Fandom of the pop era
As we bid farewell to Beatles Monthly our writer discusses how fanzines come and go - but they have always been vital to the music

Billy was my hero
Billy Fury, who died 20 years ago, was a perfect but vulnerable pop star, says this lifelong fan

Glam rock shines again
Thirty years on, the forgotten stars of glam rock are shining again

Booze brothers
Pop: The Faces liked their fun, but our correspondent discovers a darker side

The folk myth
Cult singer Vashti Bunyan vanished 30 years ago - now she's back

A journey into the unheard
Composer Basil Kirchin tells our critic about a long musical quest

I hope it rains
The keyboard player of St Etienne has paid his festival dues, thank you very much

Elvis Presley: Close Up

Hardy Perennial
She's 59, but Francoise Hardy is still an icon. She talks about her old times and new records

My kinda town
Don't lose what makes Croydon special in its proposed makeover

Felt good factor
What were eccentric indie band, Felt, trying to do in the eighties?

Sounds Like Tomorrow (Broadcast Interview)

Plans are afoot to scrap Top of the Pops
Times critics suggest how the show might be saved

Brett Smiley: Breathlessly Brett
Brett Smiley was nearly glam rock's new Bowie but fell to earth

The quality of Mersey unrestrained
After the Beatles conquered the world, the world forgot Merseybeat, the movement they sprang from. Now new light is being shed on Liverpool's original heroes

A rare byrd sings
The return of a forgotten Gene Clark album confirms the formers Byrd's greatness

Nowt as queer as folk
Just when you thought it was all over, folk is back. Our writer previews the Green Man Festival

Still wizard, a true star
The name on many of the best pop records - a few of them his own - is Todd Rundgren. And our correspondent got to meet him

Protect and survive
Despised and feared for years, the military buildings of the Cold War were shrouded in secrecy, but now a new book makes a plea for recognition of the alien structures

Reluctant hero
Our interviewer finds 'Glue' legend Mark Perry still fighting for the music

The real caffeine hit
In the Fifties and Sixties espresso bars were cradles of counterculture and British pop

Hit And Myth
AS THE autumn leaves and empty crisp packets swirl around our feet, one's thoughts invariably turn to a record that was as far from being a hit as it could possibly be.

Stereolab starting at zero
Stereolab have come through death and divorce

Hit & myth
SOMETHING in the way he bawled “I am the God of hellfire” suggested that Arthur Brown wasn't the type to flinch while lighting the blue touchpaper.

Year of the drear
After the summer of love, the winter of discontent. Our writer looks at 1968, when pop's golden apples rotted and fell off the tree

Hit & myth
FORTY YEARS ago, the sporty, well-groomed Dave Clark Five dislodged the Beatles from the No 1 spot with Glad All Over.

Hit & myth
MANY column inches have been devoted to the question of who will play the new Doctor Who, but no one has contemplated a new theme.

Brother complex
The maverick genius of Scott Walker continues to intrigue

Hit & Myth
IT'S BEERMATS over the ocean as the Legion bar in Shoreditch opens its doors to a monthly club called Pub Rock.

Kylie Minogue - Body Language (Parlophone)
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