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Report and Interview by Robert Sandall, Sunday Times, 31 January 2010

Lately more a technology guru than a singer, he now has a new CD – Scratch My Back is a covers album with a difference. ...

Marc Bolan, T. Rex, Tyrannosaurus Rex: Reborn to Boogie: Marc Bolan

Retrospective by Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, February 2010

THERE IS ONLY one Starman in the room right now and his name is David Bowie. Flying high after his Top 5 astral novelty hit ...

Todd Rundgren: The Dream Goes on Forever: Todd Rundgren Plays A Wizard, A True Star Live

Live Review by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, February 2010

OUT INTO THE damp chill of a February night we came, the scattered legions of Toddheads – crossing fingers for transcendence, willing to settle for ...

MGMT: Congratulations (Columbia)

Review by Roy Trakin, Rock's Backpages, February 2010

THESE BRAINY Wesleyan alums remain just as ironical about their rock star dreams than ever, despite a year in which they garnered a Grammy nod ...

Rain Parade: Unsung Heroes: The Rain Parade

Retrospective by Terry Staunton, Uncut, February 2010

Pioneers of LA's '80s "Paisley Underground" — it's warring psych revivalists the Roback brothers! ...

David Bowie: David Bowie

Review by Rob Young, Uncut, February 2010

The Dame's debut: an enduringly curious dispatch from "Gnome-man's land", expanded and remastered. ...

Jeff Beck: Solo Voyager

Profile and Interview by Andrew Smith, Sunday Times, 7 February 2010

The guitarist has left many famous bandmates to pursue adventures in jazz and electro, but now rejoins with Eric Clapton. ...

Field Music: Measure

Review by John Calvert, The Quietus, 19 February 2010

THE BROTHERS BREWIS are natural Situationists, far too clever to take life overly seriously. This is no doubt what made Field Music's first two albums ...

The Cult: Love Remembered: The Cult

Retrospective and Interview by James Brown, Sabotage Times, 19 February 2010

TOM VAGUE, writer/historian, Ladbroke Grove: ...

Marina and The Diamonds: The Family Jewels ***

Review by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 19 February 2010

TO MAKE IT in the modern day pop world requires ruthless determination and unfettered self-interest. ...

Joan Jett, Runaways, The: Joan Jett

Interview by Evelyn McDonnell, Interview, 20 February 2010

IN THE FOUR years that they were together, the quintet of teenage girls that made up The Runaways cut a swath of hard rock, harder ...

Nick Kent, Rolling Stones, The, Sex Pistols, The: Nick Kent: Apathy for the Devil – A 1970s Memoir

Book Review by Robert Sandall, Sunday Times, 21 February 2010

AS AN EYEWITNESS account of the dangerous excesses of the 1970s rock scene, Apathy for the Devil is in a compulsively readable class of its ...

From Mod to Emo: Why Pop Tribes Are Still Making a Scene

Overview by Jude Rogers, The Guardian, 25 February 2010

Like-minded music fans have been herding together for half a century — but are die-hard pop tribes now a thing of the past? Do today's ...

Jobriath: Cult Heroes No. 4: Jobriath

Retrospective by Geoff Barton, Classic Rock, 26 February 2010

He was launched amid a mountain of publicity as the world's first openly gay rock star – but the world wasn't ready. ...

Joy Division: "Ian was a normal, happy guy. We didn't know he was approaching his breaking point…"

Retrospective and Interview by Stephen Dalton, Uncut, March 2010

Thirty years ago, Joy Division arrived in London. Their mission: to escape Manchester, have a laugh and make a classic second album. Now, Bernard Sumner, ...

Iggy Pop, David Bowie: Nick Kent: Once Upon a Life

Memoir by Nick Kent, The Observer, 14 March 2010

In 1972 he was sorting mail in a Sussex post office. Twelve months later he was partying with Led Zeppelin. Here, the hugely influential music ...

Runaways, The: The Runaways: Wild Thing — How Sandy West Was Lost

Retrospective by Evelyn McDonnell, L.A. Weekly, 18 March 2010

ON A SUMMER day in 1975, a 16-year-old girl carrying a Silvertone guitar took four public buses from Canoga Park to a two-story house in ...

Kim Fowley, The Runaways: Sex sells: The Girl Band That Changed Pop Forever

Retrospective by Chris Salewicz, The Independent, 19 March 2010

IN EARLY OCTOBER 1976, the Runaways, an all-girl five-piece from Los Angeles, played a sell-out show at London's Roundhouse, their debut date in the UK. ...

Lou Reed: Metal Machine Music

Retrospective by Kris Needs, Clash, April 2010

IN 1975, LOU Reed was the most dangerously fascinating figure in rock 'n' roll. With his old associates Bowie and Iggy having turned respectively into ...

Joanna Newsom: After The Gold Rush

Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, Uncut, April 2010

In the remote Californian gold mining town she calls home, Uncut is granted a rare and exclusive audience with JOANNA NEWSOM. In the four years ...