‘Even worse than Lou Reed. . .’
Paul Simonon: "Bob Dylan used to come to a lot of Clash shows"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: London O2 Arena, June 17, 2013
The 22nd Uncut Playlist Of 2013
The Eagles: upcoming world tour "very well could be our last"
Keith Richards: "All experiments come to an end."
The Best Of 2013: Halftime Report
Consider this the last in a short series of encounters with somewhat cantankerous sorts, following accounts in this space over the couple of weeks of meetings with Lou Reed and Gordon Lightfoot, both of which have stirred some passing interest and lively comment. Today’s subject is Van Morrison...
The Grizzly Bear associates’ accomplished first steps in orchestrated, psychedelic pop...
The Boss and the band play on, and on, and on...
Still passionate. Still rocking. But now in some pretty hip company. Yes, Richard Ashcroft is back...
Anti-climactic third album from the warrior queen of radical cheek...
Brooding Celtic country from Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody – Peter Buck, Jacknife Lee and M Ward...
Grown-up psych-folk from the Scouse collective...
Early recordings of English folk’s finest voice, definitively remastered...
Just down from Highway 61: Dion’s phantom folk-rock masterpiece rediscovered...
On their dark, downbeat third album, the former goodtime rockers have got it bad...
Slow out of the traps, a great American band emerge on album number five...
The Tex-Mex survivor in fighting form. And Springsteen in tow!
Smith & co’s America-conquering eighth album. Its brilliance is in its confidence...
All the UK singles collected – and how good they were!
Heavy Traffic! A self-chosen set, over four CDs and 45 years...
Quietly excellent indie-folk alchemy, inspired by the Quebec wilderness...
This long awaited live-in-the-studio album is too polished and polite to swagger. A missed...
Springsteen disciples deliver a massive rock’n’roll record...
Reunited with his ’70s musical Mr Fixit, Browne delivers a great career-spanning live set – his...
