This issue isn’t so much a chance to mourn as an opportunity to celebrate visionary artistry. Ten years ago, we lost David Bowie and Prince, titanic figures both, I’m sure you’ll agree. In this month’s cover story Rob Hughes looks at the two artists who died within two months of each other, examines their releases since 2016, asks how they …
We trust you had a merry Christmas and suspect you are preparing to celebrate the new year. A fine opportunity, then, to glance back at a golden moment for high-energy British pop-rock.
Apologies if this feels a little premature, but… Merry Christmas! Or at least, merry (checks calendar on Apple watch) 28 November! Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, does it? Still, no wonder we’re in a festive mood, given that we’ve got AN ACTUAL KNIGHT OF THE REALM guest-editing our latest (Christmas 2025) issue, one seemingly DRESSE…
The cover “star” of this issue is the year 1980. Much has been made, previously, of the years 1966, 1971, 1976 and 1987 but to our knowledge no music magazine has ever homed in on the first year of the 80s. Shame on us all! Because 1980 was an incredible year. It was the heyday of post-punk but also of new wave, NWOBHM, oi!, ska/2 Tone, synthpo…
On the cover of the latest issue is one Jarvis Cocker, and inside the magazine he is photographed in his home – like John Lydon earlier this year, Jarvis this month kindly invites us to chez Cocker in London where he shows us the contents of his record boxes and shelves and talks us through his most treasured vinyl. It serves as an intimate portr…
It’s a hefty old issue, is RC 575. Indeed, the cover artist this month is a building site. Wait – what? Yup, it’s an artful illustration of a building site, bolstered by the coverline, “Better Than Bricks And Mortar – The 200 Most Valuable Records In The UK”. The contention offered by the coverline is that collectable vinyl is as safe a b…
More! More! Gil-mour! As Pink Floyd and David Gilmour fans often cried at the end of their sensational live spectacles. In our latest issue, David Gilmour guides us exclusively through some of the highlights of his stunning concert career
On the cover this month are Brian Wilson and Sly Stone. Marking the passing of both while we were midway through putting the issue together, Bob Stanley pays tribute to the former while Kris Needs salutes the latter. Despite nominally operating in different areas – pop and funk – it occurs from reading the pieces that, actually, there were as m…
On the cover this month are rock’s most famous pseudo-siblings, the Ramones, who 50 years ago signed to Sire and began their journey to global notoriety, helping to kickstart the UK punk movement as effectively as did the Sex Pistols. In our 14-page article, including a hefty discography, Kris Needs – who interviewed the band several times and …
On the cover this month is the crown prince of camp magniloquence, Peter Murphy of Bauhaus. On the back of recent grand returns by Siouxsie Sioux and The Cure, we interview Murphy at length about his 47-year career, his role in the dissemination of goth, his very well-received new solo album, Silver Shade, which includes collaborations with Boy Geo…
