The Lemonheads

‘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’

Interviews by Dave Simpson

13, Jun, 2022 @1:52 PM

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

Dave Simpson, Lanre Bakare, Laura Barton, Tshepo Mokoena, Tim Jonze, Kate Hutchinson , Paul MacInnes, Gwilym Mumford, Alexis Petridis and Michael Hann

24, Dec, 2015 @9:00 AM

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

Dave Simpson

08, Oct, 2015 @1:24 PM

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

Jude Rogers

25, Apr, 2015 @3:00 PM

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

Martin Farrer

12, Dec, 2014 @3:04 AM

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

Sean Michaels

19, Sep, 2012 @9:57 AM

The Lemonheads: Hotel Sessions – review

A collection of lo-fi takes from Evan Dando and co's mid-90s period makes a curious alternative to the polished studio versions, writes Ally Carnwath

Ally Carnwath

08, Jan, 2012 @12:05 AM

The Lemonheads: Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners (The Best of) – review

At 47 tracks, this isn't so much a best-of as a most-of, reckons Rebecca Nicholson

Rebecca Nicholson

05, Jan, 2012 @10:40 PM

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

Dave Simpson

05, Dec, 2011 @6:31 PM