRE WALK WITH ME

The key stops on Tori’s journey to In Times Of Dragons

“There’s a deep darkness to the music”

Bassist and musical director Jon Evans on making In Times Of Dragons at Tori’s home studio in Cornwall

MAXIMUM VOLUME YIELDS MAXIMUM RESULTS

Nearly 30 years into their career, the robed drone metal pioneers SUNN O))) have returned to their native Seattle to record a savage, elemental 10th studio album. Uncut joins Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson to learn about the birth of their uncompromising sound and their crossover from the world of extreme metal. “We’re the pilots,” they tell John Robinson. “The technical team get everything there without it catching on fire.”

WHITE +1

Sunn O)))’s guestlist of intriguing collaborators

“September” by Earth, Wind And Fire

How John Coltrane, Charles Stepney and “deep meaning” helped inspire a crossover juggernaut: “There was a higher calling…”

WANNA GROW UP TO BE…

As PIXIES begin their 40th anniversary celebrations, the band’s original lineup – BLACK FRANCIS, KIM DEAL, JOEY SANTIAGO and DAVID LOVERING – look back on their formative years, from twisted screams in freezing rehearsal studios to angry skinheads and “deviant” hit singles. “We were so normal,” they protest to Tom Pinnock.

‘‘ORCHESTRAS IN THE SKY!’’

In the depths of Surrey, Brian May is busy unearthing the tapes that capture the moment QUEEN truly became Queen. From homemade amps and operatic vocal marathons to fantasy realms, hostile critics and a breakthrough turn on Top Of The Pops , this is the inside story of 1974’s Queen II – the audacious, impoverished, maximalist leap that built the band’s empire. “We wanted to break away from conventions,” hears John Lewis.

“THE IMAGE WHICH STILL DEFINES US TODAY”

How a shot of Marlene Dietrich from the 1932 film Shanghai Express became the basis for

BALLADS, SLUDGE ROCK, HOME DEMOS!

Highlights from the new expanded edition of Queen II

Jesca Hoop

The singular singer-songwriter recounts the twists and turns that have taken her from Sonoma County to the Isle Of Wight

SPACE IS THE PLACE

You join us on a Saturday night in downtown Philly, where KURT VILE is showing Uncut around some of his favourite local haunts, from the Sun Ra House to the DIY basements of Fishtown. Along the way, the freewheeling troubadour reckons with loss, family and the nourishing power of rock’n’roll. “I just love when you’re forced to live,” he tells Kevin EG Perry.

“HIS GHOST IS HERE”

Kurt on the legacy of Sun Ra

WHATʼS HE BUILDING?

WITH A MAJOR FILM ROLE, AN ANTHOLOGY OF HIS SONGS PERFORMED BY OTHERS AND RUMOURS OF NEW MUSIC, BECK , STEVE EARLE , LEE RANALDO , ROSANNE CASH AND MORE TRACE THE STRANGE, SPRAWLING GENIUS OF TOM WAITS – FROM BOHO TROUBADOUR TO AVANT-GARDE ALCHEMIST. “HIS VOICE COULD BEND TIME OR RAISE THE DEAD,” DISCOVERS GRAEME THOMSON. BUT FIRST, A FEW WORDS FROM AN OLD FRIEND…

TAJ MAHAL & PATTY GRIFFIN

Introspective folk followed by raucous blues makes for a life-affirming double bill

WEDNESDAY

No Lenderman? No worries. The roisterous indie-country-rockers continue their inexorable rise

SCREEN

Jim Jarmusch gets cosy and familial; strange relationships in rural Germany; a Cornish fisherman’s tale; and more

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BILLY PRESTON: THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT

Joyous, bittersweet portrait of the conflicted prodigy and sideman whose keyboards lifted The Beatles, Stones and gospel music alike.

BOOKS

T HERE is much that is typical in

FOCAL BATHYS MG

ANC over-ears

Not Fade Away

Fondly remembered this month

GARY WALKER

Walker Brothers drummer (1942–2026)

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