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Anglo-Welsh proggers Also Eden are deliberately ripping up the rule book. Instead of bringing out one album of new music, they’re releasing three interlinking EPs supported by live shows. It’s a bold move but it’s one the band hope fans will get behind. Prog caught up with Huw Lloyd-Jones and Simon Rogers to unearth the story behind it.

Simon Neil leads a back on top Biffy ...

Following Richey Edwards’ disappearance and the “commercial disaster” of The Holy Bible , the MANIC STREET PREACHERS were told that this is the end. Instead, they roared back with an unassailable anthem heralding one of the biggest British albums of the ’90s. Sam Richards celebrates 30 years of Everything Must Go : “It was the most spectacular feeling,” says Nicky Wire. “That period when you go over the top...”

A pair of Canterbury classics receive first vinyl reissue with mixed results.

In 1966, BOB DYLAN hit his wildest white-hot creative peak yet, recording one of his most iconic albums, Blonde On Blonde , and blazing new ground with his controversial electric tour with The Hawks. As the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa prepares a major new exhibition exploring this tumultuous year, Uncut is offered an exclusive preview of what they have in store. Meanwhile, we go behind the scenes of Blonde On Blonde and reconstruct Tour ’66, as eyewitnesses share new tales of late nights, cold mornings and chance encounters. “It’s Dylan as spectacle, in a very combative way,” learns Damien Love. “This is me – deal with it .”

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax