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Editorial

  • The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse are coming, and they're riding the Information Super Highway.

    Interviews

  • Mogwai - small little furry animals who turn into big scary animals if you give them a guitar.
  • The Montrose Avenue - their drummer used to be in Menswear. And they're good.
  • Spring - Frog March. If you'll ecu's the pun.
  • US Maple - they're just fucking scary. Part 1 of the "Licensed To Illinois" thing about bands from Chicago.
  • Aerial M - not scary at all. Part 2 of the "Licensed To Illinois" 'theme'.
    Wofmer

  • Definition Of Sound - the post-wofmer for the post-apocalypse post-rocker.

    Stuff

  • Top five questions asked by pop magazine 'Smash Hits' in the late 80's.
  • Top five most memorable storylines from the Beano's 'The Bash Street Kids'.

    FutureActive

  • Platter Patter - cream your fields with Spank.
  • 12"s - bigger than a plate but considerably smaller than New York State.
  • Dirty Fat Beatz are the local lads done good, now called The Rhythm Rascals.
  • 4Uno are called Adjustable Joe, Lone Smoker and Karizma. Fame, inevitably, beckons.

    Live

  • The Verve at London Brixton Academy.
  • Honeyman at Birmingham Quo Vadis.
  • Definition Of Sound / Campag Velocet at Sheffield Leadmill.

    Album reviews


  • The Charlatans / Melting Pot / (Beggars Banquet)
  • Imani Coppola / Chupacabra / (Sony)
  • Richard Davies / Telegraph / (Blue Pose)
  • Dawn Of The Replicants / One Head, Two Arms, Two Legs / (EastWest)
  • Deep Forest / Comparsa / (Columbia)
  • Delicatessen / There’s No Confusing Some People / (Viper Records)
  • Sue Garner / To Run More Smoothly / (City Slang)
  • The Halo Benders / The Rebels Not In / (K Records)
  • Michael Head / The Magical World Of The Strands / (Megaphone)
  • James Iha / Let It Come Down / (Hut)
  • Chantal Kreviazak / Under These Rocks And Stars / (Epic)
  • Pearl Jam / Yield / (Epic)
  • Sofa Surfers / Transit / (a:head / MCA)
  • Spring / Spring & Friends / (Bungalow)
  • Truly / Feeling You Up / (Headhunter Records)
  • Various / Quantum Mechanics / (Renegade Hardware)
  • Warm Jets / Future Signs / (This Way Up)

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