Interviews
Ruts DC To celebrate forty years since the release of 'The Crack' Ruts DC take their seminal debut album on the road in February. Denzil Watson caught up with the band’s gregarious drummer Dave Ruffy to speak about the album and 40th anniversary tour.
Ruts DC Tony Visconti Greta Van Fleet Skids Morton Valence Last Day Sect Catty Pearson Eastern Swell St Lucifer Batman's Treaty Mud Morganfield Willard Grant Conspiracy Slade Louise Aubrie Al Joshua Keiron Phelan	Tony Visconti Greta Van Fleet Skids Morton Valence Last Day Sect Catty Pearson

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Profiles

Musical Predictions for the Year: 2019 Nick Dent-Robinson provides five tips for acts to keep an eye out for and which he predicts for success in 2019.

Musical Predictions for the Year: 2019 Green River: Profile Nocturne Live: Profile Doug Hoekstra: Unopened Pete Shelley: 17/4/1955...6/12/2018

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Live Reviews

Peter Doherty: Hangar 34, Liverpool, 27/1/2018 Andy Gordon at Hangar 34 in Liverpool enjoys an improvised set from Libertines' and Babyshambles' Peter Doherty. Photos from Amanda J Window.

Peter Doherty: Hangar 34, Liverpool, 27/1/2018 Dandy Warhols: Albert Hall, Manchester, 30/1/2019 Frank Turner: Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, 26/1/2019 Radical Dance Faction: Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 19/1/2019 David Bromberg, Larry Campbell and David Hidalgo: Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, 15/1/2019 Mud Morganfield: Space, Evanston, 4/1/2019 Theatre Of Hate: Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 12/12/2018 Snow Patrol: Photoscapes Skid Row: Photoscapes Backyard Babies: Photoscapes Cardigans: Eventim Apollo, London. 7/12/2018 Miles Kane: Academy, Manchester, 23/11/2018 David Crosby: Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, 8/11/2018 Struts: House of Blues, Chicago, 24/11/2018 Jemma Freeman and The Cosmic Something: Shacklewell Arms, London, 8/11/2018 Vintage Trouble: Troubadour, Los Angeles, 15/11/2018

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Re View

Byrds: Byrdsmaniax In our 'Re:View' section, in which we look back at albums from the past, Carl Bookstein examines 'Byrdmaniax', 1960's California folk rock legends the Byrds' recently re-released 1971 album.

Byrds: Byrdsmaniax Third Rail: ID Music JODI: Pop Espontáneo

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Features

Northern Soul: Ten Songs That Made Me Love... Dave Goodwin, in our 'Ten Songs That Made Me Love...' series, reflects on his ten favourite Northern Soul songs. Bruce Iglauer/Alligator Records Pulp Northern Soul Green Day

Northern Soul: Ten Songs That Made Me Love... Bruce Iglauer/Alligator Records: Raging Pages Pulp: Ten Songs That Made Me Love... Northern Soul: Vinyl Stories Green Day: Raging Pages Graham Parker: Ten Songs That Made Me Love... Mystery Jets: Ten Songs That Made Me Love...

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Website of the Month: Small Music Scene Our Website of the Month is Small Music Scene, a Glasgow-based website that specialises in exposing under-the-radar music.

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