Martin Aston

On the 35th anniversary of their first album, Garlands , I got the chance again to wax (and wane) lyrical about the unique and cherished...

An Introduction to Felt, the enigmatic, beguiling treasure led by the singular Lawrence, whose ten-album lifespan has been given the...

My 3000-word 'eyewtiness' account of the late, extraordinary Jeff Buckley was part of a 17-page special in Q's s 2014 June issue, marking...

I interviewed Jimmy Somerville for Attitude's July 2014 issue, on the 30th anniversary of Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy," one of British...

The Record Store Day triple-vinyl release of Iggy Pop’s  Post Pop Depression – Live at the Royal Albert Hall   has inspired an essential...

The day Bowie died... A tribute. It wasn't intended as such, but The Vinyl Factory considered it a paean to queer revolution ("Now we...

"Beds, Rollercoasters, Bridges and Beaches..." My story of the one band I helped sign to 4AD: San Francisco's Red House Painters, led by...

The trio's final phase of recording for 4AD found them at their peak. Find it here

Grace  was both his debut and swan song, but, as is often the case with an artist died-too-young, Jeff Buckley’s discography is still...

"Its writer refused to record it. Pat Boone almost killed it. Then it was resurrected as a B-side to an indie prestige project. Martin...

4AD: the 'pure' label behind Pixies and Cocteau Twins When my 4AD biography Facing The Other Way: The Story of 4AD was published, I wrote...

For the Guardian section Cult Heroes: I interviewed Mark Mulcahy and Ray Neal of Miracle Legion – "the band Thom Yorke loved, who could...

With contributions from key players of past and present including enigmatic founder Ivo Watts-Russell, 4AD biographer Martin Aston...

"Playing rock in a hard place..." Weeks before the World Cup started, I flew to Johannesburg to meet the thrilling BLK JKS.. "They will...

Lead review in MOJO for Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache: How Music Came Out, by Victoria Segal. "Mighty...Real" indeed

To interview graphic novels maestro Alan Moore not once, but twice, was a thrill. The firsts in 1986, when Watchmen was published; the...

In 2012, I interviewed Israeli film director Eytan Fox about his latest film Yossi , and his often controversial storylines, which mostly...

I interviewed Swedish footballer Anton Hyséna groundbreaker in his day, only the second professional footballer to come out as gay, after...

I interviewed Liam Davis, at the time the only out gay man in British football, who also co-ran the Point cafe/restaurant in Cleethorpes...

My review of Rufus Wainwright’s daring album Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall