New on RBP: Righteous feminist rage in the form of Bikini Kill & Ani DiFranco + pieces by the author of a new Marxist history of pop + an audio interview with NIN's Trent Reznor + Long Goodbye pieces on David Sanborn & Jimmy James rocksbackpages.com #riotgrrrl #NIN

Huge congrats to Ian Penman Ian Penman on his Ondaatje Prize win for 'Thousands of Mirrors'. Can it be almost 5 years since his fab turn as a guest on our podcast? (And dig the cherubic Jasper Murison-Bowie in his pre-Jesus years...)
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New podcast ep: TheFastShow's splendid Simon Day holds forth on Steely Dan and other musical passions and talks about the genesis of his immortal 'prog'n'roll' alter ego Brian Pern. It's a blast! rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Episod…

RBP subscribers can listen to a 2003 audio interview with Steely Dan's Walter Becker & Donald Fagen. Plus – in anticipation of our next podcast episode, with TheFastShow's Simon 'Brian Pern' Day – there are free archive interviews with Genesis. #SteelyDan #Genesisband

We've just added Dave Zimmer's 1979 interview w/ Stephen Stills to our audio archive. RBP subscribers can listen to the great man discussing his career and peruse the 50+ new articles we've just added to the library rocksbackpages.com #stephenstills

Roll away the Stones on this week's RBP, with bags of Anita Pallenberg + Stones Touring Party author Robert Greenfield. rocksbackpages.com #RollingStones #AnitaPallenberg #CatchingFire

We've just added a 1991 audio interview with the Allmans' Dickey Betts + you can read archive articles about Pearl Jam & great Smash Hits pieces by siân pattenden. And we're saying bye to The Moody Blues's Mike Pinder rocksbackpages.com #MikePinder #DickeyBetts #PearlJam

We've just added a 1996 audio interview with 'Uncle' Lou Reed to RBP, plus you can read archive articles about Sister Rosetta Tharpe and by featured writer Steve Turner. And we're saying goodbye to the Allmans' Dickey Betts... rocksbackpages.com #loureed #dickeybettsRIP

In the brand-new episode of the RBP podcast, the very entertaining Steffan Chirazi talks about Lemmy, Metallica and his adopted San Francisco...
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Free to read for a week on RBP: archive articles on Arthur Russell and Amy Winehouse... rocksbackpages.com #BackToBlackMovieNG #AmyWinehouse #arthurrussell

Free to read on RBP are headbanging pieces on Lemmy and Metallica by the week's featured RBP scribe Steffan Chirazi. Kerrrrrrrrang! rocksbackpages.com #Metallica #Lemmy #motorhead

Jack Casady turns 80 tomorrow, so RBP subscribers can hear a 1984 audio interview with the Jefferson Airplane legend by Gene Sculatti & Davin Seay – not to mention peruse the 50+ articles we've added to the RBP library this week. rocksbackpages.com

We bid adieu to the glorious Clarence 'Frogman' Henry with archive articles from 1961 and 1973 rocksbackpages.com/Library/Artist…

Free to read for a week on RBP are essential Michael Azerrad Nirvana articles to mark 30 years since Kurt Cobain's suicide. Plus we remember the great John Sinclair with pieces about the MC5 manager and activist. rocksbackpages.com #Nirvana #KurtCobain #JohnSinclairRIP #MC5

In the week BEYONCÉ's 'Cowboy Carter' took country music by storm, we look back at earlier efforts to break the genre's race barrier. Plus subscribers can hear the late Cliff White's 1976 audio interview w/ the Ohio Players' Satch & Diamond. rocksbackpages.com #Beyonce

The wonderful Rock's Backpages invited @seanohagan.music in to speak about Brian, RnB and being 64
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On the new episode of our podcast, the marvellous Sean O'Hagan reminisces about Microdisney and the Beach Boys... and discusses the High Llamas' amazing new album 'Hey Panda'. rocksbackpages.com/Podcast/Episod… #microdisney #highllamas #beachboys

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Swedes' Eurovision win are free pieces by ABBA specialist Carl Magnus Palm. Plus Domino's reissue of two Nico classics prompted us to pull out a classic Lester Bangs piece about her from 1971... rocksbackpages.com #ABBA #Nico

We're celebrating the new The Beach Boys book w/ an audio interview from January 1969 – plus we're marking the release of 'Hey Panda', the wonderful new album by Beach Boys disciples the High Llamas. rocksbackpages.com #BeachBoys

We're saying goodbye to Steve Harley with a 1974 Disc interview by the splendidly-named Ray Fox-Cumming. Also free to read for a week is Tim Page's 2000 profile of The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt rocksbackpages.com #SteveHarley #magneticfields #cockneyrebel #stephinmerritt