In this issue
Q 297 OUT NOW: Elbow - Their Time Is Now, The Great British Songwriters issue feat. Paul Weller, Kasabian, Adele and more choosing their Ultimate British songs, plus Amy Winehouse, The Strokes, R.E.M. and The Vaccines reviewed...
Out February 21, 2011. Order the current issue of Q Magazine online or Check out discounted Q subscription offers.
ELBOW - THEIR TIME IS NOW
"We've never sold records on the strength of our looks." - Guy Garvey
Their music has been used on a film of men urinating and Big Brother, this year though, Guy Garvey and Elbow will soundtrack everyone's lives. An in depth interview with one of British music's most long heralded success stories. Plus we get, Guy Garvey to pick his favourite feathered birds.
THE GREAT BRITISH SONGWRITERS
After much debate...
Our carefully considered, heatedly debated national anthems. As chosen by songwriters, singers and Q readers. Expect picks from the likes of Paul Weller, Nicky Wire, Brett Anderson, Kasabian, Adele and Noah And The Whale.
PJ HARVEY
"I don't appear to be mellowing in my old age." - PJ Harvey
Twenty angst-ridden years into her reign as Britain's queen of rock, Polly Harvey remains both a vitalcreative force and a reluctant pop star. How does she marry the two? With steely resolve, it seems.
Q MAVERICK #2 - EDWYN COLLINS
"I'm lucky to be alive. But I want to be alive. Some people don't. I'm full of energy." - Edwyn Collins
The second in our series of interviews with rock's wild cards charts the Scot's fascinating life-map: from provocative, trail-blazing youth to godfather of modern indie-pop, via the closest brush with mortality imaginable.
CASH FOR QUESTIONS - GRUFF RHYS
“Macca used to phone us and do impressions of Tom Jones." - Gruff Rhys
Does he think in English or Welsh? How did he convince Paul McCartney to eat celery and lettuce on your album? And did the Super Furry Animal's blue techno tank get sold to Don Henley of the Eagles? All these are more are put to the Gruff by the readership.
BRIGHT EYES - BOY WONDER
“Dylan never had an alien phase like me.”
Q goes to Nebraska to meet "the new Dylan", aka Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, as he faces up to death threats, evil alien lizards and the thought of traumatising a kangaroo.
Q LIVE - AMY WINEHOUSE
Summer Soul Festival, Brazil
Q goes to Sau Paolo, Brazil where she's also a household name, to witness Amy's attempt at an all conquering return.
Q 297 OUT NOW: Elbow - Their Time Is Now, The Great British Songwriters issue feat. Paul Weller, Kasabian, Adele and more choosing their Ultimate British songs, plus Amy Winehouse, The Strokes, R.E.M. and The Vaccines reviewed...
Out February 21, 2011.
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