You can always bet that Ian Brown will have something interesting to say, whatever the topic he is broaching, even if you might not necessarily agree with it. Since the dissolution of the Stone Roses, the legendary and hugely influential Manchester alternative rock band he fronted in the 1980s and ’90s, Brown has remained sufficiently in the limelight through his solo career to enable him to set the world straight on a number of issues – from the futility of the Live8 concerts, to global warming and so on. And, yes, there have also been some ignominious skirmishes with the law. Ian Brown always symbolized the arrogant cocksureness of his mouthpiece, the Stone Roses. To this day, the guy is the epitome of cool. If anything, his popularity has grown since the Roses days. And very rightly so. Check out Ian Brown’s brilliant latest release, My Way, including the singles Stellify and Just Like You.