The New Cue (2024)

27/11/2023

"This album seems to have tapped into some sort of zeitgeist, or whatever the f**k you call it..."

Start the week with Suggs ! In this week's New Cue, the Madness frontman tells us about the group's excellent new record, why London is still an inspiration for them and much, much more...

"Hello Charles, can I have half a Guinness?"

13/11/2023

Start the week with ! In today’s New Cue, The Bard Of Barking tells us about putting together his mammoth new boxset, being Michael Stipe’s roommate, his brief flirtation with being a pop star and more! It’s a free edition so just click the link in our bio to read!

23/10/2023

"If you’re going to turn into a f***ing balloon, you better make sure someone’s holding the string..."

In today's free edition of The New Cue we chat to singer, songwriter and owner of the best maintained quiff in Britain Richard Hawley about his new greatest hits compilation, why Sheffield keeps you grounded, how to not be a "gargantuan a***hole" and more...

"If you’re going to turn into a f**king balloon, you better make sure someone’s holding the string."

16/10/2023

Start the week with ’s ! In today’s New Cue Pulp’s drummer chats to us about the band’s recent reformation, ’s birthday do, the band’s early 90s transformation and whether there might be any new Pulp music in future. It’s a free edition so just click the link in our bio to read.

09/10/2023

Start the week with ! In today’s New Cue, Andy McCluskey tells us how the synth-pioneers' new record might be their last, appearing on The Old Grey Whistle Test with "hairy blues wankers", founding Atomic Kitten, big hits, commercial su***de & much, much more. It’s an absolute belter of an interview (and free) so just click the link in our bio to read.

25/09/2023

Start the week with ! In today’s New Cue Devendra tells us about working with , getting a phone call from , his favourite wig and more! It’s a free edition so just click the link in our bio to read.

📸: Dana Trippe

04/09/2023

Start the week with ! In today’s New Cue the frontman tells us about Ash’s brand new record and looks back on a career that includes becoming Glastonbury’s youngest ever headliners, embarking on a mad A to Z tour of the UK, enraging and much much more. It’s a free edition so just click the link in our bio to read!

14/08/2023

"When Tracey started singing in the studio I thought, ‘Why do I even bother to try and sing when there’s *this* to work with?’.

In today's free edition of the New Cue we speak to Everything But The Girl's Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt about working together again after 24 years, their new EP and more...

“When Tracey started singing I thought, 'Why do I even bother to try and sing'?”

07/08/2023

In today's New Cue we have a tremendous chat with The Hives's frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist. Among many nuggets, Pelle tells us why you will never see The Hives in shorts, how it felt getting smashed in the face on stage and about the time Benny from ABBA briefly joined the band. It's a free edition so simply click to read.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-308-august-7-howlin-pelle

📷: Phoebe Fox

31/07/2023

"I told my wife, 'When I die, bury me in those shoes.'"

Ahead of the release of a mammoth box set, tells us about why he, Terry Hall and Neville Staples felt they had to leave the 2-Tone figureheads to start a new group, his favourite memory of Terry and how, seven months after Hall’s death, he feels like his friend is still with him. It’s a free edition so just click the link in our bio to read.

24/07/2023

"All I did was wear a f**king dress!"

In today's New Cue we speak to Dexys and Dexys Midnight Runners's Kevin Rowland about the band's new album, addiction, why he can't make the same record twice and how he got almost as much stick for Dexys' Ivy League look as he did for My Beauty. It's a free edition so just click to read!

"If everybody’s saying you’re f**king crazy, you’re kind of left wondering. All I did was wear a f**king dress!"

26/06/2023

Glastonbury reviewed! In today's New Cue we have an extended report from this year's Glastonbury Festivals by our pal, the celebrated writer, broadcaster and music critic Dorian Lynskey featuring Arctic Monkeys, Elton John, Gabriels, Manic Street Preachers, Cate Blanchett joining Sparks, 'Lanagate' and more...

"An eerie fog of smoke lies over the hill, making the teepee field look like a phalanx of advancing wizards..."

19/06/2023

Start the week with John Lydon! In today's free edition of The New Cue we speak to PIL, sexpistols frontman John Lydon about the recent death of his wife Nora, the new Public Image album, The Royal Family, the legacy of the Pistols, Eurovision and much, much more...

"They’ve murdered the S*x Pistols. They’ve absolutely torn it to shreds..."

12/06/2023

Start the week with Baxter Dury! In today's free edition of the New Cue Baxter tells us about his ace new album, being a "professional nepo baby apologist", his memoir being adapted for the screen, and the journalist who told him his music is "muck" compared to his dad's (nice!).

"I’ve become a professional nepo baby apologist..."

05/06/2023

"Pete Townshend called up and said, 'Me and Dave Gilmour are trying to play your song...'" In today's free edition of New Cue we speak to Dave Wakeling from The English Beat about their 1982 classic, Save It For Later. A story that takes in surprise phone calls from The Who guitarist, fitting solar panels on The Isle Of Wight and the sad decline of the pork pie hat on the streets of Britain...

"Pete Townshend called up and said, 'Me and Dave Gilmour are trying to play your song...'"

30/05/2023

Start the week with Richard Archer! In today's New Cue, The Hard-Fi frontman tells us about the band's reunion, almost blowing up Green Day's stage, getting kicked out of the Met Bar because of David Walliams and the time he was reluctant to let one of The New Cue team in his Porsche...

"I’ve made a career out of wanting to get out of Staines and I’m still here..."

22/05/2023

Start the week with Jake Shears! The former Scissor Sisters singer tells us about his new record, working with Kylie Minogue and looks back on his old band’s massive debut ahead of its 20th anniversary next year. It’s a free edition, enjoy:

"Kylie has always been sweetly open to my bananas ideas..."

15/05/2023

Start the week with Paul Simonon! In today's New Cue we have an epic chat withThe Clash's bass icon Paul Simonon as he looks back over his career and tells us about The Clash, The Good The Bad And The Queen and his new record with Galen Ayers, Galen and Paul. It's a free edition so just click below to read!

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-283-may-15-paul-simonon?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

02/05/2023

In today's New Cue we talk to Django Django's Dave Maclean about the band's mammoth new album, getting Self Esteem, Jack Penate, Stealing Sheep and more on board. Plus Dave also gives us some solid UFO intel! It's a free edition so just click to read!

https://thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cue-281-may-2-django-django

27/04/2023

Only a few days to go until Edgar Jones Official's Reflections Of A Soul Dimension album launch party! Featuring a very special live set from Edgar, a turn from spoken word legend Roy (not a poet) plus DJ sets from Cornershop's Ben Ayres, HEAVENLY RECORDINGS' Jeff Barrett and more! It's on Wednesday 3 May at The Social on Little Portland Street and there's a handful of tickets left HERE : https://thenewcue.co.uk/

24/04/2023

In today's New Cue we chat to musical genius Edgar Jones Official, aka Edgar Summertyme, aka Edgar 'Jones' Jones of The Jones, aka Edgar Jones of The Stairs, aka Edgar Jones of The Big Kids, aka Edgar Jones of The Isrites etc... There's also a handful of tickets left for next week's Reflections Of A Soul Dimension album launch party at Heavenly Social more info in the edition!

https://thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cue-279-april-24-edgar-jones

17/04/2023

"When you're dressing up as your childhood toy, you’ve got to start asking yourself questions about what you’re doing with your life..." In today's New Cue, we speak to award-winning comedian James Acaster about his new music project Temps. It's a free edition so simply click below to enjoy!

https://thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cue-276-april-3-james-acaster

03/04/2023

Start the week with Feist! In today's free edition of The New Cue, Feist tells us all about her forthcoming new album, how it was shaped by her groundbreaking live shows and - most importantly - what it was like to appear on Sesame Street.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-275-april-3-feist?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

27/03/2023

Start the week with James Ford! The producer tells us about his debut solo album, working with Arctic Monkeys and Depeche Mode, what he learned from Brian Eno and much *much* more... the interview went by in a blur, until we got interrupted by the Pet Shop Boys which was a first! It's a free edition so simply click and enjoy!

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-273-march-27-james-ford?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

21/03/2023

The New Cue Presents... Edgar Jones Live!

The New Cue are extremely excited to announce we’ll be hosting a live performance by former The Stairs frontman and Liverpool musical hero Edgar Jones Official and his band on Wednesday May 3rd at London's The Social. Support comes from Roy and Edgar will be selling and signing copies of his excellent, career-high new LP, Reflections Of A New Soul Dimension.

Tickets are available here!

https://thenewcue.co.uk/

20/03/2023

Today's edition of The New Cue is a Lost In Music Special! We speak to UK hip-hop supremo DJ Semtex about his illustrious career in music, from touring with Dizzee Rascal!, driving through Compton with Kendrick Lamar to the hardest DJ set of his life. Plus! Semtex has compiled a bespoke playlist for The New Cue, featuring some of his favourite hip-hop tracks right now. It's a free edition so please enjoy and share...

https://thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cue-271-march-20-dj-semtex?utm_source=substack&publication_id=271988&post_id=108853206&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false

06/03/2023

Start The Week With Steve Mason!

In today's free edition of The New Cue we chat to former Beta Band leader Steve Mason about his excellent new album, his solo career, life in The Beta Band, his standing as “the rock star’s mechanic” and more!

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-267-march-6-steve-mason?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

27/02/2023

Start the week with Shame ! In today's edition frontman Charlie Steen tells us about the band's new album Food For Worms, how they got Phoebe Bridgers to sing on it, their new sideline as a karaoke backing band and much more! It's a free edition so just click to read!

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-265-february-27-shame?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

20/02/2023

Start the week with ! In today's free edition of The New Cue, frontman Tom Barman tells us about the Belgian rockers' first album in a decade, the perils of making a setlist, brawling siblings, turning down Blur (but not Radiohead) and more.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-263-february-20-deus?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

📷: Joris Casaer

13/02/2023

In today's free edition of The New Cue we have a lovely, touching interview with Aussie music legend and master song craftsman Robert Forster from The Go-Betweens. Robert discusses the difficult story behind his new album, his old band's legacy, reuniting with Grant McLennan in the early 2000s and more...

https://thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cue-261-robert-forster

06/02/2023

In today's New Cue we speak to Meg Remy, aka U.S. Girls, about her fantastic new album Bless This Mess, why now was the time to make pop music that wasn’t sneaky, how giving birth to twins informed the record and much more...

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-259-february-6-us-girls?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

30/01/2023

In today's free edition of The New Cue we chat to New Order's Stephen Morris about the band's new Low-Life boxset, how to use a scaffolding pole to fix a broken synthesiser, Bernard Sumner's fondness fo swearing and a possible new New Order album.

23/01/2023

Start The Week With… Lawrence! In today’s free edition we speak to Britain’s last great underground musical visionary about Felt, Denim, Go-Kart Mozart, his latest project Mozart Estate and much, much more. Plus, we’ve compiled a career-spanning, 60-song Lawrence playlist for you to enjoy while you read.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-255-january-23-lawrence?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

16/01/2023

Start the week with The Murder Capital. In today's free edition, frontman James McGovern tells us about the making of the band's excellent second album Gigi's Recovery, the challenges of no longer writing about grief and what his New Year's resolutions are...

https://thenewcue.substack.com/p/the-new-cue-253-january-16-the-murder?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share

09/01/2023

Start the week with Billy Nomates! In today’s edition Tor Maries tells us how she learned into the apocalyptic moments of modern life for her new album, the pros and cons of living by your own decisions as a solo artist and how Portishead’s Geoff Barrow gives her the best advice...

https://open.substack.com/pub/thenewcue/p/the-new-cue-251-january-9-billy-nomates?r=fkf0y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

28/11/2022

In today’s edition we speak to Rick Buckler from The Jam (and From The Jam) about his new book documenting the final year of the band. Plus we’ve got some rare and unseen pictures of the group as an extra treat. It’s a free edition so just click the link to read...

28 November, 2022

09/11/2022

In today’s edition we speak to Andy Bell and Mark Gardener about Ride’s 1992 hit, Leave Them All Behind...

9 November, 2022

21/09/2022

In today's edition, Brett Anderson tells us about the making of Suede ‘s excellent new record Autofiction, how a dream visit from his mum helped him write So Young, why the time is never right to celebrate anniversaries & more. It’s a special free edition, so share and enjoy!

21 September, 2022