I assume there are in all probability worse jobs to return to after a fortnight’s vacation. I arrived again at my desk a number of days in the past to be greeted by a swathe of upcoming releases, which I’m nonetheless working by. Among the many highlights have been new albums by Joan Shelley and Wednesday – you’ll be able to learn Ana Gavrilovska’s interview with Joan on this challenge when you’ll discover Wednesday on the most recent quantity in our beloved Sounds Of The New West compilation CDs which comes free with this challenge of Uncut.
As this seventh instalment amply proves, it’s a scene which continues to vary and thrive – amongst my private favourites on this comp, Wednesday, Case Oats and Friendship all present recent takes to the style, typically in methods nobody may have predicted what Allan first launched the collection again in 1998. Critically, we’re conscious of how these compilations resonate with you; we hope that this new addition adheres to the excessive requirements of its predecessors.
Inside our magazine there’s Tony Visconti on David Bowie, John Robinson’s peerless tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and Tom Pinnock’s eye-popping interview with Evan Dando. Additionally on this most eclectic of Uncuts, you’ll discover Ethel Cain, Popol Vuh, the Wedding ceremony Current and David Ackles. Print copies of this challenge additionally include a Map Of David Bowie’s America, a masterful analysis job from Stephen Troussé that helps put our New York-set cowl story into the broader context of Bowie’s prolonged relationship together with his adopted house nation.
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