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Read new @mojomagazine.bsky.social for my homage to Gong's Flying Teapot and marvel at my lovely poster.

Remarkably, it’s the 30th anniversary of me joining the @mojomagazine.bsky.social team (I’m not just for Christmas), so this month I got busy with Musical Youth, Brother Wallace, Tamikrest, Analog Africa and Françoise Hardy - and that’s only about 2% of an extremely packed issue …

Take a break at the Cactus Tree Motel, shower off the dust, and settle down with @mojomagazine.bsky.social 391. This month, we map Joni Mitchell's 50 greatest songs and retrace her first creative steps, 60 years after her music entered the public domain. www.greatmagazines.co.uk/mojo-june-20... 1/3

Maybe the govt should deny West a visa, maybe it shouldn't. The more troubling and widespread issue is that the stigma against antisemitism — and platforming antisemites — has all but vanished.

I Am This Thing (Radio Edit) - Single New single out March 27 on Tiny Ghost Records

“I Am This Thing” is a commercial for human life (or mine at least) harvested directly from my brain and delivered to your ears, farm-to-table: enjoy! ffm.to/bx57oxq

Manic Street Preachers Live In London Review Cure covers, rarities and crowd-pleasers as the Manics return to the Royal Albert Hall for a triumphant career overview in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

I reviewed Manic Street Preachers' outstanding Royal Albert Hall @teenagecancertrust.bsky.social show for @mojomagazine.bsky.social. www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...

Geese Live Review: Brilliantly unpredictable Cameron Winter’s much-hyped New Yorkers prove to be in a league of their own at London's Eventim Apollo. Read MOJO's review and the setlist in full

“Geese are on another level, in another world...”

Cameron Winter’s much-hyped New Yorkers prove to be in a league of their own at London’s Eventim Apollo. Read MOJO’s live report and the setlist in full...

James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire in conversation with Keith Cameron - Hay Festival A rare chance to hear from members of the Manic Street Preachers about their history and journey to cult status.

📚🎫| Tickets are now on sale for James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire in conversation with Keith Cameron at Hay Festival.

#ManicStreetPreachers | @keithcameron2.bsky.social | #168SongsOfHatredAndFailure

Fenceline YouTube video by Mildred - Topic

Fallen hard for Mildred. Bill Callahan fans this way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkwW...

“Live at Acheron" is mostly a selection of my old songs performed solo & acoustic as I originally wrote them, in Nashville last year.

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@mojomagazine.bsky.social is compiling a guide to buying Analog Africa albums. I don’t want to get the result wrong, and only one vote currently separates first and second places - so send me your what and a few words why and let’s make this definitive …

Bill Callahan - My Days Of 58 Review Enigmatic singer's ninth post-Smog album presents a brace of compelling, vital meditations on humanity, mortality and the everlasting.

“These are songs of vitality, wit and nerve, Callahan’s idiosyncrasies setting a strong password to guard his own humanity – ⭐⭐⭐⭐”

Out this week on Drag City, Bill Callahan’s ninth post-Smog album presents a compelling cycle of meditations on life and mortality. Read MOJO’s review in full…

One new @mojomagazine.bsky.social today, but two covers to choose from: Miles Davis at 100, or Punk at 50. Both come with all the same exceptional writing, and a beautiful Miles & Friends CD compiled by myself and @andrewmale.bsky.social. Get a copy: shorturl.at/AmnqA 1/3

MOJO’s New Lana Del Rey Special Is Out Now! Featuring exclusive interviews, a guide to every album, plus a FREE collectable art print, MOJO The Collectors’ Series: Lana Del Rey is on sale now.

MOJO’s New Lana Del Rey Special Is Out Now!

Featuring exclusive interviews, a guide to every album, plus a free collectable art print, MOJO The Collectors’ Series: Lana Del Rey is in UK shops and available to order for delivery wherever you are now. More info here 👇

Why the politics of media leaks, briefings and "sources" is only spreading dread and fear The painfully long story of the government's SEND reforms has pushed exactly those buttons, among people already used to a level of anxiety that may soon get even worse

Latest from me, and one of the most important pieces on Special Needs I've written so far: "In fifteen years of political journalism, I don’t think I have seen anything quite like this: a mad game of briefing, counter-briefing and official stonewalling."
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Your last chance on this one before I write the fucker

@saveourchildrensrights on Instagram: "Prime Minister, don’t take our children’s legal rights away. Families of children and young people with SEND are already fighting every day for the support the... 38 likes, 9 comments - saveourchildrensrights on January 11, 2026: "Prime Minister, don’t take our children’s legal rights away. Families of children and young people with SEND are already fighting ...

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MOJO’s next how to buy is on Osees. Reply below to tell us what your favourite album from John Dwyer and co. is and why and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue 👇👇👇

And so it begins: 2026 will be the year of a huge Special Needs battle, and this is why Amid briefings, whispers and rumours, off we go: in an increasingly toxic atmosphere, basic educational rights look set to be one of this year's biggest issues

With impeccable timing, the Maybe I'm Amazed Substack is back, and it's free maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/and-so-it-...

R.E.M. As You’ve Never Heard Them Before R.E.M.'s debut Murmur and 1982's Chronic Town EP emerge on expensive ‘audiophile’ vinyl. How do they sound? MOJO's Danny Eccleston finds out...

R.E.M. As You’ve Never Heard Them Before!

R.E.M.'s debut Murmur and 1982's Chronic Town EP emerge on expensive ‘audiophile’ vinyl. But how do they sound? MOJO's Danny Eccleston revisits Michael Stipe and co.’s blurred mystery anew...

Robert Plant's Favourite Albums Of 2025 Led Zeppelin frontman shares some of the music he's been exploring this year, including Bob Dylan, Florence + The Machine, Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes and more.

“The music on there is just so mind-altering to me...”

As part of MOJO’s review of the year, Robert Plant shares some of the music he’s been exploring and revisiting in 2025.

Brett Anderson's Favourite Albums Of The Year Following the release of Suede's 10th album Antidepressants, frontman Brett Anderson shares some of the music that's inspired him in 2025.

“I yell along to it in the car to annoy my son when I pick him up from school.”

As part of MOJO’s review of the year, Suede frontman Brett Anderson shares some of the music he’s been enjoying – and annoying family members with – in 2025...

I feared I'd sent too many comic dog pictures and you'd blocked me :-)

Hello!

I'm exhausted And this was a fairly light day

I'd hoped normal service might resume today. I woke up with a tight 600 words mentally typed out on the suspension of the US-UK technology deal. The subject line included a terrific pun.

Then, I went for a walk in Sydney.

MOJO’s next how to buy is on Osees. Reply below to tell us what your favourite album from John Dwyer and co. is and why and we’ll print the best responses in a future issue 👇👇👇

Three days ago. No more words.

Fellow humans!

It’s the last Bandcamp Friday of 2025: an ace time to pre-order GLOBE OF FROGS on vinyl, CD & download, plus a cornucopia of my other albums HERE:

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Also Soft Boys items HERE:

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Love on ye, RH 🎄🐸🎄

David Bowie Stars In The New MOJO Magazine! David Bowie's Station To Station at 50, a brilliant covermount CD, plus Chrissie Hynde, Dennis Wilson, Squeeze and more in latest issue of MOJO Magazine.

David Bowie And More In The New Issue Of MOJO!

Fifty years after Station To Station, we investigate the torrid investiture of The Thin White Duke. Plus! Chrissie Hynde, Squeeze, Elvis Presley, Arctic Monkeys, Dennis Wilson, the essential 2026 preview and more!

More info and to order a copy here 👇