COVER Split Will Oldham/Daniel Johnston

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06-07 ELECTRIC SIX
This ain’t no exam, this ain’t no shoeshine, you don’t get extra cred points by acting superior and dull
42-43 TODD
I’m politely sitting, hands cupped in lap, under the Service Tree of Devastation
49 THE PLAYWRIGHTS
They resemble nothing more than schoolboys clowning around, except with instruments instead of paper aeroplanes
50 CHIKINKI
The only problem is a singer who is too drunk to remember what the words are or when to sing them
51 OF MONTREAL
Pop nugget follows follows sticky psychedelic pop nugget

FEATURES
08-12 DANIEL JOHNSTON
‘I thank God this isn’t really a boxing match, because boxing is a lot crueller than entertainment’
14-15 SCOUT NIBLETT
‘I want it to be as intense an experience as possible’
18-22 WILL OLDHAM
‘I have this weird thing. I can write on my skin’
40-41 THE APES
‘If I had a kid who became a Goth, I’d beat him’
44-45 CAT ON FORM
‘How can we hope to understand if we ignore our past?’
46-48 CRASS
‘Crass never patronised or talked down. We were from a broad range of age groups and class backgrounds’
74-77 YEAH YEAH YEAHS FAQ
‘I feel so misunderstood in this interview. I feel so misrepresented’

CARELESS WHISPERS
23 THEE MORE SHALLOWS
Sweet Jesus, what a feeling! All this fire and fever caused by vibrations in the air?
24 HEROIN
There is absolutely no glory in heroin addiction
26 WHY I HATE… GARAGE ROCK
At least wretched TV shows like Pop Idol are blatant in their contempt for pop music
28 METAL: A COLUMN
Why did I do purple? And why did I totter on Cuban heels?
31 TWINK
Somewhere between Super Mario Brothers electro and Tom And Jerry orchestral
33 NINA NASTASIA
‘There are armed robbers in the area. Do not leave your house’
34 MY MORNING JACKET
‘Have you heard “When You Wish Upon A Star” recently?’
36-37 THE TRUE REPORT
YOU HISTORY-REVISING, CORPORATE ARSE-LICKING, DISRESPECTFUL CUNTS!
38-39 THE DIRTBOMBS TOUR DIARY
Australian slang for English people is ‘pom’ or ‘pome’. They should just call them, ‘Queen-loving drunkards with corn teeth’
79 BUCK 65
‘There’s nothing tough about me. I couldn’t even pretend to pull that off’
81 THE IMMORTAL LEE COUNTY KILLERS II
‘People like their rock’n’roll music like they like their sex: fast and hard’

ALBUMS 53-70 Detroit Cobras, Black Box Recorder, Evan Dando, The Go-Betweens, The Kills, The Magnolia Electric Co, Miaow, Sole, Nina Simone, Throwing Muses, James White And The Blacks, Asa-Chang & Junray, The Blood Brothers, Butthole Surfers, The Chap, Dirty Three, DJ Brokenwindow… and loads more, all in a handy A-Z format