Women - they can't live with us, we can't live without them.

Tanya Donelly - we're not kidding when we say she's very nice.

John Peel - I wish he was my Dad.

Cornershop - those funky days are here again, and no mistake.

Soundtrack Of Our Lives are, unfortunately, sterotypically Swedish. But their music isn't.

Faking The Punk - can you actually be punk? Or, as soon as you become punk, do you stop being punk? Better ask Tim.

Platter Patter - all the latest dance news from Spank.

Twelves - reviews of everything 12" in size.

Teletubbies - the discerning clubber's choice.

Way Out West - deConstruction's finest talk to the Baggage's finest, Spank.

Coldcut & Friends at Manchester Sankey's Soap.

Lo-Fidelity Allstars / The Pecadiloes at The Varsity, Wolverhampton.

The Intercity Crawl, Glasgow-style.

Stereophonics / Jools Holland at Warwick University Students' Union.

Tha Alkaholiks / Likwidation / (Loud)

Alpha / Come From Heaven / (Melankolik)

Apache Indian / Real People / (Consolidation)

BT / ESCM / (Perfecto)

Bjork / Homogenic / (One Little Indian)

Bowery Electric / Vertigo / (Beggars Banquet)

Citizens Utilities / No More Medicine / (Mute)

The Dawn / Five Days Wiser / (Ê)

Echobelly / Lustra / (Epic)

Garageland / Welcome To Garageland / (Discordant)

Mick Harvey / Pink Elephants / (Ê)

Helium / The Magic City / (Matador)

Hole / My Body The Hand Grenade / (City Slang)

David Holmes / Let's Get Killed / (Go! Beat)

Howie B / Turn The Dark Off / (Polydor)

Hurricane / Severe Damage / (Wiija)

The Jam / The Very Best Of... / (Ê)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Heavenly / (A&M)

Loop Guru / Loop Bites Dog / (North South Records)

Yvette Michelle / My Dream / (Loud)

Morrissey / Maladjusted / ( )

Odds / Nest / ( )

The Orange Peels / Square / (Minty Fresh / Pinnacle)

Photek / Modus Operandi / (Science)

The Pixies / Death To The Pixies / (4AD)

Pooka / Spinning / (Trade2 / Island)

Portishead / Portishead / (Go! Beat)

Pressure Drop / Elusive / (Hard Hands)

Finley Quaye / Maverick A Strike / (Virgin)

Simon Raymonde / Blame Somebody Else / (Ê)

Seely / Seconds / (Too Pure)

Sixteen Horsepower / Low Estate / (Paradox)

Sleater-Kinney / Dig Me Out / (Matador)

Stereolab / Dots And Loops / (Duophonic)

Superchunk / Indoor Living / (City Slang)

U.S. Maple / Sang Phat Editor / (Skin Graft)

Various / A Life Less Ordinary OST / (A&M)

Vegas / The Crystal Method / ( )

The Verve / Urban Hymns / (Hut)

Paul Weller / Heavy Soul / (Island)

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