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Uncut July 2025

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EVERY PRINT EDITION OF THIS ISSUE OF UNCUT COMES WITH A COPY OF THE NEW SOUNDS – 15 TRACKS OF THE MONTH’S BEST NEW MUSIC FEATURING S.G. GOODMAN, NATHAN SALSBURG, BC CAMPLIGHT, WITCH, NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS AND MORE!

NICK DRAKE: A trove of unreleased music shines revelatory new light on Drake’s storied debut, Five Leaves Left, mapping the album’s genesis via outtakes, alternate versions and rediscovered recordings. In the company of Drake’s closest collaborators, Uncut pieces together the true story behind one of the most mythologised albums of all time. “No one’s ever been that close to these tapes…”

THE WHO: ROGER DALTREY and PETE TOWNSHEND reveal all about their final US tour… plus 1967: The Who conquer America!

BLACK SABBATH: With the original line-up of Sabbath gathered together for the final show, Uncut hears the band’s story from the secret ingredient of the band’s heavy swing: drummer BILL WARD. “I jump into a song and explode…”

BRIAN ENO: Deep inside his London studio, an uncharacteristically digressive Brian Eno finds time to discuss Scott Walker’s voice, communal living with Harmonia, mid-‘60s ‘happenings’ and his deep enthusiasm to create anew. “I’m sorry to be so shamelessly enthusiastic about my work…”

MATT BERNINGER: Away from his day job as The National’s lugubrious frontman, MATT BERNINGER has reached back into his Ohio upbringing for a ruminative new solo record. “I’m trying to understand my own fear…”

BOBBY WEIR: From Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests to the Sphere, it’s been a long, strange trip. But the guardian of the GRATEFUL DEAD’s legacy still has furthur to go. “Am I still on the bus now? Yeah, I am…”

NATALIE BERGMAN: When tragedy struck, NATALIE BERGMAN found solace in the New Mexico desert, shedding indie rock for psychedelic gospel-soul. “People form bands because we’re lost…”

ARTHUR BAKER: The electro super-producer on Bob, Bruce, Beastie Boys’ food fights and upsetting Fleetwood Mac.

SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS: From Rikers Island to Amy Winehouse and “Uptown Funk”: how a late-blooming diva helped rejuvenate a classic sound.

PEGGY SEEGER: Taking her bow after an extraordinary career, the godmother of folk looks back at her landmark releases.

REVIEWED: New albums by Pulp, Alan Sparhawk, Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts, BC Camplight, Kelsey Waldron, James McMurtry, Poor Creature, Van Morrison, Slow-Motion Cowboys; archive releases by Dionne Warwick, Mike Oldfield, The Beta Band, Melanie and Super Djata Band De Bamako; Mark Eitzel and Margo Cilker live; Bruce Springsteen on Screen and Richard Manuel in books.

PLUS: David Thomas and Wizz Jones depart; Queens Of The Stone Age untombed; Rough Trade Records‘ ’45s; Bonnie Dobson and the Hanging Stars; Big Mama Thornton; Gwenno‘s favourite albums… and meet indie/country contenders, Fellowship.

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Introducing The 200 Greatest Heavy Rock Albums…Ranked!

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In rock’s house there are many mansions. Soft and progressive, hard, and – as we celebrate in this new magazine – heavy.

You might want to split hairs with what we’ve done here. But in the run-up to their final performance this summer, we’ve allowed Black Sabbath, our cover stars, to be our guide to our 200 excellent heavy selections in this publication.

This doesn’t only mean Sabbath themselves, of course – or indeed the key records by the other foundational heavy rock groups like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. We find room for selections by those groups whose output runs faster (like Metallica) and less bluesy (like Iron Maiden), not to mention that which touches on the psychedelic (like say, The Groundhogs or the first Scorpions album).

It’s about the freshness of the music. And if there’s a sound which seems a perfect foundation for the 200 albums we’ve ranked and reviewed here, then it’s that of the first three Sabbath albums. Which is to say that of a band catching the full force of their music in the studio, maybe not spending a huge number of weeks in doing so and possibly recorded by Rodger Bain. Some of Bain’s output is in here (LPs by Budgie, for example), but there’s plenty that wasn’t which captures some of his heavy magic. Outside the mainstream, check out Toad and Iron Claw. Within it, try Rocka Rolla the debut album by Judas Priest, a pleasant discovery while editing the magazine.

There’s no grunge in here, though you could argue that the first Soundgarden album warrants a place. Maybe more controversially perhaps, there aren’t very many “heavy metal” albums in here. For one thing, it’s not a term that Tony Iommi agrees with, for another, the production values of the 1980s – the decade from which HM predominantly derives – didn’t always allow the music to punch the weight you might hope for down the decades. There’s no Stoner/Doom, which could also be a fairly lively conversation, since Sabbath are the spiritual leaders of all that.

The hope here is to use genre as a jumping off point for new listening (or re-listening) than to imprison you in a vinyl straitjacket, like the one on Quiet Riot’s 1983 chart topper Metal Health, but let’s not go there. This, after all, is a series which aims to bring great records to your attention, wherever they come from. For those about to read, we salute you.

It’s in the shops tomorrow but you can get your copy direct from us here.

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Avatar’s Johannes Eckerström Says New Album Will Be Out This Year

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Johannes Eckerström teases Avatar’s next album, which should be out later this year, and reflects on his appreciation for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath. Continue reading…