Natural essence

Bubblegum psych-pop in excelsis as the merry pranksters almost clean up their act

Three-disc, 69-track collection marks the official beginning of Sony Legacy's rollout of the vast Van Canon

A master songwriter guides us through his greatest work, both solo and in The Go-Betweens

Majestic, self-produced return of Gillian Welch's other half

Definitive boxset of the '80s aesthetes

Roll up! The Fab Four's greatest songs chosen by famous fans

A Q&A with New Orleans' new country/R&B stars

An all-star panel – including Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Terry Chimes – vote for the greatest songs Strummer and co ever recorded

As chosen by his Bad Seeds and Grinderman bandmates, famous fans and Cave himself…

Today (January 28, 2015), social media reliably informs me that Robert Wyatt is 70, which seems a reasonable justification for reposting this long and, I hope, interesting transcript of an interview I did with him at home in Louth back in 2007, a little before the marvellous “Comicopera” was released. It begins with Wyatt discussing, of all things, Big Brother...