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Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Uncut is the essential magazine about rock music, written by people who love that music as much as you do. Every month, it features the most comprehensive and trustworthy album reviews section in the world. There are in-depth interviews with the finest musicians of the past five decades, and with the exciting new artists who are following in their great tradition. Insightful, informative, passionate about extraordinary music – that’s Uncut.

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Strike up The Band! • Elliott Landy uncovers another cache of photos from Big Pink and beyond

Totally rewired! • Meet House Of All, a new band comprised entirely of ex-Fall members

“It was great fun” • The Mission’s Wayne Hussey on his expanding memoirs, the Sisters on speed, and sweet German wine

A QUICK ONE

Souvenirs from a dream TOM VERLAINE | 1949–2023 • Remembering the Television seer’s greatest moments, with a little help from some of his many disciples

JEWEL IN THE CROWN • Three Verlaine acolytes heed the clarion call of Television’s 1975 debut single “Little Johnny Jewel”

Brown Spirits • Melbourne psych trio setting the controls for the heart of the sun

UNCUT PLAYLIST • On the stereo this month…

Now Playing • 15 tracks of the month’s best new music

Captain Sensible • The Damned’s bereted lord of misrule talks about the things he likes to do: necking baked beans, abolishing the military and dressing up as Soft Machine’s Mike Ratledge

FEIST • The Canadian reshapes a stage show into an album, informed by new life, old loves and agonising loss.

FEAST OF FEIST • The pick of Feist’s back catalogue

Q&A • Leslie Feist “I wanted to shake the soft lens”

LANKUM • Bold and briny fifth from the Dublin experimental folk group.

Q&A • Ian Lynch “There’s a real ebb and flow”

AtoZ • This month…

DEPECHE MODE • Now a mordant synth duo, Gahan and Gore release their finest record of the 21st century.

Q&A • Martin Gore: “I felt like Richard Butler’s ideas were special”

STEVE GUNN & DAVID MOORE • Quiet dynamism and unforced elegance on duo’s dulcet debut.

Q&A • Steve Gunn “There are some risky moves”

MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES • Stirring return of past master, from Bakersfield to Burritos and beyond

NORTH AMERICANS • Barry Walker and Patrick McDermott

AROOJ AFTAB, VIJAY IYER & SHAHZAD ISMAILY • Experimental New Yorkers distil stage sorcery into studio magic.

Q&A • Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily “It’s a mood we fall into”

THE ZOMBIES • Harmonies and songcraft endure, with a touch of Steely Dan.

Q&A • Colin Blunstone: “It’s making the best of the song”

SILVER MOTH • Elisabeth Elektra recalls the making of Black Bay at the UK’s most remote studio

BILLY VALENTINE • ”It’s a statement of the times we’re living in”

WEDNESDAY • Asheville quintet forge triumphant rock from everyday tragedies.

Q&A • Karly Hartzman: “There’s always room for more words”

THE PRETTY THINGS • A baker’s dozen of R&B growlers, cult psych classics and undiscovered gems recorded over 55 years.

SAVAGE HIGHS • The Pretty Things post-’60s

Q&A • Dick Taylor, Pretty Things founder: “We wanted to put our own mark on things”

EDEN AHBEZ • Expanded reissue sheds light on an extraordinary, misunderstood life.

NATURAL BORN CLASSICS • Ahbez’s evergreen “Nature Boy” at its best

AtoZ • This month…

PINK FLOYD • Bulging box focuses on the final version of a headphone classic.

JOYCE STREET • An overdue rediscovery of a trove of...