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UNCUT JANUARY 2026 TAKE 347 • “We’ve been crying now for much too long/And now we’re gonna dance to a different song”

Blues explosion • Hit it! As 13 unheard tracks by The Blues Brothers are released, their adventures continue in comic book form

“It got really intense” • Chan Marshall aka Cat Power on celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Greatest by covering James Brown and Sinéad O’Connor

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Keep me in your heart • Accidentally like a martyr: Warren Zevon’s last ever concert is resurrected on a new live album

View from the dressing room • Original Arctic Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholson shares his candid snaps of the band’s breakthrough year

Uncut Playlist • On the stereo this month…

Mildred • Mellow indie-country excursions, dreamt up over the breakfast table

Music For Pleasure • 15 tracks from the month’s best releases

DIONNE WARWICK • The voice of America talks Burt, Bond, Bob, Cilla, and her role in combating hip-hop sexism

Have yourself a Fab Christmas with UNCUT • Looking for the perfect gift for a fellow music lover? Or simply want to treat yourself?

MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER • French artist’s sparkling, hip-hop-tinged fourth.

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS • Back to church with Cave and the Bad Seeds on this powerful live exploration of Wild God.

AtoZ This month…

GLYDERS • Boogie-loving trio gather head of steam on rousing second outing.

IMARHAN • Algerians’ palette-expanding fourth.

KAHIL EL’ZABAR • “I practise ever day,” says the veteran jazzer

LANGHORNE SLIM • The Dreamin’ Kind DUALTONE 7/10

ESSENDON AIRPORT • Australian post-punks reunited: “Many did not get us at all”

PULLMAN • A welcome comeback by a supergroup working in folk and post-rock.

WRECKLESS ERIC • A postcard from God’s waiting room

LINK WR AY Early Recordings (reissue, 1978) ACE • Seismic rumblings and foundation stones of rock’n’roll, reissued.

SUGAR Copper Blue – The Singles Collection BMG 9/10 • Bob Mould’s grunge classic revisited, with its singles leading the way.

AtoZ This month…

REDISCOVERED • Uncovering the underrated and overlooked

BILL FAY • The cult singer-songwriter’s revelatory early demos.

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2026 ALBUMS PREVIEW • From Laurel Canyon to Chiswick High Road, from Rancho De La Luna to a warehouse in Tottenham, many of your favourite artists have been hard at work crafting the soundtrack of 2026. Over the next 10 pages, we bring you the inside track on forthcoming albums by STEVIE NICKS, COURTNEY BARNETT, ALABAMA SHAKES, THE ROLLING STONES, BILL CALLAHAN, BUZZCOCKS, LANA DEL REY, SUNN O))), ROBERT PLANT, IRON & WINE and many more. “It’s a really special...