Original Blitz scenester Robert Elms provides a delightful insiders’ look at Soho’s New Romantic crucible. Read MOJO’s review in full.

Kentucky songwriter marvels at motherhood on ninth album, Real Warmth. Read MOJO's review and the track listing in full.

Suede were magnificent at the Royal Festival Hall last night - something really moving about a set that can include Disintegrate and So Young and have them both make perfect sense.

The Blue Hour.

It’s Bandcamp Friday! Currently in stock from Tiny Ghost: Signed copies of 1967: How I Got There And Why I Never Left book 1967: Vacations in the Past (vinyl + CD) Shufflemania! (vinyl and cd) The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (vinyl + cd) tinyghostrecords.bandcamp.com Love on ya, RH

I'll be appearing at Aye Write in a two-hander with Tom Doyle, chatting about 'the other two': George & Ringo. Without whom, lest we forget, the Beatles would not have been the Beatles. Fri, Nov 14, 6pm, Mitchell Library. @bookyvikki.bsky.social in the chair. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/ring...

Enjoyed getting acquainted with Margo’s latest for MOJO.

Happy Birthday to Robert Plant. It was an absolute treat to interview the Leo king for this new @mojomagazine.bsky.social cover story.

Michael knows that @mojomagazine.bsky.social will be the best read you’ll hear all month

"So many adventures, so many tales..." The new @mojomagazine.bsky.social is out now, headed up by a great Robert Plant interview from @keithcameron2.bsky.social and a mighty CD (including previously unreleased stuff) compiled for us by Robert himself. www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-october... 1/3>

I literally live on a council estate in Archway. I have a mezuzah on my door, my next-door neighbours are Iranian. It's totally completely fine? Sorry, actually, it's nice. We have little chats. Take in each other's parcels. They bring me delicious iftar during Ramadan. I lend them my garden hose.

“We just sat Nick down with his guitar and wallop – he did that…” Out today, The Making Of Five Years Left features never-before-heard recordings and sessions for Nick Drake’s debut album. Drake’s engineer and the set’s compilers speak to MOJO about uncovering the magic of the songwriter at work:

Have you got good taste? MOJO’s next How To Buy guide is on The Cramps. Comment below to let us know what your favourite albums by Lux and Ivy’s psychobilly outliers are and why and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue.

Little taster from my mammoth Sly feature in the new MOJO, in which I spoke to OG Family members Jerry Martini and Greg Errico and Andy Newmark, drummer on Fresh, and youthful mensch Sal Filipelli, Sly's final collaborator - on newsagent shelves now! www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...

The September issue of @mojomagazine.bsky.social is in shops today and features an exclusive Outsiders CD with live, rare, and unreleased tracks including 'Criminal Ways', a brand new and previously unheard track from Antidepressants. www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-septemb...

Something different from @mojomagazine.bsky.social this month - one issue, a choice of two covers: a Brian Wilson memorial; and a Suede exclusive. Plus an excellent Suede CD with both versions. More info coming but you can order one (or both) here now: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/single-back-... 1/3

I've spent 30+ years watching and listening to Bill Callahan. Last night's gig in Dalston was a really good one, and I reviewed it for @mojomagazine.bsky.social here: www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...

Into the mystic with a sense of wonder, my next @mojomagazine.bsky.social How To Buy will be Van Morrison! Ten albums chosen by you! Best reasons for inclusion get mentioned in the mag. Astral Weeks, Common One, Hymns To The Silence, Veedon Fleece. Hit me with your choices and your reasons!

Bruce Springsteen Tracks II Reviewed: “As standalone albums, many of these would rank alongside Springsteen’s best - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐” The Boss opens the vaults with seven unreleased albums spanning 1983-2018. Is bigger really better? Wonders MOJO’s Keith Cameron...

First weekend in UK shops for this classic MOJO. Featuring The Beatles' mind-blowing epiphany, Black Sabbath's last stand, Bruce Springsteen's lost albums, unseen Blur, Wet Leg, The Kinks, Herbie Hancock, Rick Wakeman, a CD of consciousness-scrambling classics, Siouxsie... by Budgie and more!

In the unlikely event anyone notices, somebody has opened up an Instagram page using my name, bio and profile picture - it's not me, I don't have Instagram and I'm unlikely ever to say "speaking of great content, don't forget to check out my latest writings".

Ready to change your mind? How about a new @mojomagazine.bsky.social, and an exceptional cover story by @johnharris1969.bsky.social on Those Guys, paired with a CD, Feed Your Head Vol 2, 23 years in the making? Also in this most eclectic of MOJOs... ..> 1/3

Pulp Live Reviewed: “This feels like a band reborn.” Following the release of new album More, Jarvis Cocker and co. deliver an extended ‘special performance’ as they kick off their UK tour in Glasgow. Read MOJO’s review and the set list in full...

“That rarest of reunion records: one that transcends nostalgia to actually enhance a band’s legacy - ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ” Out this week, @welovepulp.bsky.social’s first album in 24 years is also one of their best. Read MOJO’s review in full…

“Forster is writing some of the best songs of his life… ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐” Former Go-Between Robert Forster lets his imagination run wild on what might be his most joyous album to date.

This month, I greatly enjoyed some light (verbal) sparring with The Stranglers’ Jean Jacques Burnel. Fortunately we were in Nice, too far from The Eiffel Tower for him to gaffer-tape me to the top of it.

“They still have a rare ability to rearrange the world around them, insisting there are still things worth fighting for - ⭐⭐⭐⭐” Out next week, Stereolab switch on again with their first new album in 15 years. MOJO’s Victoria Segal feels the vibrations...

Morning glory to all! I write about the greatest Oasis song of the 21st century in the new @mojomagazine.bsky.social.

Quick plug here for a new weekly newsletter that we've just launched for @mojomagazine.bsky.social. The first one has great writing from @andrewmale.bsky.social, @victoriasegal.bsky.social and Pat Gilbert. Sign up here - www.mojo4music.com/newsletter-s... - and it'll land in your inbox every Tuesday

The Oasis summer kicks off here, with the MOJO Reunion Special and the Top 50 Oasis songs. Plus Grateful Dead, The Stranglers, Tim Buckley, MJ Lenderman, Stereolab, Rory Gallagher, The Roches, The Lemonheads, Peggy Seeger, The Moody Blues & more! Order now: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-july-20...

Here be monsters: my review of Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard's Tall Tales for @mojomagazine.bsky.social

Michael Stipe's smile, Peter Buck's shirtsleeves...

VLADIMIR: Fremony at the library. ESTRAGON: Theremony at the library. VLADIMIR: Tremorremony at the library remony at the library. ESTRAGON: Gary Cooper, recently signed from Queens Old Boys, had a good debut.

My turn to do the @mojomagazine.bsky.social How To Buy column, and I want to know your favourite TROPICALIA LPs. Send me suggestions and citations, and we'll print the best ones. I think we keep it tight inside the 1968-1970 timeframe, but give me reasons why we shouldn't (not "I like Transa best").

“I’d always wanted to be famous – but that’s when it became difficult to handle. Life became dark.” Speaking in the latest issue of MOJO, Jarvis Cocker recalls his stage invasion during Michael Jackson’s Brits Awards performance and the infamy that followed...

Prouder than ever of this new @mojomagazine.bsky.social, exclusively heralding the return of Pulp. A great interview with the whole band by Ian Harrison. A remarkable CD of unreleased Pulp music. And lots more good stuff: info coming up in the next few posts... 1/3

On this day in 1984, R.E.M. released their second album, Reckoning. With tracks such as Pretty Persuasion and (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville capturing the amphetamine energy that defined thegroup’s live shows, see where it came in MOJO’s pick of R.E.M.’s best albums...

To mark publication day of Maybe I'm Amazed, I've done a long read for the New Statesman about one of the book's elements: the inhuman, cruel grind of the Special Needs system & how it's collapsing... one of the things that James's love of music got us through t.co/GZhqO6E13i

Annie & The Caldwells Can’t Lose My Soul Reviewed: “The message of suffering and survival on the road to salvation may just get you through any darkness looming - ⭐⭐⭐⭐” Mississippi matriarch and family spread the word with sublime mix of gospel soul. MOJO’s David Hutcheon bears witness...

MOJO writer @johnharris1969.bsky.social and his autistic son bond over the Beatles, Kraftwerk, Mott The Hoople and more in moving tribute to the power of music. Read MOJO's review in full...

Re my recent work abt autism & music.. @evolvemusic.bsky.social is an amazing charity in the SW, & my son James is one of the neurodivergent young ppl who goes to their weekly youth clubs. For the next 7 days, all donations to their work will be doubled. Give here donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

The new MOJO is on sale now! On the cover: Queen, with new Brian May and Roger Taylor interviews. Plus Sex Pistols, Dionne Warwick, Alan Sparhawk, Japanese Breakfast, Beatles, Rick Buckler, Sly Stone, Kraftwerk, Bill Fay, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Bridges and a Pogues-inspired CD of folk’n’roll!

Is this just fantasy? The latest MOJO stars Queen, with new Brian & Roger interviews. Plus Sex Pistols, Pogues, Dionne Warwick, Alan Sparhawk, Japanese Breakfast, Beatles, Rick Buckler, Sly Stone, Kraftwerk, Bill Fay, Lenny Waronker, GBV, Led Zep and Jeff Bridges! www.mojo4music.com/magazine/lat...

Memorex For The Krakens! To celebrate Mark E Smith's birthday, MOJO’s Fall mixtape for any occasion. www.mojo4music.com/articles/the...

“We inspired a lot of people. Not just musically, but to get involved and have fun with it...” In remembrance of David Johansen, who passed away this weekend, MOJO revisits a career-spanning interview with the New York Dolls frontman.

Shouting: Saga, Saga, Saga, Saga

Bill Fay RIP. I never heard a song more beautiful or touching than this one. So open-hearted, moving and perceptive. youtu.be/4d_MATccsMQ?...

Rest in peace Bill Fay, the most modest genius I ever knew. billfay.bandcamp.com/track/strang...

New Maybe I'm Amazed event: with my friend & Mojo colleague @keithcameron2.bsky.social, I'll be discussing music, autism, music writing, why songs connect us & more at @rocknrollbookclub.bsky.social in Walthamstow on Mon March 24th. Tix with/without books here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maybe-im-a...