Martin Aston

I am thrilled to confirm that a Spanish edition of the 4AD biography will be published by Contra in June 2025, using Vaughan's original...

Ten years in development, the first official film documentary about the late Jeff Buckley debuted at the Sundance film festival in...

R.I.P. David Lynch. Another visionary gone. Talking of which, he and Vaughan crossed paths when Lynch commissioned artwork for his “Good...

One of the classics of the 1990's, Suede's wildly, gloriously far-reaching second album Dog Man Star was the product of another tragic...

“Lou could be a little cold but if he admired you, you were in for life…” Keith Richards, Rickie Lee Jones and more cover the late Lou...

In the latest issue of MOJO, I interview - Laurie Anderson and her accomplices about the foundations of her radical art-pop mindset, the...

In 2023, I went to meet Brian Christinzio, AKA BC Camplight, a Philadelphian who has found a sanctuary - if not yet peace - in...

The new issue of MOJO includes my feature on The Chameleons, talking to founder members Mark Burgess and Reg Smithers, 29 years after I...

I talked to producer John Leckie about the making of The Stone Roses’ seminal debut LP, released in 1989, and why he gave up on their...

David Bowie broke so much new ground, he's the iconoclast to out-clast them all, including creating your own epitaph, and releasing it...

For the '30 Years of MOJO' feature, I talked to Blur guitarist Graham Coxon about the band's image-breaking, Britpop-slaying 1998 album...

I've just received the double vinyl 30th anniversary edition of Kristin's solo debut Hips And Makers, which 4AD's website says is...

To celebrate 40 years since Bauhaus’ inception in Northampton, England, the band's debut single “Bela Lugosi's Dead” has risen from its...

The Byrds and the B's: l-r John Lennon, David Crosby, Paul McCartney, George Harrison Before his death in 2023, I talked to David Crosby...

The French edition of Facing The Other Way - under the title À contre-courant - has just been published by Editions Allia - thank you...

Much has happened since my last update; the pandemic got in the way. I'm currently not contributing to online sites (so no links) but...

Former Lush singer/guitarist Miki Berenyi's memoir Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success (published by Nine Eight Books) is a...

On World AIDS Day 2017, this is for Patrick Cowley, Klaus Nomi and Michael Callen, three pioneers of queer popular music who were lost...

Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy is not only a brilliant pop song (matched by its fearless video - watch that here ) but a key factor in the...

Vaughan's name is alive.... Vaughan Oliver’s work with 4AD established him as one of the most influential Graphic Designers and Art...