2 covers: Detroit Cobras - Oneida

LIVE
06-07 YEAH YEAH YEAHS
Fact is there’s nothing sexier than someone enjoying it
51 BITTER SPRINGS/THE LEGEND!/LITTLE JAPANESE TOY
It’s those moments, the ones you never quite forget, that truly matter
52 HAMILTON YARNS
Heidi and the goat boy. Austrian mountainsides. Pumpkin risotto on a rainy evening
53 NUMBERS
One-minute fuck anthems, all punk frenzy meets primal disco
54 THE HUNCHES
And thus the battle is won, the real and twisted and the exhilaratingly unhinged taking victory over the comfortable

FEATURES
08-09 KAITO
‘We had badges and everything: the weasels were our enemy’
10-14 ONEIDA
‘Try screaming the word “light” over and over for 20 minutes. It’s a fucking transcendental experience’
16-17 HAR MAR SUPERSTAR
Cover me in chocolate sauce and throw me headfirst into a profiterole mountain… I was hooked
18-23 DETROIT COBRAS
‘You guys wondering why you don’t get laid? You’re not dancing with the pretty girls’
44-45 DIRTY THREE
‘Music teaches us about ourselves, shows us what we’re capable and incapable of’
46-47 TURBONEGRO
‘The ass is the symbol of the best and worst of mankind. It’s the most beautiful part of the body, but still there’s a lot of shit coming out of it’ 48-49 THE GO-BETWEENS
‘The last thing I wanted to do as a teenager was to be in a rock’n’roll band’
78-80 SOLE
‘I don’t have much tolerance for bullshit’

CARELESS WHISPERS
24 UNPACKING MY LIBRARY
This could be why I’m listening to the first Visage album on my Macintosh while typing this
27 CRACK W.A.R.
There’s nothing creepier than a shabby motel room full of fiendish toasters with red robot eyes
30 MANITOBA
‘What’s the point of going to a club and sitting around?’
32 HE CAME FROM THE STARS (I SHAGGED HIM)
I want to know What It Feels Like For A Man
33 THE AISLERS SET
I closed my eyes and danced the dirty cat alleys of Barcelona with a blood-red carnation glazed between my teeth
34 PARTY OF ONE
‘I’m really sheltered and living this cosy life’
37 THE ROCKS
The Rocks are not rubbish. Ramshackle, yes
38-39 REV-OLA RECORDS
‘Oh yeah. He’s a dirty old fucker’
40-41 THE TRUE REPORT
Cul de Sac meet a fucked up glitch monster – with a KNIFE! – in a sunny field. And win!
42-43 LADYTRON TOUR DIARY
‘Are you all brothers or something?’
81 THE ROGERS SISTERS
‘As a baby, I’d fall asleep right next to the kick drum’
83 TUJIKO NORIKO
‘“How we all met” means my experiences until now? Sorry, I don’t understand’
84-85 METAL: A COLUMN
Fuck me, telly gets you excited
86 HIDDEN CAMERAS
It’s kind of like that Raymond Briggs book about Father Christmas on his summer holidays

ALBUMS
57-75 The White Stripes, Adult., ‘Tales From The Australian Underground’, Deerhoof, Glass Candy, The Gossip, The Moldy Peaches, Sonic Youth, Smog, Aidan Smith, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Coachwhips, Ex Models, Lisa Germano, Mad Capsule Markets, The Paper Chase, M. Ward, Young People and a smorgasbord of other reviews, in a handy A-Z format