EVERY PRINT EDITION OF OUR NOVEMBER 2025 ISSUE COMES WITH A FREE CD CURATED BY PULP AND FEATURING CLASSICS FROM THE ROUGH TRADE VAULTS BY THE FALL, CABARET VOLTAIRE, ROBERT WYATT, GALAXIE 500, JONATHAN RICHMAN AND MORE!
PULP: It’s been a vintage year for Pulp: a No 1 album with More, a triumphant world tour, the deluxe reissue of Different Class, a Mercury Prize nomination… and now their first UNCUT cover story. Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks and Mark Webber reflect on the 40 songs that define their extraordinary trajectory from Sheffield outsiders to pop’s most unlikely national treasures.
TOM PETTY: Thirty years on, Wildflowers remains Tom Petty’s most personal and revelatory album. Family and bandmates recall the struggles and triumphs behind his solo masterpiece.
YUSUF CAT STEVENS: From pop idol to elder statesman, the troubadour traces the many lives and enduring songs of a true survivor.
CARDIACS: The completion of their final album becomes both a tribute to the late Tim Smith and a celebration of one of Britain’s most visionary cult groups.
WEDNESDAY: Turbulent tours, new records, near-breakdowns and breakthroughs – the North Carolina band emerge stronger than ever.
BITCHIN BAJAS: The Chicago collective take us through their hypnotic catalogue.
HUMBLE PIE: The making of their debut single, “Natural Born Bugie”.
EDWYN COLLINS: From Orange Juice to “A Girl Like You” and beyond, the pop auteur answers your questions.
REVIEWS: New albums from Robert Plant, Jeff Tweedy, Neko Case, Amanda Shires, Mulatu Astatke, Tortoise, Emma Pollock and more; archival releases from Genesis, Brigitte Fontaine, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Pharoah Sanders and others; End of the Road Festival and AC/DC live; Spinal Tap return in Screen and Jeff Buckley remembered in Screen Extra; Blitz club and Simple Minds in Books.
PLUS: The psychedelic poster art of Hapshash; Millie Jackson‘s confessions; the Grand Ole Opry turns 100; Split Enz return; Cate Le Bon‘s favourite albums; meet country outlaws Greazy Alice…