MOJO magazine – Issue 221 April 2012

The new edition of the always-excellent MOJO should be in the shops today….


FREE CD! PAUL WELLER: COME ON LET’S GO!: A modern day jukebox compiled exclusively for MOJO by Paul Weller. Starring Midlake, Amy Winehouse, Broadcast, Robert Wyatt, Fleet Foxes, Tame Impala, Tim Burgess, Joanna Newsom and more!

PAUL WELLER: Celebrating 20 years as a solo artist and with the release of a new album, Sonik Kicks, Paul Weller speaks to Pete Paphides about sobriety, loyalty, friendship, class, honour and the constant need to raise your game.

FLORENCE WELCH: How did a chubby, melancholy Green Day fan transform herself into the soul-dripping high-fashion vision that is Florence And The Machine? John Harris goes behind the glamour to find out. 

ROCKET JUICE & THE MOON: Damon Albarn’s latest project is a loose-set rhythmic masterclass with Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen and Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Lois Wilson speaks to ‘Captain’ Damon about freedom, control, Africa and the collective spirit.

UNEARTHED: Rock portraits of steely cool and statuesque beauty, from the rediscovered archive of forgotten Vogue photographer, Jack Robinson.

SIMPLE MINDS: They were the Scottish poser neds who conquered the mid-’80s with epic stadium rock. But what got lost in the process? Keith Cameron revisits the straight-edged European cool of those pre-mullet years.

JOHNNY CASH: On the occasion of his 80th birthday, MOJO celebrates the man, the myth and the legacy of The Man In Black, with Sylvie Simmons, Barney Hoskyns and Hank Williams III.

REVIEWED!: The Shins / Michael Kiwanuka / Jodie Marie / Andrew Bird / Elbow / Bruce Springsteen / Common / Van Halen / Paul Weller / Captain Beefheart / Todd Rundgren / The Cramps / Pulp / Nick Drake / Monterey Pop / Duke Ellington / Repo Man / Suede / Kings Of Leon / Bonnie “Prince” Billy / D’Angelo and more!

PLUS!: Farewell, Etta James / Richard Hawley returns / Jonathan Richman pens a poem for MOJO / Dexys speak / LCD Soundsystem make coffee / Django Django rising / David Sylvian’s Rock’n’Roll Confidential / Hello Goodbye with Steve ‘Dobby’ Dawson of Saxon!

AND FINALLY… “who am I and what the f**k am I doing?” Which star of the MOJO universe is contemplating absolutely everything? Find out in this month’s issue of the magazine.

Graham Coxon – What’ll It Take – video

What’ll It Take is made up of featured moves sent in by 85 fans from 22 countries all cut together by director Ninian Doff.


What’ll It Take is taken from the New Graham Coxon album A+E. Visit http://smarturl.it/GrahamCoxonAandE for exclusive pre-order offers and for a free download of album track The Truth.

SONG FOR TODAY : Maximo Park – Our Velocity

Damon Albarn, Flea’s Rocketjuice And The Moon unveil first single ‘Hey Shooter’

Rocketjuice And The Moon, the new project featuring Damon Albarn, Flea and Tony Allen, have unveiled their first single ‘Hey Shooter’. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to listen to the track. 


The track features Erykah Badu and is the first to be revealed from the band’s self-titled debut album, which is due for release on March 26. 


The Blur and Gorillaz man began working on the self-titled LP with the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and The Good, The Bad & The Queen drummer in 2008 when they met on a flight to Lagos, Nigeria. 


The album, which was recorded in Albarn’s Studio 13 in London, also features contributions from Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, Ghanian rapper M. anifest and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.


The record contains a total of 18 tracks, with ‘Hey Shooter’ the second tune on the album. 


Rocketjuice And The Moon made their live debut with a show at the Barbican in London in October last year.


The tracklisting for ‘Rocketjuice And The Moon’ is as follows: 


‘1-2-3-4-5-6’
‘Hey, Shooter’
‘Lolo’
‘Night Watch’
‘Forward Sweep’
‘Follow-Fashion’
‘Chop Up’
‘Poison’
‘Extinguished’
‘Rotary Connection’
‘Check Out’
‘There’
‘Worries’
‘Benko’
‘The Unfadable’
‘DAM(N)’
‘Fatherless’
‘Leave-Taking’

Watch Radiohead debut new tracks ‘Identikit’ and ‘Cut A Hole’ – video

Radiohead debuted two new songs during the first show of their 2012 world tour in Miami last night (February 27). 


The band, who will be touring throughout 2012 in support of their new album ‘The King Of Limbs’, kicked off the tour at Miami’s American Airlines arena and played new tracks ‘Identikit’ and ‘Cut A Hole’ as part of their set. You can see live footage of both tracks by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.


The tracks were part of a 24-song setlist that drew heavily from ‘The King Of Limbs’. It also featured the little aired ‘Meeting In The Aisle’ from the band’s ‘I Might Be Wrong EP’, reports Consequence Of Sound.


The band have also booked assorted European shows and festival appearances throughout the summer, including slots at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Fuji Rock Festival and Bilbao BBK Live festival. 


The band are expected to confirm UK dates in the coming weeks, but are yet to say when this will be. Guitarist Ed O’Brien has previously hinted that the band will play arena shows in the UK rather than festival dates.

Mark Morriss of The Bluetones – two new tracks

Former lead singer of The Bluetones Mark Morriss has began work on his new solo album, and has made available for free two demo tracks which you can download from his website at http://markmorriss.me/. 


‘Low Company’ in particular is unmistakably good. 


(SOURCE – MARK MORRISS FACEBOOK)


Mark Morriss is a singer songwriter who famously made his
name fronting English indie outfit The Bluetones. Mark
fronted the four piece over a successful and fruitful 15
year period, scoring 14 top ten singles and 3 top ten
albums, whilst touring the UK, Europe and Japan. At the
back end of 2011 the decision was made to disband The
Bluetones, resulting in a shock farewell tour. Hordes of
loyal Bluetones fans turned out in their thousands to give
the band they called their own, a fond and sad farewell.

A case of unfinished business, Mark Morriss has now
turned his attentions to his solo career. After releasing
‘Memory Muscle ‘ in 2008, Mark has since penned material
for a new record. Due for an Autumn release, early demos
recorded with long standing Producer, Gordon Mills (Ed
Sheeran/Newton Faulkner) have sparked great excitement
from fans and industry a-like. Fans have been treated to a
two track giveaway in ‘Low Company’ & ‘Guilty Again’
through the official website www.markmorriss.me

Touring extensively throughout the remainder of 2012 and
gearing towards the much anticipated album release, you
can catch Mark Morriss live as he continues to tour up and
down the UK. 

SONG FOR TODAY : Massive Attack – Angel

The Black Keys and Michael Kiwanuka – Lasan

The collaboration between The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Michael Kiwanuka has been posted online – scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to listen. 


The track, which is titled ‘Lasan’, will be the B-side to Kiwanuka’s new single ‘I’m Getting Ready’, which will feature on the singer’s forthcoming debut album, ‘Home Again’, which is set for release on March 12.


Speaking previously about the track, Auerbach said: “It was great – really quick. We went and did it really quick at Ray Davies’ studio. It was nice. Obviously his voice is amazing the songs are cool. The production on that stuff is great too – I like what the guy is doing.”



The Black Keys released their seventh studio album ‘El Camino’ in December last year. Auerbach recently revealed that he and drummer Patrick Carney will be playing UK festivals this summer, but couldn’t reveal which ones as they were “top secret”, and also hinted that they had already begun planning the follow-up to their last LP.


In January this year, Michael Kiwanuka was named as the winner of the BBC’s Sound Of 2012 poll, fending off competition from Frank Ocean and Azealia Banks, who were named in second and third place respectively. He later claimed that winning the gong was a double-edged sword after admitting that although he was pleased with the accolade, it could “come with baggage”.


The Black Keys have just completed their largest UK tour to date.

Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?

Arctic Monkeys have debuted their brand new single ‘R U Mine?’ online, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to hear the track. 


The track, which does not feature on the band’s 2011 fourth album ‘Suck It And See’, was posted online in the early hours of this morning (February 27). It will be released as a single on March 2. 


The band had previously said that they were planning to release “a new tune” before they undertake a lengthy stint across the USA and Canada as support to The Black Keys on their US arena tour.


The Sheffield band have also released a video for ‘R U Mine?’, which features them driving through the streets while the track is given its radio debut on California station KROQ. 

Devin – You’re Mine

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