PATTI SMITH'S HORSES by COURTNEY BARNETT, JEN CLOHER, ADALITA AND GARETH LIDDIARD

AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE!In December 1975, New York poet-rocker Patti Smith released her debut album, Horses, which short-circuited the gender posturing of rock'n'roll and electrified the gathering storm of punk. Literate and raw, its touchstones ranged from Rimbaud to Hendrix, its moods from raw garage intensity to elegiac delicacy.Horses has been cited among the all-time greatest rock albums by Rolling Stone and Time, and enshrined by the US Library of National Congress. Its unique, uncompromising visions and transcendent individuality have been noted as key inspirations for Morrissey, U2, Siouxsie Sioux, Courtney Love and REM's Michael Stipe, who memorably stated that Horses "tore my limbs off and put them back on in a whole different order."Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the album’s release, four of Australia's most insightful and respected rock artists—Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, founding Magic Dirt member Adalita and The Drones lead man Gareth Liddiard—unite to perform...