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John Phillips, The Mamas and The Papas: John Phillips — 1935-2001

Obituary by Ed Doheny, Rock's Backpages, 24 March 2001

Ed Doheny remembers the head Papa. ...

Johnny Guitar Watson: Ain't That A Bitch

Review by Vivien Goldman, Sounds, 24 July 1976

JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON is one of the classiest musicians around, though you might not believe it from the packaging of his latest album. On which ...

Hot Hot Heat: ULU, London

Live Review by William Higham, Rock's Backpages, May 2003

FOR AN OLD XTC fan it doesn't get any better than this (well, not until Andy Partridge loses his stage fright anyway). And when I ...

National Health: Newcastle University

Live Review by Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 30 October 1976

WATCHING rock and roll these last few weeks I just feel better and better. The long standing groan about the dearth of new bands and ...

T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Witherspoon: T-Bone Opens to Capacity Crowd at Last Word

Live Review by J.T. Gipson, The California Eagle, 13 May 1948

Cafe Society Fetes Noted Blues Singer in High Fashion ...

High Llamas, The, Stereolab: Stereolab, The High Llamas: 9.30 Club, Washington DC

Live Review by David Stubbs, Vox, February 1998

WASHINGTON DC encapsulates all America's contrasts in extremis. Up on Capitol Hill, they're running the country. Over at the White House, he's running the world. ...

Ringo Starr, T. Rex: Ringo Starr on Born to Boogie

Interview by Andrew Tyler, Disc, 9 December 1972

"BOLAN STRUTS, man, and I like that about him a lot. A lot of people, when they first meet him, can be put off because ...

Men at Work: Cargo (Columbia)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, August 1983

SURE, I LIKE Men At Work too. Doesn't everybody? They seem able to please all the people all the time, even though that's not their ...

Daft Punk: Ready, Study, Go!: Daft Punk: Homework (Virgin)

Review by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 18 January 1997

AS A RULE, the better a country's cuisine, the worse its pop music. Hence the illustrious rock'n'roll lineage of Great Britain, land of lardy stodge ...

Alabama 3: Olympia, Dublin

Live Review by Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, 1 November 1997

THESE ARE the sort of men my mother warned me about as a small child, and — metaphorically, at least — they want me to ...

Ronnie Wood, Mick Taylor: Saving the 100 Club

Report and Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, February 2011

"RONNIE WOOD was one of the first musicians I ever met," says Mick Taylor, seated deep in the murk of the 100 Club. "The Cherry ...

Justin Timberlake: The O2, London ****

Live Review by Paul Elliott, Q, September 2007

The current King Of Pop, still bringing sexy back ...

Coati Mundi: The Former 12 Year Old Genius (Virgin)

Review by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 7 May 1983

MUNDI BLOODY MUNDI ...

Nada Surf: The Proximity Effect

Review by Devon Powers, PopMatters, 28 August 2000

SO, I'M STRANDED on a desert island. No, worse: I'm stranded in nothing town in AnyState, where a McDonald's, a WalMart, and a tired bar ...

Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce: Queens of the Bronx

Interview by David Toop, The Face, May 1987

"HIP HOP is such a beats orientated music. It's just beats and a bass line. If you put anything else to it like keyboards and ...

Spoonie Gee: The Wag Club, London

Live Review by Jack Barron, New Musical Express, 30 January 1988

UNDER PLAIN RAPPING ...

Fuck Buttons: Street Horrrsing (ATPR)

Review by John Doran, The Quietus, 20 March 2008

NOISE, LIKE anything else, needs practise, needs talent and needs inspiration. As odd as it sounds, bands like Wolf Eyes didn't get where they are ...

Lindsey Buckingham: Town Hall, NYC

Live Review by Jeff Slate, Examiner.com, 29 September 2011

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 (New York, NY) – Most of the over-55 rocker set are phoning it in these days, playing it all too safe amidst ...

George Michael: Twentyfive (Sony/BMG)

Review by Paul Elliott, Q, December 2006

THIS WAS SUPPOSED to be part of George Michael's big comeback: a greatest hits album to follow a sell-out European tour. And, fleetingly, it was ...

Nas: Written Out — Nas: It Was Written (Columbia 14tks/59mins)

Review by Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 13 July 1996

NAS is one of rap's supreme lyricists and vocal stylists. A pity, then, that his new album isn't worthy of his talents ...