Interviews

Michael Stipe and Mike Mills reveal the secrets of R.E.M.’s “Electrolite”

Tacked on the end of New Adventures... this happy-sad-elegy to Hollywood was initially disliked by Stipe, "but turned out to be one of our best songs ever"

8th November 2021

An audience with Dion: “Lou Reed loved me! I think he knew I would tell him the truth”

The irrepressible rock’n’roller shares his stories of a life well lived, from riding rhinos in Bronx Zoo to watching Dylan go electric – and even getting on the good side of Lou Reed

3rd November 2021

David Bowie’s contemporaries on lost album Toy: “We always felt that they were great songs”

To celebrate the imminent release – 21 years late! – of Toy, we bring you the definitive account of David Bowie's legendary lost album as told by Bowie's closest collaborators and confidants

27th October 2021

Jack Cooper of Modern Nature’s fresh perspective on life and music: “I’m after openness and expansiveness now”

Zookeeper, garage-rock avatar, avant-garde explorer… Jack Cooper had already travelled long distances before he left the city for the right kind of quiet. But while this move has given Cooper fresh perspective, what does it mean for his band, Modern Nature?

25th October 2021

Friends and collaborators on Gil Scott-Heron’s legacy: “There seemed to be a part of him that could never really relax”

As Gil Scott-Heron's landmark album Pieces Of A Man turns 50, collaborators and eyewitnesses tell us about Scott-Heron’s creative peak and the power of his songs.

20th October 2021

The Waterboys on Room To Roam’s legacy: “We were a lot wilder and more exciting than the record conveyed”

Riding high on the momentum of Fisherman’s Blues, in 1989 The Waterboys reconvened at their new spiritual home in Ireland to make the follow-up. Mike Scott’s plan to broaden the sound didn’t quite go to plan, but as a new box-set reveals, Room To Roam was far from a misfire

18th October 2021

Michael Chapman on his remarkable career: “I used to write on anything that would move”

With Michael Chapman’s passing, we have lost a true original. In this interview from 2016, he talks about the many highlights of his remarkable and enduring career

13th October 2021

Courtney Barnett on new album Things Take Time, Take Time: “I ended up making calm, simple, repetitive, meditative music”

Locked down in Melbourne, Courtney Barnett has busied herself buying plants, making soups and hoarding vintage gear. Finally, she emerges with a brilliant new album – but how do the Mojave Desert, Arthur Russell and Joni Mitchell feature in its creation?

11th October 2021

Shannon Lay on new album Geist: “The beliefs I had about myself were crumbling. Everything was shattering”

From her beginnings in LA’s punk scene, via jobs in weed dispensaries and her association with Ty Segall, Shannon Lay has reached the nexus between British folk-rock, spiritual jazz and indie

6th October 2021

The Rolling Stones’ producer Chris Kimsey on Charlie Watts: “It’s all in the style”

The longtime Stones producer and engineer remembers a “gentleman”

4th October 2021

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