You join us on a Saturday night in downtown Philly, where Kurt Vile is showing Uncut around some of his favourite local haunts, from the Sun Ra House to the DIY basements of Fishtown. Along the way, the freewheeling troubadour reckons with loss, family and the nourishing power of rock’n’roll. “I just love when you’re forced to live,” he tells me.

Published in Uncut, May 2026