MOJO 313 – December 2019: Neil Young
MOJO 313 features Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Debbie Harry, Nick Cave, Lou Reed, a guitar wig-outs CD and more.
AN EXCLUSIVE NEIL YOUNG interview – with the lowdown on his new Colorado album and more – heads up a vibrant issue, with its own CD soundtrack of epic guitar jams (including Dinosaur Jr, Kurt Vile, Big Thief and Ty Segall) attached. Read how Neil’s fighting the power and back on the weed, with Crazy Horse back in harness. Also: Nick Cave’s incredible new album; Mark Lanegan’s hair-raising tales; Debbie Harry’s complicated history; the Rolling Stones’ watershed 1969; The Clash, unseen! Plus: R.E.M. defend Monster; The Kinks revive Arthur; Laurie Anderson writes about Lou Reed’s lyrics. And: Betty Wright; Cate Le Bon; Prince’s memoir; Duran Duran’s prehistory; a farewell to Ric Ocasek; the birth of Madness and more!
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CONTENTS MOJO 313
COVER STORY: NEIL YOUNG From high up in the Rockies, the patron saint of Doing Your Thing delivers his latest thunderbolt, forged with the help of weed hits, eco ire and rock’n’roll’s most storied backing band: Crazy Horse.
DEBBIE HARRY The Blondie singer has told her own story at last: adoption, acid, punk, Bowie’s junk, the secrets and lies. But why did it feel like pulling teeth?
THE ROLLING STONES From Olympic to Altamont via Hyde Park and Cotchford Farm, Ethan Russell’s peerless photographs tell the story of Let It Bleed, the Stones’ first masterpiece.
LOU REED As a book of his complete lyrics emerges, Reed’s partner Laurie Anderson offers blazing insight into his world – Rotten Rita, Newspaper Joe and all.
CATE LE BON Back to her West Wales hometown with Britain’s most unusual songwriter, fêted by John Cale, Deerhunter and more for her psychedelic spirit and studio suss.
MARK LANEGAN An elemental voice. A helluva life – from peak grunge to 8-day coma to solo salvation. The takeaway? “You don’t have to get shittier as you get older.”
R.E.M. Folk-rock gave way to glam, irony and volume when Athens’ finest unleashed their Monster. 25 years on, the band relive a divisive album and watershed tour.
BETTY WRIGHT How to survive and thrive in the rigged game of showbiz, with one of ’70s soul’s great unsung voices. “Don’t cry over spilt milk,” she advises.
REVIEWED Nick Cave / Bob Dylan: Travelin’ Thru / Jeff Lynne’s ELO / Ghostface Killah / Van Morrison / Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy / Mikal Cronin / FKA Twigs / Lankum / Sun O))) / Underworld / The Who / The Rain Parade / Peter Ivers / Prince / David Bowie / The Pop Group / Stereolab / James Brown / Richard Thompson / The Black Keys / Gene Clark
PLUS The Kinks revive Arthur / Angel Olsen’s cassette confessions / Liz Fraser records again! / The Clash: London Calling unseen / Madness: The Petty Criminal Years / How To Buy… Steve Winwood / Rock Against Heroin, 1986-style / introducing Young Guv and Xylouris White / tolling the bell for Ric Ocasek, Daniel Johnston and Larry Wallis / Duran Duran: The Stephen Duffy Year…