Uncut (UK)

Aktuelle Ausgabe 010/2026 vom 28.08.2026

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Inhalt der Ausgabe 010/2026:

AND WE COULD DANCE
The tragedy of Ian Curtis continues to cast a long shadow over JOY DIVISION’s legacy. Yet alongside it lies another story: of a group that was intense, hypnotic, physical and utterly transformative on stage. As a new boxset gathers the best surviving live recordings, we ask band members, confidants and fans to revisit 10 nights that shaped their remarkable rise, painting a shadow history that runs counter to the established myths. Stand by for tales involving fights, guerilla recordings, Vimto and goat curry, plus cameos from William Burroughs and Annie Lennox. “You couldn’t take your eyes off Ian,” learns Peter Watts. “But the vibe of the band was so powerful.”

THE SEEKER
Commercially adrift but creatively fearless, VAN MORRISON spent the 1980s pursuing enlightenment through song. Forty years on from No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, his closest collaborators look back on a remarkable period of inner searching, mystical inquiry and inspired music-making. “You knew there was something happening,” one collaborator tells Nick Hasted. “If you looked at him you could see this shimmering.”

HEART SONGS
One of Americana’s finest storytellers, MARGO CILKER ventures into darker territory on her most powerful record yet. Weaving together tales of lost friends, hard lives and the mythic landscapes of the American West, Little White Cross finds the singer songwriter confronting grief and honouring those left behind. “I want to let people put themselves in the shoes of a character or just listen as a witness,” she tells Robert Ham.

“He was aiming past The Beatles”
1997’s Either/Or is ELLIOTT SMITH’s most beloved album, its songs later covered by everyone from Phoebe Bridgers to Madonna. But as Jamie Fisher’s new biography reveals, its recording was a fraught, piecemeal affair, Smith battling addiction and indecision, even as his genius was becoming increasingly apparent: “The air would just be frozen when he sang.”

UNDEAD COOL
You wanna talk about the real junk? Since Lux Interior died in 2009, THE CRAMPS’ legacy has been stuck in limbo. Now, thanks to superfans such as Henry Rollins, the psychobilly pioneers are poised to take their rightful place in the pantheon with the first in a series of thrilling beyond-the-grave releases. As one former member tells Kate Hutchinson: “They were the greatest real rock’n’roll band ever.”