24 April 2026

On June 16, indie icons THE SMITHS‘s
masterpiece The Queen Is Dead turns 40.

In this month’s UNCUT cover story, the band’s Mike Joyce (62 now)
reflects on the ineffable spark behind so much great music.

“On a personal level, being in The Smiths was massively intense. That feeling between four people in a band doesn’t happen very often. With The Smiths, it was everything — the four
of us, every single day. We all understood what we had, and that’s what set us apart from
any other band I’d been in.”

The Queen Is Dead

Also in this issue Ringo Starr regaling us with his side-hustle in country music, a return
to Talk Talk’s magnum opus Spirit Of Eden, plus more new interviews with The Lemon Twigs,
Jeff Parker, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, The Human League, Laurie Anderson, and an extended report from the opening night of Springsteen’s Land Of Hope And Dreams tour in Minneapolis, and much more to read.

This month’s Free CD features 15 new tracks by
Kevin Morby, Brown Spirits, Tamikrest, Aldous Harding,
and 11 more.

You can purchase a copy and have it sent to your home address. Info HERE.