‘I hadn’t slept for 10 days’ – the Lemonheads on making It’s a Shame About Ray
‘The song made things happen – but it’s weird to be proud of something you did 30 years ago on drugs’
December 2015
Best culture 2015
Never mind the polls: the old albums we loved revisiting in 2015
From Simple Minds to Public Enemy, here are the albums our writers turned to when they’d had enough of new releases
October 2015
The Lemonheads review – Dando junks old habits in glittering homage to back catalogue
Without the drugs, and supported by the youthful enthusiasm of bassist Jen Turner, Evan Dando gives his hit parade the care it deserves – and brings lumps to throats
April 2015
Soundtrack of my life
Sharon Van Etten: soundtrack of my life
The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter on the beauty of Unchained Melody, her teenage music crush, and the slow-burn appeal of Nick Cave
December 2014
The Lemonheads review: frustrating journey in a grunge Tardis
Evan Dando delivers a set brimming with classics but leaves his fans wondering what might have been if he stopped pandering to them
September 2012
Ryan Adams joins the Lemonheads on new album
Singer to produce and perform on 'punker'-sounding record that will see Evan Dando reunite with co-founder Ben Deily
January 2012
The Lemonheads: Hotel Sessions – review
The Lemonheads: Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners (The Best of) – review
December 2011
The Lemonheads
The likes of My Drug Buddy and Alison's Starting to Happen still sound great despite Dando droning them towards the back wall, writes Dave Simpson
