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Editorial

  • Insanity through apology.

    Interviews

  • The Unbelievable Truth - I can't believe it's not brother?
  • Drugstore - they're so good, we named a plant after their lead singer.
  • Gomez - they weigh 78 stone. And they wobble.
  • G Love & Special Sauce are still being cool, it would seem.
    Wofmer

  • Let It Be - poison pens at the ready, as Tim takes on that 'thorny' Beatles issue.

    Live

  • Glastonbury at... well, Glastonbury.
  • Run-DMC / Phoebe One / Deejay Punk Rock at Birmingham Que Club.
  • Six By Seven at London Highbury Garage.
  • Rachel's Basement / The Jetsons at the Birmingham Flapper & Firkin.
  • Ben Harper at Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall.
  • Ultrasound / Dawn Of The Replicants at London Conway Hall.
  • The Propellerheads at Warwick University.
  • An Evening Of Distinctive Songwriters at Birmingham Ronnie Scott's.
  • Massive Attack at Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
  • Radiohead / Spiritualized at Radio City, New York.
  • Lucky Pierre at Leamington Haunch Of Venison.

    Album reviews


  • Barry Adamson / As Above So Below / (Mute)
  • Addict / Stones / (Big Cat Records)
  • Arnold / The Hillside Album / (Creation)
  • The Beekeepers / Third Party, Fear and Theft / (Beggar's Banquet)
  • Frank Black And The Catholics / Frank Black And The Catholics / (Play It Again Sam)
  • Jeff Buckley / Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk / (Columbia)
  • Calexico / The Black Light / (City Slang)
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / The Best Of... / (Mute)
  • Cornelius / Fantasma / (Matador)
  • DJ Cam / The Beat Assassinated / (Columbia)
  • The dandy Warhols / ...Come Down / (Capitol)
  • The Dawn / Getting By On The Good Times / (One Little Indian)
  • Deejay Punk-Roc / Chickeneye / (Independiente)
  • Dust Junkies / Done And... Dusted / (Polydor)
  • Dustball / Quality But Hers / (Shifty Disco)
  • Evil Superstars / Boogie Children R Us / (Paradox)
  • Fantastic Plastic Machine / Fantastic Plastic Machine / (Bungalow)
  • Fugazi / End Hits / (Dischord)
  • Diamanda Galas / Malediction And Prayer / (Mute)
  • Garbage / Version 2.0 / (Mushroom)
  • His Name Is Alive / Fort Lake / (4AD)
  • Jepp / Jepp / (Hut)
  • Jurassic 5 / Jurassic 5 LP / (Play It Again Sam)
  • Komeda / What Makes It Go? / (Pinnacle)
  • The Lemongrowers / Ultimate Mutation / (Noisebox)
  • The Lo-Fidelity Allstars / How To Operate With A Blown Mind / (Skint)
  • Lower / The Gentle Art Of Conditioning / (Coalition)
  • Mandalay / Empathy / (V2 )
  • John Martyn / The Church With One Bell / (Independiente)
  • Massive Attack / Mezzanine / (Virgin)
  • Pizzicato Five / Happy End Of You / (Matador)
  • Plastikman / Consumed / (Novamute)
  • Pulp / This Is Hardcore / (Island)
  • Set On Stun / Reveals The Shocking Truth / (Distance Formula Recordings)
  • Six By Seven / The Things We Make / (MFS)
  • Solex / Solex Vs The Hitmeister / (Matador)
  • Techno Animal / Versus Reality / (City Slang)
  • Therapy? / Semi-Detached / (A&M)
  • Various Artists / Twentyfour Seven OST / (Independiente)
  • The Unbelievable Truth / Almost Here / (Virgin)
  • Various Artists / U-Turn OST / (Epic)
  • Various Artists / Collected / (TLC & Related)
  • Tom Waits / Beautiful Maladies- The Island Years / (Island)
  • Zen Guerilla / Positronic Raygun / (Lockjaw)

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