Also in the new issue, we talk with Suede frontman Brett Anderson about aging with dignity and the joys of shooting the breeze with David Bowie. The former Britpop trailblazers play the Olympia this October.

Elsewhere, we chat with Mayer Hawthorne, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros and crooning Canadian superstar Michael Buble.

Olaf Tyaransen catches up acclaimed poet Theo Dorgan on the publication of his first novel Making Way, and the brilliant English character actor Tom Wilkinson opens up about his career.

In Critical Mass, we look back at Longitude, Knockanstockan, and performances from Grizzly Bear, Josh Ritter and In Their Thousands. We also review new albums from Tired Pony, Ebony Bones and Fuck Buttons.