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''Uncut'' is a monthly
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based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections. A DVD magazine under the ''Uncut'' brand was published quarterly from 2005 to 2006. The magazine was acquired in 2019 by Singaporean music company BandLab Technologies, and was published by NME Networks from December 2021 to August 2023, when the brand was sold to Kelsey Media.


''Uncut'' (main magazine)

''Uncut'' was launched in May 1997 by IPC as "a monthly magazine aimed at 25- to 45-year-old men that focuses on music and movies", edited by Allan Jones (former editor of '' Melody Maker''). Jones has stated that " e idea for Uncut came from my own disenchantment about what I was doing with ''Melody Maker''. There was a publishing initiative to make the audience younger; I was getting older and they wanted to take the readers further away from me", specifically referring to the then dominant Britpop genre. According to IPC Media, 86% of the magazine's readers are male and their average age is 37 years. ''Uncuts contents include lengthy features on old albums, interviews with film directors, music and film news, and reviews of all major new album, film and DVD releases. Its music features tend to focus on genres such as Americana, rock and alternative country. Each month, the magazine includes a free CD, which may include both new and older music. Special Issues have covered U2, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, the Byrds, David Bowie, Demon Records,
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, John Lennon, Pink Floyd,
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, Martin Scorsese, Motown Records,
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, George Harrison, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, the Beach Boys,
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, Neil Young, the Beatles, Elvis Costello, the Kinks, Fleetwood Mac and more. ''Uncut'' underwent a radical redesign in May 2006, as a result of which the magazine no longer catered for books and reduced its film content. Jones writes a regular monthly column, recounting stories from his long career in music journalism. ''Uncut''s monthly circulation dropped from over 90,000 in 2007 to 47,890 in the second half of 2015. In 2019, TI Media, successor to IPC, sold '' NME'' and ''Uncut'' to Singaporean company BandLab Technologies. BandLab Technologies became the Caldecott Music Group in 2021 and split itself into three sub-units called BandLab Technologies, Vista Musical Instruments and NME Networks, with the latter group continuing to publish ''Uncut''. In May 2023, NME Networks sold ''Uncut's'' print and digital assets to Kelsey Media, publisher of car magazines like ''Car Mechanics'', ''Motorsport News'' and ''Fast Car'', and farming titles like ''Crop Production Magazine'', ''Practical Pigs'' and '' ''The Smallholder''. The first copy of ''Uncut'' published under Kelsey Media was the September 2023 issue (Take 317) in August, with the magazine still being sold in shops with its ''Now Playing'' compilation CD.


''The Ultimate Music Guide''

''Uncut'' often produces themed spin-off titles celebrating the career of one artist. This series is now known as ''The Ultimate Music Guide'', but was initially known as ''Uncut Legends''. The series started in 2003 with an inaugural issue devoted to Bob Dylan, edited by Nigel Williamson (though the majority of titles that followed were produced by magazine editor Chris Hunt), followed by magazines entirely devoted to Radiohead, Kurt Cobain, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and John Lennon (with the Lennon magazine being produced to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the death of the former member of the Beatles). Since the series was rebranded as ''The Ultimate Music Guide'', artists such as Kraftwerk, Wilco, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Fall and Talking Heads have been featured, with updated and expanded versions of earlier guides also released as Deluxe Editions (for example ''Lennon: 80th Birthday Edition'' or PJ Harvey's guide which came out again as a '30th Anniversary Edition' in June 2021). In 2021, ''Uncut'' launched more spin-offs including ''The Complete Bob Dylan'' and ''The Beatles – Miscellany & Atlas'', the latter being a publication typeset in the style of Schott's Miscellany.


''The History of Rock''

In 2015, '' The History of Rock'' (using a title previously used for an Orbis Publishing partwork) was launched as a spin-off from ''Uncut''. The new magazine would cover the key events in rock history by year, starting in 1965 and continuing to the present day (though the series was never completed). ''The History of Rock'' reproduced contemporary articles that had originally appeared in the music publications of IPC Magazines, with articles from '' Melody Maker'' and the '' NME'' (used for the period 1965 to 1990) joined by articles from '' Vox'' and ''Uncut'' in later issues.


''Ultimate Genre Guide''

Another spin-off to Bandlab's ''Ultimate Music Guide'' is the ''Ultimate Genre Guide'', which takes an in depth look at a particular music style. Magazines in this series include 2021's ''Ultimate Genre Guide to Shoegaze'' which features articles about The Jesus and Mary Chain, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, as well as issues devoted to Punk, Glam and Soul In July 2023, the latest ''Ultimate Genre Guide'' was published, a title devoted to Goth which featured articles on the Cure, Nick Cave and cover star Siouxsie.


''Uncut DVD''

In late 2005, editor Allan Jones and publishing director Andrew Sumner launched a spin-off of the main movies and music magazine, that focused its attention on DVD releases of classic movies. Billed as "the only great movie magazine", ''Uncut DVD'' was designed to compete with such established titles as ''Ultimate DVD'', ''DVD Review'' and ''DVD Monthly''. Despite strong reviews in the UK trade press, ''Uncut DVD'' folded after three quarterly issues.


Uncut Music Award

In 2008, ''Uncut'' launched its inaugural Uncut Music Award; this is described as "a quest to find the most inspiring and rewarding musical experience of the past year". A list of 25 nominees is selected by a panel of 10 judges, who are all musicians or music industry professionals, and they come together to decide a winner.UNCUT MUSIC AWARD 2009 LAUNCHED – JUDGING PANEL ANNOUNCED
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Past winners have included Fleet Foxes (2008), Tinariwen (2009), Paul Weller (2010) and P.J. Harvey (2011).


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