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David Fricke This month, David renews old acquaintances,

Thunder In Our Hearts

A Kate Bush Companion MOJO

ALL BACK TO MY PLACE

THE STARS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING...

Theories, rants, etc.

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A Man Called Horse

Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder left us on July 15.

ROCKSAX TOUR SERIES

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MOJO THE COLLECTORS' SERIES

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AUGUST 1962 ...The Tornados launch Telstar

Cooking up a storm: The Tornados (from

Which LPs had multiple titles?

Let us assist you in solving your rock

Decks Magic!

Win! Revolution GO and Eastwood turntables from Victrola.

Gloria Scott and The Ike & Tina Turner Revue

It began on-stage at the Fillmore West. But the last straw came after a missed bus.

A Round For Friends

THE HOT NEWS AND BIZARRE STORIES FROM PLANET MOJO

THURSTON MOORE BRINGS LINGER ON, A REVELATORY VELVET UNDERGROUND BOOK

I’ll be your rear VU mirror: Nico and

NATALIE MERCHANT GETS RESURRECTED ON SOLO LP SEVEN

Courage calls to courage: Natalie Merchant, singing of

JULIAN LENNON

The Beatles dynast talks musical exorcism, the dread

Ian Broudie

The Mersey hitmaker wigs out over Ramones (Sire, 1976).

PETER GABRIEL, IGGY, AND MORE SALUTE THE GENIUS OF LEONARD COHEN

“H E WAS a very dear friend of

SWAMP POP GREAT TOMMY McLAIN GETS BACK ON TRACK WITH COSTELLO AND MORE!

Getty LOUISIANA SWAMP pop pioneer Tommy McLain thought

Scratch Afire

Aiding and upsetting: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry makes his

DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS, THE HYPNOTIC INTERIOR BALLADS OF JANA HORN

Horn of plenty: Jana vibrates on the music

ENTER THE WU-LU! BRINGING THE DUB - GRUNGE RUCKUS FROM BRIXTON’S GENTRIFICATION FRONTLINE

“T HERE WAS a tribe system at school,”

From The Legendary Stardust Cowboy to a Dylan disc worth a million, he is a facilitator of the extraordinary. But did he never want stardom for himself ? “It was never a goal of mine or even an interest,” shrugs T Bone Burnett.

Portrait by JASON MYERS ON JULY 7,

BLOOD BROTHERS

NEU!’s other worldly sound, one of the most influential in rock, was the brainchild of two men: ambient guitar guru Michael Rother and screaming madman drummer Klaus Dinger. As another generation of bands tip their hats on a new tribute LP, MOJO asks how this telepathic unit ended up the best of enemies. “Klaus gave me so many pains,” Rother tells ANDREW MALE. “But I owe him so much.”

Scion of a blues guitar dynasty, his visceral licks and soulful howl tempered by tragedy, M ARCUS KING was always the hot young torchbearer of Southern rock. Now, with Dan Auerbach in his corner, he’s adding something unique to the mix: himself. “Dan’s helped me strip it back to me,” he tells ANDY FYFE.

TO SAY MARCUS KING WAS BORN WITH A

THE TRUTH IS overrated

JACKIE LEVEN WAS A FIBBER, A FANTASIST, A JUNKIE, AN UNDER-ACHIEVER, A CELTIC FOLK-PSYCH-PUNK-POP ONE-OFF AND ONE OF THE GREAT BRITISH SONGWRITERS. AS HIS SOLO MASTERPIECE GETS ANOTHER DAY IN THE SUN, HIS FRIENDS AND ALLIES REMEMBER AN EXTRAORDINARY FORCE OF NATURE. “HE WAS A BIG FAT LIAR,” THEY TELL JOHN AIZLEWOOD, “BUT ALL HIS LIES WERE TRUE.”

DOLL Parts

10 great JACKIE LEVEN songs, by the people they touched.

THE LIBERTINES GIVE INDIE A PUNCH UP THE BRACKET

In 2002, who would ride the new garage rock wave and be the British Strokes? Step forward PETE DOHERTY and CARL BARÂT, who in making their fantasies of mythical Albion come true, seized imaginations and gave fans a rare sense of belonging. The Clash’s MICK JONES was besotted enough to produce them, and for a time it was heaven, though catastrophe was waiting in the wings. “We may have been in the middle of a manic episode,” reflect the band and intimates, “but we were definitely on an upswing.”

MUSIC IN DREAMLAND

Reluctant rock star, accidental axe hero, BILL NELSOI helped define musical futurism in BE-BOP DELUXE and beyond. But blazing his own visionary trail has come with side orders of mainstream exclusion and fan bemusement. "That wasn't really my concern," he tells JAMES McNAIR. "I had to do what I had to do."

FUTURE PROOF

5 Nelsonian victories,byJames McNair

WATCH THE BYRDIE

A new book celebrates THE BYRDS’ first classic line-up with an 0D of sumptuous portraiture and candid shenanigans. M0J0 enjoys an exclusive preview, and an audience with Hillman and McGuinn. “We were aware of having an image and a look,” they tell B0B MEHR

MAGICKAL THINKING

How Running Up That Hill conquered the world. Twice

“I CRACKED HER RIB!”

Inside the Running Up That Hill video with Kate’s co-star, MISHA HERVIEU.

THIS IS POP?

Here I go: Bush with Gow Hunter on

“A FRAU BUSCH CALLED WHILE YOU WERE OUT”

Double bassist EBERHARD WEBER, on a creative alliance spanning four Kate Bush albums.

MORE BARN!

Experimental pop that sounds as natural as air, or trees. That was the sonic stamp of Hounds Of Love, writes MAT SNOW.

“IT’S AN IMPOSSIBLE WORLD”

Growing up obsesssed by Hounds Of Love, by Field Music’s PETER BREWIS.

OCEAN OF SOUND

Immersing in The Ninth Wave, Hounds Of Love’s side two opus, JIM IRVIN surfaces with pearls of wisdom.

GEORGIA ON HER MIND

Hello Earth, and its debt to Kakhetian drinking songs, by DAVID HUTCHEON.

EXORCISING GHOSTS

Hounds Of Love’s healthy obsession with the supernatural.

It’s In The Trees

Chicago-based jazz drummer’s eloquent chamber meditation on the rhythm of life.

Good News!

A new testament from Nashville’s enduring sage

Twins imperative

The Edinburgh duo bid adieu to the red, white and blue.

Mercury rising

Her first self-produced wonder amid another season of self-doubt.

Dread music

Enduring dark stars shake out their psyches on “punk” ninth album.

FILTER ALBUMS EXTRA

Blue Orchids ★★★★ Angus Tempus Memoir TINY GLOBAL.

Radio Daze

Wilco’s masterpiece that nearly never was celebrates its 20th anniversar y with a model of box-set shock and awe.

“Rock’n’roll has done a lot of damage.”

Jeff Tweedy: American Aquarium thinker. Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy

Let it be naked

Beat master: Charles Stepney brings home the sound

New hybrid electric Carr

Sensing it was time for a change, British jazz trumpeter Ian Carr plugged into the grid

Memento Mori

Dredged up in concrete overshoes, south London R&R enforcers lay down the brutal truth.

The Staple Singers And Solo

Keeping the faith with the first family of gospel-soul.

A Man Of Wealth And Taste

Family-endorsed biography of the gentlemanly, eccentric, jazz-loving Stone.