In this issue

Jason Isbell - An audience with the Americana superstar.

Evan Dando - The Lemonhead plots his belated return.

Scottish Folk - Why Edinburgh and Glasgow were the places to be for mid-’60s troubadours and more...

Jonathan Demme | 1944–2017

SHORTLY after Jonathan Demme died – on April 26, aged 73 – David Byrne wrote an extensive eulogy for the film director on his blog. reflecting on their first collaboration together, the 1984 talking heads’ concert film, Stop Making Sense, Byrne praised Demme’s singular approach to the project.

2 mins

Let Me Come Back Over

Buffalo Tom revisit their masterpiece: “There’s some real emotional turmoil to that period of life…”

2 mins

How Many Holes Does It Really Take To Fill The Albert Hall?

Yep, they’d love to turn you on: The Bootleg Beatles bring Sgt Pepper to life.

2 mins

Julia Jacklin

Recommended this month: how a Blue Mountains girl was inspired by Britney, but ended up like Emmylou.

2 mins

An Audience With… Jason Isbell

“Willie Nelson could probably whip my ass. People who smoke that much pot don’t fight like normal, sober people. They o weird shit, so I would not fight with Willie Nelson”

8 mins

Fleet Foxes

“Was I too slow? Did I change overnight?” Robin Pecknold returns to the hunt.

5 mins

Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie

Return of the Mac? This fine duo album raises hopes. 

3 mins

The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Super Deluxe Edition

Comprehensive six-disc boxset – guaranteed to raise a smile!

8 mins

'We're All In This Together'

Spring 2017. Twenty-five years after his last rock album, an urgent, raging Roger Waters has returned, with much he needs to say. On the eve of Is This The Life We Really Want?’s release and the epic Us + Them tour, Michael Bonner joins Waters in New York to set the world to rights. To be discussed: Pink Floyd, Donald Trump, Brexit, The Beatles, 9/11 and an album which, producer Nigel Godrich says, gives Waters a “reboot in the same way The Force Awakens gave Star Wars back to the fans”…

10+ mins

Aimee Mann

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, April 26, 2017Mental Illness, plus gags, plus a “a fucking chorus of owls”, equals singer-songwriter gold.

3 mins

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