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...

PSYCH OPS! 15 new garage rock nuggets • featuring king gizzard 8 & the lizard wizard, thee oh sees, white denim ty segall & mikal cronin, wooden shjips, sonic boom and more!

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

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Theories, rants, etc. • MOJO welcomes correspondence for publication. E-mail to: mojoreaders@bauermedia.co.uk

Missing danger, with a new record and film, St. Vincent forges ahead.

DAVE GROHL IMAGINES NEW FOO FIGHTERS, THE STAGE, 30-YEAR NEVERMIND BOX.

ALSO WORKING

Another Weller LP? Get ready for Fat Pop (Volume 1)!

Todd Haynes’ Velvets doc presents unseen film and Jonathan Richman!

THE BIOPIC EXPLODES WITH BILLIE HOLIDAY, ARETHA, BUDDY AND MORE

ALSO FILMING

Richard Thompson drops memoir Beeswing

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2021 REISSUES

JOHNNY FLYNN • The folk singer/actor reflects on playing Bowie in Stardust: includes teeth, the “jukebox musical”, and meeting Bob Dylan.

WELCOME BACK TO ILLINOIS GARAGE PUNK LEGENDS THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT!

MEET JULIEN BAKER, THE EMO-FOLKIE PHOEBE BRIDGERS “RIPS OFF”!

THE AFROBEAT DYNASTY CONTINUES WITH MADE KUTI

MOJO PLAYLIST • Let’s shimmy! To riffs, breaks and neo-prog.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • With riffs like blows on Vulcan’s anvil he forged ground-breaking heavy rock — but leading Black Sabbath presented more demanding dilemmas. “It was like most workplaces,” says Tony Iommi; “if someone leaves, you don’t close the whole factory down.”

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Earth’s drone king Dylan Carlson gives thanks for the don of heavy.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Keeping the Sabbath: Images of lommi.

DARK VICTORIES • Three monsters from Iommi’s riff pit, by Danny Eccleston.

“It’s Hard To Separate Myself From My Family” • The father who towered over showbiz; the brother whose kidnap shocked America; the daughters devoted to her legacy: it’d be easy for NANCY SINATRA to take a back seat to her kin. Yet the quirky pop she made with Lee Hazlewood and others imparts a deathless dazzle and, at 80, she’s in little doubt about its value. “We made some damn good records,” she reminds DAVE DiMARTINO.

Sweet Sole Music • Four cool-school pop stompers from Nancy (and Lee), surveyed by Danny Eccleston.

MOJO PRESENTS • Aussie “sci-fi dork” with microtonal guitar and “dumb-arse concepts” forms polymorphous freak-rock collective, pens recipe for obscurity. Yet fuelled by fan obsession, mad productivity and mindblowing live sets KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD are on the up and up, and up. “We wanted to sound like a record collection,” they tell STEVIE CHICK.

CRAZY NAME, CRAZY ALBUMS • Four corners of the Gizzverse, mapped by STEVIE CHICK.

EINS, ZWEI, DREI, FEAR, FUNK, SEX! • LED BY KRAFTWERK’S EXAMPLE, SYNTH MUSIC WAS THE COMING GENRE AS THE ’70S CLOSED? BUT IT WAS IN 1981 THAT IT ACHIEVED CRITICAL MASS. JON SAVAGE FIRES UP THE MOOG PRODIGY AND REWINDS 40 YEARS? TO WHEN...