Exclusive interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and more, delving deep into The Rolling Stones’ new album, rich history and recent jeopardy… and how they’re not finished yet. Also in the issue: Janis Joplin – her whirlwind rise; 50 years of The Fall; The Waterboys revisit Fisherman’s Blues; the Beatles unseen in ’66; the dub reggae revolution; Lenny Kaye – we salute you! Plus: Deep Purple; Deaf School; Dexys Midnight Runners; The Cramps; Ron Carter; Wednesday; Echo & The Bunnymen; Japan; Springsteen; Yoko Ono; Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy; Sonny Rollins; Panda Bear & Sonic Boom; Frank Zappa; and all back to Barry Manilow’s!
THIS MONTH’S COVERMOUNT CD is The Waterboys: Abandonment And Love – Lost. Rare. Live. 1986-1989. Amazing unreleased music from the Fisherman’s Blues sessions, plus revelatory live versions of And A Bang On The Ear and Dylan’s New Morning.
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THE ROLLING STONES Jagger, Richards, Wood and pals (now including The Cure!) are turning back the clock on record while shadows gather over the stage. Who’d bet against yet another final act? “You’ve got to be really tough to survive.”
JANIS JOPLIN In June 1966, a shy young folk and blues singer joined a psychedelic SF R&B band, for good and ill. “It was the beginning – but it was also the end.”
THE FALL It crawled from the North, blending post-industrial grot and supernatural agency over atavistic clatter. Mark E. Smith’s original bandmates tell us how.
LENNY KAYE Patti Smith’s man for all seasons is also one of rock’n’roll’s great curators and cheerleaders, and now a solo songsmith. “I’m in my bonus era,” he insists.
THE WATERBOYS As they refit their roots-rock masterpiece Fisherman’s Blues for the road, Mike Scott and co revisit its creation: “It was a mystery train of discovery.”
DUB REGGAE Fifty years since its Lee Perry-powered annus mirabilis, the impact of dub is everywhere. David Katz tracks a sonic revolution back to its source.
WEDNESDAY Indie rock or country? Why not both, say Asheville’s rising force, built on Karly Hartzman’s bittersweet, beautifully observed, passionately belted songs.
DEAF SCHOOL Liverpool’s most-heralded band since the Beatles were championed by the Beatles’ PR guru, influenced Madness and Dexys, but remain in a category of one.
REVIEWED Panda Bear & Sonic Boom / Yoko Ono / Boards Of Canada / Frank Zappa / Tift Merritt / Punch Brothers / Neil Young / Graham Coxon / Yes / Kris Drever / Deep Purple / Tricky / Modest Mouse / Ali Farka Touré / David Torn / Beth Orton / Old Crow Medicine Show / The Shires / Joe Bonamassa / Beau Brummels / Joan As Police Woman / Deer Tick / Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs / Swamp Dogg / Tucker Zimmerman / Jon Spencer / Luke Haines
PLUS The Cramps rave from the grave / Bruce Springsteen gets his own ‘Center’ / Ron Carter – bass ace / The Beatles bow out – unseen! / Echo & The Bunnymen album imminent! / Ellie O’Neill and Fancy Weapon arise! / How To Buy Will Oldham / Richard Barbieri and Japan / Farewell, Sonny Rollins, Beverley Martin, Nedra Ross… / All Back To Barry Manilow’s / and more!