Music Reviews

SANDY DENNY & THE STRAWBS - ALL OUR OWN WORK

SANDY DENNY & THE STRAWBS - ALL OUR OWN WORK

Early recordings of English folk’s finest voice, definitively remastered...

DION 1969 - WONDER WHERE I'M BOUND

DION 1969 - WONDER WHERE I'M BOUND

Just down from Highway 61: Dion’s phantom folk-rock masterpiece rediscovered...

DEER TICK - THE BLACK DIRT SESSIONS

DEER TICK - THE BLACK DIRT SESSIONS

On their dark, downbeat third album, the former goodtime rockers have got it bad...

BLITZEN TRAPPER - DESTROYER OF THE VOID

BLITZEN TRAPPER - DESTROYER OF THE VOID

Slow out of the traps, a great American band emerge on album number five...

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO - STREET SONGS OF LOVE

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO - STREET SONGS OF LOVE

The Tex-Mex survivor in fighting form. And Springsteen in tow!

THE CURE - DISINTEGRATION DELUXE EDITION

THE CURE - DISINTEGRATION DELUXE EDITION

Smith & co’s America-conquering eighth album. Its brilliance is in its confidence...

Paul McCartney, Hyde Park, London, June 27, 2010

The last time we saw Paul McCartney on stage at Hyde Park was a year and a day...

OASIS - TIME FLIES... 1994-2009

OASIS - TIME FLIES... 1994-2009

All the UK singles collected – and how good they were!

STEVE WINWOOD - REVELATIONS, THE VERY BEST OF...

STEVE WINWOOD - REVELATIONS, THE VERY BEST OF...

Heavy Traffic! A self-chosen set, over four CDs and 45 years...

THE ACORN - NO GHOST

THE ACORN - NO GHOST

Quietly excellent indie-folk alchemy, inspired by the Quebec wilderness...

TOM PETTY - MOJO

TOM PETTY - MOJO

This long awaited live-in-the-studio album is too polished and polite to swagger. A missed...

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - AMERICAN SLANG

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - AMERICAN SLANG

Springsteen disciples deliver a massive rock’n’roll record...

JACKSON BROWNE & DAVID LINDLEY - LOVE IS STRANGE

JACKSON BROWNE & DAVID LINDLEY - LOVE IS STRANGE

Reunited with his ’70s musical Mr Fixit, Browne delivers a great career-spanning live set – his...

ROKY ERICKSON WITH OKKERVIL RIVER - TRUE LOVE CAST OUT ALL EVIL

ROKY ERICKSON WITH OKKERVIL RIVER - TRUE LOVE CAST OUT ALL EVIL

An astonishing rebirth for the psychedelic cowboy...

ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI - BEFORE TODAY

ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI - BEFORE TODAY

From post-punk psych to ‘fairground hair metal’, via a lot of ’80s pop – this LA freak’s full-...

NEU! - VINYL BOX

NEU! - VINYL BOX

The complete works of Krautrock’s dysfunctional duo! Includes unreleased albums! Free stencil!...

PHOSPHORESCENT - HERE'S TO TALKING IT EASY

PHOSPHORESCENT - HERE'S TO TALKING IT EASY

he ready for the country? Alabama native meets Willie Nelson, cuts mellow-rockin’, confident...

TEENAGE FANCLUB - SHADOWS

TEENAGE FANCLUB - SHADOWS

Beautifully autumnal pop-rock classicism from long-cherished Glaswegians....

U2 - 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL

U2 - 360° AT THE ROSE BOWL

Pasadena, California, October 2009: quality film of U2’s biggest ever US show, in various...

THE NATIONAL - HIGH VIOLET

THE NATIONAL - HIGH VIOLET

The Brooklynites set sail for the big time with their fifth LP...

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Editor's Letter

Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut


I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...