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Lipstick traces • A “moment of fun discovery” for the young Amy Winehouse, as captured by photographer Charles Moriarty

Kurt and cardie • The holy relics of Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance are coming to London

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“I went into a kind of trance” • Happy 90th birthday, Terry Riley! Ahead of a tribute show at the Barbican, Pete Townshend hails the minimalist maestro’s enduring influence

Pin Ups • Music photographer Lawrence Watson pulls some rare and unseen shots from his archive, in aid of Rethink Mental Illness

Strange life • Spiral Stairs and director Alex Ross Perry unpack the initially confusing but ultimately poignant new Pavement film

Index For Working Musik • Insular drone-folk and ritual pop magick, rising up from a Hackney basement

Uncut Playlist • On the stereo this month…

ON THIS MONTH’S CD • UNCUT and The Doors present…

JIM KELTNER • The sticksman to the stars on fast times with Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan and all four of The Beatles

SUBSCRIBE TO UNCUT • THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GREAT MUSIC

STEREOLAB • Everything you could want from a new Stereolab album – and more!

TRANSITIONAL NOISE BURSTS • Three of the best recent albums from Stereolab’s principal songwriters

Q&A • Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane: “Music is just an exciting adventure”

MARTIN CARTHY • Still finding new ways to make the old songs sing.

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JACOB ALON • Songs of liberation from the folk-pop alchemist

ROBERT FORSTER • A brilliant new normal for the Australian bard.

MARK FRY • Reanimated folk singer channels new verses

SUZI BEUNGERLEIDER • Richly autobiographical ninth from Vancouver-based American

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS • Key players in an old story refresh the script.

MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE • Radiohead man and Warp producer get deep into electronic retro-futurism.

GANAVYA • Co-produced by Nils Frahm, this intimate set showcases the New York-born Indian singer at her beguiling best.

PETE SHELLEY • The future-facing Buzzcocks singer’s electronic albums are ripe for reappraisal. By Piers Martin

WITNESS THE CHANGE • Three albums charting Pete Shelley’s electronic evolution

Q&A • Joey Headen, the programmer who wrote the ZX Spectrum program included with XL-1, on Shelley, sci-fi and ’80s excess

HORSLIPS • Celtic rock pioneers Horslips combined folk with classic rock – captured in their full glory on this boxset of BBC recordings.

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B-MOVIE • “We were deemed ‘too gloomy’ for Radio One”

REDISCOVERED • Uncovering the underrated and overlooked

SUFJAN STEVENS • Understated beauty packs a big emotional punch, 10 years on.

KEVIN DRUMM • Chicago drone auteur...