LIVE
06-07 PJ HARVEY
Polly has always seemed like a timid soul trapped in a corner at
a party, wanting to be like the Cool Girls
44-46 SCOUT NIBLETT/TODD/CINDYTALK/LA MOMO/SWEARING AT MOTORISTS
I fucking hate gigs. But fuck it. Tonight was so special that someone
has to say something
48 EUGENE ROBINSON/PW LONG/THE HELLS/FUTURE EX-WIFE
Out-of-work Northern males rubbing their bitch-tits up against each
other in a stinging parody of desire
50 LADYFEST BRISTOL
I'm a white man in clitoris palace, a pulsing tumour hanging between
his thighs
51 HERMAN DUNE/CALVIN JOHNSON
Why fake it? If you feel it, show us all your heartstrings
FEATURES
08-11 PEACHES
'I'm not Pamela Anderson or Beyonce! I guess they're like,
"SHE'S JUST LIKE ME! JUST LIKE ME! AHHHHH!"'
14-19 THE GOSSIP
'See, you guys are lucky cos you have Freddie Mercury and we got
really fucked over with Elvis. Fuck Elvis'
36-37 THE GIN PALACE
'Jon can't dance, but he makes me dance. Dancing is my special joy
and you, Jon, make me dance'
38-39 PW LONG
'Music saved my life, and that's not an exaggeration. I was on psycho-pharmaceuticals
like a motherfucker'
44-46 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
'I was a big fan of Yes. It was the end of the railway line sort
of thing'
52-53 LESBO PIG
'If someone gets a drink during your set or goes to the loo, then
your set's too long'
78-80 KID KOALA
Conkers aren't really toys. They're vegetables
CARELESS WHISPERS
22-23 METAL: A COLUMN
The poetic death in rock writing coincides perfectly with the lyrical
hollowness of rock'n'roll right now
24 GRINGO RECORDS
'I'd have sold my granny to release an Unwound record'
25 DANIELSON FAMILE
'The singing tree is a visual reminder of the songs being performed,
with different fruits dropping from the tree'
26 JUNIOR BOYS
'Pop music isn't abstract enough and abstract music isn't pop enough'
28 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
'Pop music in the 19th Century US was one of the best remedies available
to overworked wives'
29 THOMAS TRUAX
'Once, Joey Ramone borrowed a dollar off me in a bar. He seemed
kind of desperate'
31 THE MOONBEARS
'It's difficult to show your true colours here without being seen
as somehow
a bit soft'
32-33 THE TRUE REPORT
As disconcerting as bunny paste
36-37 THE LEGEND! TOUR DIARY
'FUCK VINCENT GALLO! FUCK VINCENT GALLO!'
83 HANG ON THE BOX
'In the future, the cat eats vegetables, not fish. Ha ha ha, do
you know what I say?'
84 CHROMATICS
Devin's mangled guitar clutch is something sadly absent from
most 'underground' music
85 RUE BRITANNIA?
Britpop was a mass exchange of respect for a final storming of the
charts
ALBUMS
55-76
Can, Chicks On Speed, Dirtbombs, Jon Wayne, Future Ex-Wife, Dan
Sartain, Jasmine Minks, 'Worlds Of Possibility', Robert Wyatt, Ssion,
'Goodbye Babylon', Mochipet, 'Mutant Disco', 'NY No Wave' and a
plethora of shorter reviews, in a back-breaking A-Z format
PLUS
56 WHAT I HAD FOR BREAKFAST starring Lifesmyth
59 FREE MUSIC starring Frode Gjerstad
63 RANDOM IS AS RANDOM DOES starring Crass
68 HUGS AND KISSES starring Manishevitz
69 YOU ARE INEVITABLE starring The Twilight Singers
72 A PAIR OF BROWN EYES starring Belle And Sebastian
76 IT IS MY DUTY starring Motorhead
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