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TA K E 269
“White lids, white opals, seeing everything just a little bit too clearly”
Onthecover:
PattiSmithby
LynnGoldsmith/
Corbis/VCG
viaGettyImages.
RobbieRobertson
bySanteD’Orazio
A
T theriskofsoundingneedlesslyhighfalutin,thisissueofUncut
containssomediscussionaboutthetransformativenatureof
music.Here’sJustinVernon,forinstance,talkingtoStephen
DeusneraboutthenewBonIveralbum.“I’vealwaysbeen
obsessedwithmusicandwhatit doestopeople,”hesays.
“BobMarleywasa hugethingforme– wow,heactuallychangedthepolitical
landscapeinJamaica.I liketheideaofthepowerthatprayerhas.If musicis the
religion,thenthesesongsareprayerstosimplybeingpeopleonEarth.”
Elsewhere,betweenanecdotesaboutDylan,ScorseseandTheBand,Robbie
RobertsontellsNickHastedaboutthedeeplyspirituallinkbetweenmusicand
thenaturalworldheexperiencedduringchildhood,visitingfamilyontheSix
NationsReserveoutsideToronto.“Theyhadthisconnectionwiththewilderness
andtheearth,”herecalls.“Theyknowhowtogrowthingsandmakea weapon
ina minute,andtheyallcarryknives.Everybodyplayedmusic,andknewhow
torunintothefieldsandpickwildstrawberries.Therewasa beautytothat.”
Andthenthereis thismonth’scoverstar,PattiSmith,whohasspentthe
pasthalfcenturyseekingtobringspiritualwisdomandpropheticpowerto
rock’n’roll.“I didn’tenterrock’n’rolltosay,‘Hey,brothersandsisters,putyour
handstogether,’”sherevealstoJaanUhelszki.“I alwaysfeltthatrock’n’rollwas
a forumforspiritualissues,politicalissues,revolutionaryissues.”
Jaan first met Patti in Detroit in the early ’70s, when she was writing forthe
legendaryCreemmagazine.Jaanwasthere,too,whenPattifirstmetherfuture
husband,Fred“Sonic”Smithat theLafayetteConeyIslandhotdogemporium.
JaanhasspokenwithPattionmanyoccasionssincethen,andourexceptional
coverstory– whichconsistsofpreviouslyunpublishedinterviewmaterial–
presentsa seriesofuniquesnapshotsofSmithduringcriticalmomentsinher
lifeandtimes.
Thereis more,ofcourse.TomPinnockchartsthemagicalprowessofJeff
Buckley,songbysong,withhelpfromhisclosestfriendsandcollaborators,John
Lewisdigsdeeptounearththeamazingstoryofa lostMilesDavisalbumand
TheHolliesregaleuswithtalesinvolvingJackBruce,BurtBacharachandday
jobsat theBurcoDeanappliancefactoryinBurnley.
TherearenewinterviewswithBrittanyHoward,DevendraBanhartandBat
ForLashes.WesalutethereturnofBettyDavis,checkouta newfilm about
recordshopsandhearallaboutPaulMcCartney’sattempts
at perfectionismonAbbeyRoad. Our15-trackCDbringsyou
someofthemonth’sbestnewmusic,includingOhSees,
Wilco,HissGoldenMessenger,JennyHval,OneEleven
HeavyandGruffRhys.
As ever,letusknowwhatyouthink:[email protected].
Michael Bonner, Editor.Follow me on Twitter @michaelbonner
CONTENTS
4 InstantKarma!
BettyDavis,AnnaCalvi/PeakyBlinders,
a filmaboutrecordshops,
TheBeatles,AltınGün
14 BatForLashes
AnaudiencewithNatashaKhan
18 NewAlbums
Including:BrittanyHoward,OhSees,
Wilco,JennyHval,Tinariwen,
IggyPop,GruffRhys
40 TheArchive
Including:AnnArborBluesFestival1969,
PeterLaughner,ManuChao
52 RobbieRobertson
Thegreatmanopensupabouthisnew
album,a filmsoundtrackforScorseseand,
of course, inside stories of The Band
58 JeffBuckley
Wemeetthemercurialartist’sfriends,
familyandcollaboratorstofindout
howhecreatedsomeofthemost
beautifulmusicofthelastcentury
66 PattiSmith
InunpublishedinterviewswithJaan
Uhelszki,theGodmotherOfPunkrelives
thehighsandlowsofherwildcareer
78 DevendraBanhart
AlbumByAlbum
82 BonIver
JustinVernononhisnewalbumandthe
importanceofdefyingexpectations
88 MilesDavis
Asthejazzmaster’s“lost”’80salbumis
released, we speak to those in the know
94 TheHollies
TheMakingOf“BusStop”
98 LiveSpecial
Neil Young& BobDylan,WOMAD, Bluedot
109 Books
Nick Lowe,TheWichitaLineman
110 Films
Tarantino,Almodóvar,Alienseriesdoc
112 DVD,Blu rayandTV
John& Yoko,KissMeDeadly
114 NotFadeAwayObituaries
116 Letters...PlustheUncutcrossword
118 MyLifeInMusic
Cabaret Voltaire’s Richard H Kirk
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