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Imagine There’s no Box Sets: John Lennon, Angela Davis & the Gutting of 60s Counterculture

As Universal release an expensive box set celebrating John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "political activism", Samuel Cox argues that it cheapens the legacy of more impactful, radical figures

O Superfan: How Rock & Pop’s Elite Screw their Loyal Supporters – and why it won’t Work

The mainstream music biz reckons that devoted fans are the golden geese that'll keep laying, and the streaming services are about to get in on the grift. Eamonn Forde explains why this makes no business sense

The Strange World Of… Yoko Ono

Despite the predictably & performatively negative reaction the Japanese artist inspires in some critical quarters, it is clear she has been responsible for a cavalcade of bangers over the decades. With a new retrospective at the Tate Modern, Jeremy Allen explores her back catalogue

The Verge Of Getting Down: Bill Brewster’s Funk Rock Rarities

We set crate digger extraordinaire, Bill Brewster another challenge. This week, make us a set culled from the less fashionable - mainly white, blue collar and European - backwaters of funk rock… he came up with some beauties

Lennon Naked & Depictions Of The Beatle On The Screen

With _Lennon Naked_ about to hit the small screen, Terry Staunton examines the various ways that cinema and television have interpreted his life

Yoko Oh Yes! Ms Ono Speaks About Peace, Pop And Computer Games

Some of us may be surprised at just how good _Between My Head And The Sky_, the new album by the Plastic Ono Band, actually is. Not Carol Clerk, who met up with Yoko to talk about her music and peace projects . . .

Book Review: The Last Mad Surge of Youth by Mark Hodkinson

Spreading The Word: Annie Nightingale’s Favourite Music

Broadcaster, writer and all-round music hero Annie Nightingale guides Diva Harris though her 13 favourite records, from Eminem to Bob Marley, Dave, Skrillex, Eric Satie and Primal Scream

Inhabiting The Music: Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of her appearance on The Quietus' stage at this year's Field Day Festival, Charlotte Gainsbourg takes Jeremy Allen through her favourite albums, from Portishead to Bach, Lou Reed to her dad

A Spoon Baker’s Dozen: The Texan Connections Of Julian Cope

As Spoon hit the UK their vocalist and founder Britt Daniel guides Charles Ubaghs through his 13 favourite albums, from Public Enemy to Miles Davis, the raw emotion of Cat Power and strange idol Julian Cope

Lifting A Veil: Kurt Wagner Of Lambchop’s Favourite British LPs

Reflecting at length upon his intimate relationship with British music from his office in Nashville, Tennessee, the alt-country veteran at the heart of Lambchop discusses freedom, interpretation and the lasting effect on him of 1970s Sheffield with Luke Cartledge

Anger Through Grace: Nicky Wire’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of their eleventh LP Rewind The Film, the Manic Street Preachers man scours his record collection for the list to end all lists