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Greil Marcus: A Life In Writing

Profile and Interview by Simon Reynolds, The Guardian, 17 February 2012

GREIL MARCUS lives in a newly built, cedar-shingled house on the border between Oakland and Berkeley. ...

Anthony Reynolds, Jack: Anthony Reynolds

Retrospective by Chris Roberts, The Quietus, 23 February 2012

THE SONG 'Cinematic' name-checks Cocteau, Picasso and Warhol in the first lines before confessing that "I was never there, I only read the book, I ...

ABBA, Beatles, The, John Cale, Elvis Costello, Fleetwood Mac, George Harrison, Libertines, The, Megadeth, Oasis, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen: Writing To Reach You

Overview by Graeme Thomson, The Word, March 2012

Because sometimes the only way musicians can actually talk to each other is by writing songs ...

Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light

Review by Simon Price, The Word, March 2012

His last creative fix was religion, now its sugar-coated psych-pop. Has "J Spaceman' finally found redemption? ...

Seona Dancing: The Day I Met A Sensitive Artiste Called Ricky Gervais…

Retrospective by Beverley Glick, Rock's Backpages, 19 March 2012

IN MAY 1983, when I was assistant editor of Record Mirror, my good friend (the late) Gill Smith asked if I would interview a new ...

Paul Weller: Sonik Kicks

Review by Jude Rogers, bbc.co.uk, 19 March 2012

An emotional, experimental ride, Weller’s 11th solo LP is brilliant stuff. ...

Pop Group, The, Mark Stewart: Bristol Fashion: Mark Stewart of the Pop Group's 13 Favourite Albums

Interview by Julian Marszalek, The Quietus, 22 March 2012

Julian Marszalek talks to post-punk agitator Mark Stewart about his 13 favourite albums. ...

Damon Albarn, Blur, Bobby Womack: Damon Albarn: "I'm Sort Of English Melancholy"

Interview by Stephen Dalton, The Quietus, 27 March 2012

With an upcoming Blur show and a number of albums set for release in the coming months, Damon Albarn's 2012 looks set to be as ...

Paul Weller mines his hot streak

Report by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 30 March 2012

PAUL WELLER has been getting lots of good, but not great, reviews for his latest album, Sonik Kicks. At least Stateside. Ignore them. Sonik Kicks, ...

Andrew Bird, Dirty Three, The: Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself/The Dirty Three: Toward the Low Sun (both Bella Union)

Review by James Medd, The Word, April 2012

AS A RULE, violins have no place in rock. Fairport Convention went wrong at Liege & Lief, ELO were all about the synths and 'Geno' ...

Paul Weller: "Be Mutton Dressed As Ram!"

Interview by Jude Rogers, The Word, April 2012

Curmudgeonly theorist, phone-hacked serial dad, raffish poster-boy for inquisitive middle age — Paul Weller gives himself a good talking-to ...

Paul Weller: Sonik Kicks

Review by Laura Barton, The Word, April 2012

Paul Weller's unchanging image limits our view of him. His third "experimental" record fizzes with aural innovation. ...

Damon Albarn

Interview by Rob Fitzpatrick, The Word, April 2012

"Music is like blood or air," Damon Albarn believes. "It's part of us. We open up to its invisible flow. My life is immersed in ...

Go Kart Mozart, Denim, Felt: "I Want Lou Reed To Kick Me Down The Stairs" — Lawrence Interviewed

Interview by Jude Rogers, The Quietus, 6 April 2012

Indie-pop outsider extraordinaire Lawrence — the Felt/Denim/Go-Kart-Mozart frontman who turned 51 last month — talks to Jude Rogers about sounding like Nicki Minaj and his ...

Martina Topley-Bird, Tricky: Tricky

Interview by Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 18 April 2012

Seventeen years ago, Maxinquaye made Tricky an unlikely pop star, and made him angry and unhappy. Now, though, he and Martina Topley-Bird are ready to ...

Yann Tiersen:
 Irving Plaza, New York

Live Review by Carol Cooper, The Village Voice, 30 April 2012

Better than: Most of the Philip Glass and Stephin Merritt music I've heard. ...

Gaz Coombes: The Things I Like

Interview by Rob Hughes, The Word, June 2012

Mutton-chopped Britpop anthem-penner, absurdist and Muppeteer. Sucker for slow, intense camera work. ...

Rufus Wainwright: The MOJO Interview

Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, June 2012

WHAT WAS ON Rufus Wainwright's mind while making his new album, the sparkly, pop-ish, Mark Ronson-produced Out Of The Game? Only this. ...

Alejandro Escovedo: Big Station

Review by Holly Gleason, Paste, 6 June 2012

WITH A BRAZEN SWAGGER drawn from Alejandro Escovedo's punk roots, the 61-year-old songwriter/yowler declares, "I can take a punch, I can take a swing…" on ...

Go Kart Mozart: Go-Kart Mozart: On the Hot Dog Streets

Review by Martin Aston, bbc.co.uk, 25 June 2012

There is only one Lawrence, this is his gospel, and roll on the next chapter. ...


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