MOJO

Launched in 1993, MOJO celebrates the stories of music's all-time greats. It does this through expertly written, insightful features and exclusive, in-depth interviews. MOJO also finds and recommends new music of quality and integrity, so if you want to read about the classics of now and tomorrow, it is definitely the music magazine for you. As founding editor Paul Du Noyer put it, MOJO has ""the sensibilities of a fanzine and the design values of Vogue."" It's lovingly put together every month by music fanatics with huge knowledge, who share your passion. And because they have unrivalled contacts in the music industry, they bring you the kind of access, news and expertise you won't find anywhere else.

THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE...

HEAVY NUGGETS VOL.V • MOJO PRESENTS 15 MORE TREASURES FROM HAWKWIND, GROUNDHOGS 4 THE HARD ROCK UNDERGROUND

ALL BACK TO MY PLACE • THE STARS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING...

Theories, rants, etc.

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Signs Of Life • Roger Waters sings for WikiLeaks, unveils a new gig film. Plus, a manager’s memoir, and a huge post-split Pink Floyd box…

ENOUGH WITH THE OPERAS AND SONNETS! RUFUS WAINWRIGHT GETS BACK TO SINGER-SONGWRITING.

FACT SHEET

ALSO WORKING

SELF PORTRAIT STEVE IGNORANT • Crass’ Punch & Judy man in his own words and by his own hand.

KIM GORDON • The Sonic Youth co-founder and indie rock icon talks stardom, art and memoirs.

NOTORIOUS KIM • Gordon’s dry jams x five

Loved By The Alien • Tricky’s new no-punches-pulled memoir includes an extraordinary fan letter from David Bowie . “All that love he showed me… I didn’t return it,” he rues today.

What’s going on • A full-access documentary on Motown’s Detroit years, three books, hit collections – the label’s 60th celebrations heat up.

REFLECTIONS

TRAD ARRPOCALYPSE! THE INTENSE NEW FOLK OF LANKUM .

WHO IS THAT MASKED MAN? IT’S THE COUNTRY MORRISSEY, ORVILLE PECK !

MOJO PLAYLIST • Yo! Bum rush the month’s best rock, rap and psych-cha-cha.

THE LEGACY

The Complete Document • D.A. Pennebake r: Master of the vérité film portrait died on August 1.

Larry ‘The Mole’ Taylor • Canned Heat/Tom Waits bassist BORN 1942

Neal Casal • Travelled guitarist and songwriter BORN 1968

THEY ALSO SERVED

Strange Victory, Strange Defeat • David Berman , troubled poet of Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, left us on August 7.

THE LEGACY

Worshipped by folk fans but a devil to herself, she’s survived the best and worst of life, forging on as a regal ambassador for songs and their writers. “I don’t need fireworks,” says Judy Collins. “I just need to tell a story.”

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Rufus Wainwright bows down to a mystical icon.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Where the time went: all sides of Judy.

JUDY’S GARLANDS • Danny Eccleston picks three from 43 (at least!).

MULTIPLE ORGANISM

“WE SHARE AN INTEREST IN TRANCE”

To escape the legacy of one cult, ADRIANNE LENKER formed another – the intense, four-way encounter group called BIG THIEF . With a bewitching, folk-veined fourth album set to accelerate their ascent, they open up on their quest to uncover the arcane spells and deep secrets of song. “We’re like archaeologists,” they tell MAT SNOW .

Swag BAG • The music currently stealing the hearts of Big Thief.

OUT OF THIS WORLD

SONIC ATTACHER

GALAXY QUEST

PiL OPEN THE METAL BOX • After the Sex Pistols whimpered their last, John Lydon and volatile elements Jah Wobble and Keith Levene came together to form the managerless “umbrella organisation” PiL. In 1979, the grooves, dissonance and purging of their second...