It's our 3rd birthday, and we're still as sad as ever.

Superchunk - fuelled by adrenalin and the dodgy colouring they used to put in orange squash.

1997 - what we remembered (and what we tried to forget).

Jeff Buckley - Sam pays tribute to one of 1997's lost heroes.

Our Albums Of The Year for 1997.

The Good, The Bad And The Noodly - Alec Empire and Jim O'Rourke, and 1997 related things.

Mobile Phoney - it's time for an argument and many irate replies, as Tim takes on musical diversity and phones.

Ever After on New Year's Ever, with the Metalheadz.

Howie B talks to RetroActive B. (aggage).

1997 - it was the year before 1998.

Air are the best thing since sliced bread, and here's the article to prove it..

Spank looks at The Drawbacks - D-Ray and T-Ray, who play 'matured big beat'.

Eddie Izzard at the London Arena (technically not a gig, but it'll do).

Arab Strap / Magoo at Birmingham Flapper & Firkin.

Mark Eitzel at London Rheingold Club.

Campag Velocet / Must*rd at Warwick University.

Tortoise / Mouse On Mars at the London Electric Ballroom.

8 Frozen Modules / The Confused Electrician / (City Slang)

Air / Moon Safari / (Source)

Craig Armstrong / The Space Between Us / (Virgin / Melankolic)

Colour Noise / Exposed / (Low Speak Records)

Elysian Fields / Bleed Your Cedar / (Radioactive)

Foil / Spread It All Around / (Mute)

Kristen Hersh / Strange Angels / (4AD)

The High Llamas / Cold and Bouncy / (V2 / Alapaca)

Laurie Bennett & The Models / Quarantahiti / (Magic Blanket)

Robert Miles / 23am / (Deconstruction)

Jim O'Rourke / Happy Days / (Revenant)

Propellerheads / Decksanddrumsandrockandroll / (Wall Of Sound)

The Saw Doctors / Sing a Powerful Song / (Sham Town Records)

Various / Dreem Teem In Session Vol. II / (Deconstruction)

Wham! / The Best Of Wham! / (Island)

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