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Originally published in Uncut Take 181 (June 2012 issue)… HALFWAY THROUGH HIS three-hour concert at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena on March 24, the first date of the second European leg of his On The Run Tour – Paul McCartney took a request from the audience. He plucked out a simple refrain on his ukulele and treated 15,000 fans to “Ram On”, from his 1971 album Ram. A cheer quickly went up, but it’s likely that the majority of the crowd were unfamiliar with this curio from the post-Beatles and pre-Wings era. It was a time when McCartney, as the fallout of…
After Hellhammer released their only EP – Apocalyptic Raids – in March 1984, the band split up shortly after. Their frontman Tom G. Warrior (Thomas Gabriel Fischer) and bassist Martin E. Ain returned shortly after with a band with a similarly uncompromising vision: Celtic Frost. In this 2019 interview, Fischer looks back on their debut release which led metal down a new path of extremity. Morbid Tales was the first Celtic Frost release in 1984, months after the break-up of your previous band, Hellhammer. What do you remember about that pivotal time?“In my memory it is very clear, like watching…
Film: The Sentry Director: Jake Wachtel Writer: Jake Wachtel Starring: Dara Phang, Daniel Raymont, Tharoth Sam, Tara Vy On assignment in Cambodia, a suave super-spy has a haunting encounter with a garrulous guard and must come to terms with the damage he’s inflicted on the local community. In a new interview on Blazing Minds ahead of the Horror-On-Sea Takeover at the Southend Film Festival, I got a chance to ask Writer-Director Jake Wachtel a few questions about his film ‘The Sentry‘ You can watch The Sentry at the Horror-On-Sea Takeover on Saturday 6th June at 13:30hrs. Q. Your film The…
Jasmine Myra returns with Where Light Settles, her third album for Gondwana Records, and easily her most expansive and emotionally assured work to date. Building on the foundations of Horizons and Rising, the Leeds born composer and saxophonist deepens her cinematic blend of jazz, contemporary folk and ambient orchestration into something both intimate and widescreen.Recorded live over five days at The Nave Studios in Leeds with a 15 piece ensemble, the album centres around themes of duality, beauty and hardship, fragility and resilience, light and shadow. Myra describes the music as an attempt to make sense of life’s bittersweet transitions:…
The accompanying visual, directed by longtime collaborator KC Locke, captures the emotional highs and lows of a night out, moving through rave scenes, block parties and reflective late night moments with friends. Featuring appearances from familiar faces across the UK scene, including AJ Tracey, Knucks and Nadia Rose, the video feels personal, celebratory and deeply connected to the community around her.The release arrives during a milestone year for Jorja, marking a decade since “Blue Lights” first introduced her to the world. Rather than looking back, “What’s Done Is Done” feels focused firmly on the future, understated, assured and fully in…
Backed by BBC Introducing, nominated for and performing at the Youth Music Awards, and set for The Great Escape 2026, UK artist. Boudicca is fast becoming one of the most uncompromising new voices to watch. Known for genre blurring versatility and fearless lyricism, she creates music that refuses to be boxed in.Her latest project, BOUDI THE BADDI, feels like a personal reckoning, a bold transformation of trauma into power. Created during a turbulent period in which she publicly challenged misogyny within the music industry and faced the familiar backlash that often follows when women speak out, the project channels that…
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French Dogs, the London, UK-based indie rock band, are back, and we couldn’t be happier. “The Bold’s” new track literally starts off with a cracking guitar riff before bursting into a 90s-infused, rip-roaring sounding rock anthem…. ahigh-energy, 90s-tinged indie rock anthem built for chaos, release, and live-wire intensity.The vocal performance on this is stunning. The song is all about breaking free from monotony, something that I have done a few times, trying to break free from that thing that’s keeping you down, trying to be something new, trying to bite the bullet and just take things headfirst.The energy in this…
Lana Karlay, the Melbourne, Australia-based pop-rock artist, is back, and she has delivered a new emotionally charged tune titled “For The Weak”. She does not hang about in this song, with her vocals coming in almost instantly, backed with a tempo-perfect drumbeat and warm, sun-kissed guitars…. anemotionally charged, summer-ready pop-rock anthem built on urgency, warmth, and instant impact.Leading up to the chorus, you can hear a guitar tone start wallowing away in the background, ticking along before it eventually bursts into that aforementioned chorus. Once it comes, it sounds like the type of song that can soundtrack your summer.This is…
Paddy Elliott-Walker, the Manchester, England-based alternative artist, delivers a track called “The Barbeque Fender”. It’s an incredible track with some insane vocals right from the get-go, while laced with a dreamy, wavy guitar line that sounds like it belongs on the West Coast of the USA, so sun-soaked and surfy…. asun-soaked alt-pop standout driven by soaring vocals and surfy, cinematic guitar textures.The range of his voice is something to behold here, with wonderful highs, delicious yelps, and smooth moments that will certainly grab your attention from the very first listen. He sounds like the kind of artist who is incredibly…
Melancholic Punk, the solo project of Romanian artist Doru Trascău based in Bucharest. “New Song” is a quietly powerful folk offering with some raw vocals and a delicate balance of guitars and smooth percussion…. arestrained yet powerful folk track defined by raw, precise vocals and quietly captivating emotion.The build-up is delicate, and once his vocals come in, you are sure to be stopped in your tracks. His vocals sound more like someone from the United States, not someone who is based out of Romania, with perfect pronunciation of every word on the track. It’s quite a serene song with a…
kryosyn, the emerging independent artist from Muri AG, Switzerland, has dropped a wonderful old-pop anthem that has plenty of tempo and genre changes…. acinematic, high-energy pop anthem that builds from intimate beginnings into a soaring, replay-worthy finale.The intro sounds much like a Halsey track, which is very pop-leaning. Once the percussion comes in, it starts to build, and as the track progresses, her vocals become rather cinematic, with some big, impactful percussive sections coming in to generate more excitement.The atmosphere on this track is nothing short of sensational, and once you go past the halfway point of the track, you…