Martin Aston

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...

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

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

When disco collective Hercules & Love Affair released its second album Blue Songs , I interviewed head honcho Andy Butler, who gave the...

At its peak, Flying Nun was New Zealand’s Rough Trade, Mute, Factory and 4AD all rolled into one; and yet the label remains tragically...

I first wrote about Bob Dylan for Radio Times in 2005 when BBC's Arena strand showcased Martin Scorcese's No Direction Home, about, "a...

To mark fifty years since his debut album and this week’s release of unearthed demos via Light In The Attic , I told the tale of one of...

My ‘Pulp years’ began here, with a live review in 1986, for Melody Maker. It was the first step towards what became a book published in...

John Grant’s debut solo album Queen Of Denmark deservedly won MOJO Magazine’s album of 2010. I interviewed him about the MOJO victory...

Linked to the BBC documentary on the “Queens” of country music, I interviewed country superstar Tanya Tucker, DJ Bob Harris and...

15 records by unsung LGBTQ+ pioneers In 2015, I wrote about Jackie Shane for my book, Breaking Down the Walls Of Heartache: How Music...

October 15 7pm: Spiritland's killer sound system presents the forgotten queer pioneers of popular music, such as Fred Barnes, Gene Malin,...