Posted Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:35pm PDT
Almost 20 years have shot by since Q's Mark Cooper traveled to America to report on the shock waves caused by Public Enemy and NWA. Seems an apt time to salute these avatars of hip hop, so here's an excerpt... 
Posted Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:03pm PDT
David Bowie's makeover from the apocalyptic androgyne of 1974's Diamond Dogs to the emaciated "plastic soul" man of 1975's Young Americans was one of the more startling self-reinventions in the history of rock.NME's Mick Farren was there to see the l 
Posted Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:12pm PDT
The shocking and wholly unexpected death of Brendan Mullen after a massive stroke at the age of 58 prompted me to pull out this Village Voice review of We Got the Neutron Bomb, the great 2001 oral history of L.A.'s punk scene that he co-authored with 
Posted Fri Oct 9, 2009 5:02pm PDT
The diva with the multi-octave pipes is back with her Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. Mat Snow met the lady in question as her career skyrocketed in the late summer of 1991 
Posted Thu Oct 8, 2009 6:08pm PDT
Rob Steen presents 10 of the most seminal "direction changes" in rock's illustrious history, from Dylan and the Beatles to Talking Heads and Radiohead--with three substitutes for backup. 
Posted Wed Oct 7, 2009 4:26pm PDT
Leyla Sanai gets to grips with the Australian singer's second novel -the long-awaited follow-up to 1989's And the Ass Saw the Angel. She's highly impressed. 
Posted Mon Oct 5, 2009 11:29am PDT
Mackenzie Phillips' revelations about her Papa prompt us to revisit this snapshot of life among pop's royalty in the heyday of Swinging London, summer 1966 
Posted Sat Oct 3, 2009 4:05pm PDT
When Beatles press officer Derek Taylor swapped Swinging London for Laid-Back Los Angeles in 1965, he played a pivotal part in bringing the two worlds together, doing press for the Byrds, the Beach Boys and many other West Coast acts. (It was he who 
Posted Fri Oct 2, 2009 4:02pm PDT
When Johnny Rotten reverted to being John Lydon and left the Sex Pistols behind him, he launched one of the definitive postpunk bands. Andy Schwartz was there to greet Lydon on the release of Metal Box, Public Image Ltd.'s masterpiece, and this is th 
Posted Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:33pm PDT
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