LIVE
06-07 ERASE ERRATA
I see a battered trumpet held aloft above a crowd of heads
08-09 ASA CHANG & JUNRAY
Ten minutes and we¹re fucked. Just from sitting down
58 SOFA SURFERS
I've just bumped into a girl that shares my ex-girlfriend¹s name. I took it like a Round 12 sucker-punch to the midriff
59 INTERPOL/SIMIAN
'Any band that can inspire dancing like that has got to suck'
61 THRILL JOCKEY ALL-DAYER
Today, we¹re reminded that staying power doesn¹t necessarily sound staid

FEATURES
10-14 THE KILLS
'The world is on fire right now. They've set it on fire'
16-18 DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN
Every time I¹ve seen them play my bowels have loosened and I¹ve nearly shit myself
20-21 BOOM BIP AND DOSEONE
Truth is better than hyperbole. So let¹s start again
22-23 PART CHIMP
'The song "Cover Me" is about someone being covered with pussy'
26-29 MUDHONEY
'According to The Guardian, we¹re ravaged by age and appalling waistcoats'
42-43 LIARS
'The first thing I remember is just looking at Ron¹s eyes'
44-45 MARC ALMOND
'I¹ve had stalkers and death threats'
46-47 BARRY ADAMSON
These are just sounds. They don¹t mean anything, do they?
48-49 VALERIE
'We were thinking of doing an Ibiza tune, getting handbag happy'
50-51 FOSCA
'The diary, like the lyrics, all spring from the same source: being Dickon Edwards'
52-54 VIC GODARD
'I really didn¹t like the tail-out of punk: Sham 69, Skrewdriver, the
skinhead business'
86-87 SPEEDBALL BABY
I see Ron picking up the phone and talking to Burroughs, baiting him

CARELESS WHISPERS
31 I WATCHED CHANNEL ZERO
Mr Rock wears a green Afro wig, huge and similarly green platform shoes
33 JULY SKIES
It¹s the sense of eerie regret and melancholia that make July Skies records
so special
34 CARELESS TALK RADIO
We have no idea what electroclash is. We just enjoy music that makes our
feet stomp
36 METAL: A COLUMN
Crucially, it¹s pointless digging dogshit just cos it reminds you of your
dogshit past
38-39 THE PATTERN TOUR DIARY
The couple look stunned, naked and weary. Digital cameras excel at times
like these
40 MECCA NORMAL
'For the record, my dad is not a dead swan'
41 JAMES YORKSTON
My friends are breaking up. At least, that¹s how they tell it
55-57 THE TRUE REPORT
Some people move on to new bars, some stay at old ones. But they¹re all
flesh-and-blood
89 ELF POWER
'Just last night I performed a magic ceremony, summoning Yog Soggoth the
fire demon into my bedroom'
90-91 FEMALE ARCHETYPES
'Hooray!'shout feminists until they realise it¹s not being replaced by any
other more worthy archetypes
92 SIGUR ROS
'Brackets have a certain meaning, go into a dictionary and read it. We feel
like we represent that'

ALBUMS
63-83
BBC Radiophonics, Bilge Pump, Cabaret Voltaire, Dalek, Dischord box set,
Manic Street Preachers, Replacements, Theoretical Girls, Susumu Yokota,
Lo/Hi, Godspeed You Black Emporer, Oneida, Outsider Music, TV PersonalitiesS
and loads more in a handy A-Z format. Plus a few bonus interviews.