There’s uncooked haggis on the rider and compelling stories galore, as the excellent novelist Ian Rankin joins Andrew Male and Keith Cameron to hymn the fairy tales for hard men of Jackie Leven. Plus a trip into the darkened teenage bedrooms of The Murder Capital, and a reckoning with the eternal challenges of John Cale. From Fife to The Waste Land, and all stops in between. Tracklisting: 1. My Spanish Dad, from Creatures of Light and Darkness, written by Jackie Leven, released on Cooking...

What’s on the flipside of a CD? Yo La Tengo’s Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan are the latest inductees to the MOJO Record Club, sharing their love of Bob Marley and The Clean with Andrew Male. Then stick around for a trip deep into Bob Dylan’s archives… Baby, follow us down! Tracklisting: 1. Aselestine, by Yo La Tengo, written by Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley and released on Matador Records 2. Concrete Jungle, by Bob Marley, released on Island Records 3. In the Dreamlife You Need A Rubber...

The Mojo Record Club with Robert Forster Robert Forster waxes lyrical on Roberta Flack, Leonard Cohen, Samuel Beckett and the necessity of pretension. But where, ask Andrew Male and Ian Harrison, do The Go-Betweens sit on the prog/post-punk spectrum? Tracklisting:   1. Tender Years, written by Robert Forster and released on Tapete Records 2. This is The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, written by Ewan McColl and arranged and conducted by William Fischer and sung by Roberta Flack, and...

Direct from Ardent Studios in Memphis, Big Star’s Jody Stephens brings a neglected Texan treasure to the MOJO Record Club. But why has Willis Alan Ramsey still not released a follow-up, 51 years later? And what new releases are Andrew Male and John Mulvey excited about in spite of themselves? Tracklisting: 1. Willis Alan Ramsey, Boy from Oklahoma, written by Willis Alan Ramsey and originally released on Shelter Recording Company and A&M Records 2. Those Pretty Wrongs, Paper Cup,...

The MOJO Record Club with Natalie Merchant Natalie Merchant reveals her spectacular Nico, Marlene Dietrich and Ray Davies impressions, as she rolls up at the club to discuss Chelsea Girl, “medieval torture”, stealing eight-tracks and much more. Plus Andrew Male and Danny Eccleston pore over the new Depeche Mode album and an amazing Kinks “psychic download”! Tracklisting:   1.  Come On, Aphrodite, featuring Abena Koomson-Davis of Resistance Revival Chorus 2.  These Days, sung by Nico, written...

From his Massachusetts attic studio Lloyd Cole ponders music celebrity golf tournaments, tells us the best way to insult a musician and talks to Andrew Male and Jenny Bully about his love for Joan As Police Woman’s 2006 debut LP, Real Life. Plus, new albums by Mudhoney and Everything But The Girl, stray cat noises, the joy of small dogs and the middle-aged wit and melancholy at the heart of Gen X music. Tracklisting: 1. Wolves, written and performed by Lloyd Cole and released on the...

Peter Buck rocks up to talk about R.E.M., Laura Nyro, pandemic life and his new collaboration with Luke Haines. Plus Andrew, John and the usual animal menagerie wax lyrical about new releases by the Arctic Monkeys and Oren Ambarchi… Talk about the passions! Tracklisting:   1.   The British Army on LSD, from the album, All the Kids are Super Bummed Out, by Luke Haines and Peter Buck, released by Cherry Red Records 2.   Eli’s Coming, by Laura Nero, (eternally beguiling and cryptic 1968 LP),...

Pauline Black brings radical optimism to the MOJO Record Club, as she reveals the folk roots of The Selecter, and the liberating brilliance of Pentangle’s Basket Of Light. Then stick around for new releases, as Andrew Male and John Mulvey explore the latest records from Arooj Aftab and Lana Del Rey. Bongwater comparisons, anyone? Tracklisting:   1.  Human Algebra, from the Human Algebra album, written by Pauline Black and released on DMF records 2.  Light Flight, (the theme music for the...

Soundtrack don Barry Adamson joins Andrew Male for a trawl through the shadowy world of classic movie scores. Plus new albums from Suede and Makaya McCraven, and an epiphany in the Scala Cinema! Tracklisting:   1.   Prelude, Vertigo by Bernard Herrmann, 1996 reissue of Vertigo on Varese Sarabande 2.   Vertigo, sung by Billy Eckstine and written by Jay Livingston-Ray Evens and released on Mercury in 1958 3.   The Fours, by Makaya McCraven, from the album, In These Times, released on...

This week, the whirlwind of creativity that is Warren Ellis gently ushers your host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey into the church of Alice Coltrane. Plus Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Jerry Lee Lewis, Karen Dalton, Bob Dylan, Bitchin Bajas, Ralph Stanley and a stunning Lou Reed revelation! Tracklisting: 1.Alice Coltrane - My Favourite Things, from Alice Coltrane With Strings – World Galaxy (Impulse Records, 1972) 2.Alice Coltrane - A Love Supreme from Alice Coltrane With Strings...

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Psych-pop maestro Robyn Hitchcock joins host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey for a mind-expanding flashback to the 1960s. Plus the week’s best new releases, as the team attempt to join the microdots between jazz, heavy metal and everything in between.

Miki Berenyi is Andrew Male’s latest guest, discussing her new autobiography, revisiting her ‘90s in Lush, and revealing her passion for The Passions. Plus the week’s key new releases with Andrew and MOJO’s Jenny Bulley. Subscribe now at mojo4music.com/podcast/ Music featured includes: 1. Lush - Light From A Dead Star from their 1994 album, Split (4AD, 1994) 2. Piroshka - Everlastingly Yours from Brickbat (Bella Union, 2018) 3. I'm in Love with A German Film star by The Passions on Top Of...

Thurston Moore and your host Andrew Male range far and wide across the musical universe in Episode Two of the MOJO Record Club: The Velvet Underground, Big Joanie, Jack White, The Supremes, Herb Alpert, The Stooges and more! Subscribe now at mojo4music.com/podcast/

New musical discoveries from the visionary Alabaster De Plume, our host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey. Plus an exclusive interview with Patti Smith. The MOJO Record Club is officially open! Details of how to subscribe at mojo4music.com/podcast/

Coming soon! The MOJO Record Club. Calling all crate diggers, MOJO readers, and music lovers! Join your host Andrew Male, as he ventures into the innermost realm of records and music with special guests each episode. So whether you're new to the MOJO family, a longtime fan or just a record lover, you're invited to nestle in and join in the hunt for undiscovered gems, swap old favourites and rediscover weird lost treasures. Get a taster of the first series here...