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issue 24 contents

Editorial

  • Record Shops.

    Interviews

  • Cypress Hill - talking bluntly.
  • Scott 4 - they've got better hats than Jamiroquai.
  • Girls vs Boys - they've got better cheek bones than Jamiroquai.
  • Ultrasound - the fat Suede.
  • Afghan Whigs - the Whigs party like it's 1965.
  • Trans Am - they're watching you.
  • Placebo - again.
    Wofmer

  • Look Who's Token - tokenisms in pop.

    FutureActive

  • 12"s - surely they should be called 30cms nowadays?
  • The Groove Connection Tour - Addiction, Kemistry & Storm, Fabio and Grooverider at Warwick University
  • Grind Creative Collective / Elevate take the Leamington Sound System into the millenium.

    Live

  • The Manic Street Preachers at Stoke Trenton Gardens.
  • Ash / Idlewild / Chicks at Wolverhampton Civic Hall
  • The Delgados / Six By Seven at Wolverhampton Varsity.
  • Barry Adamson at the London Emporium
  • Magoo / Snow Patrol at the London Borderline.

    Album reviews


  • The Afghan Whigs / 1965 / (Columbia)
  • Belle & Sebastian / The Boy With The Arab Strap / (Jeepster)
  • Bloco Vomit / Never Mind The Bossanova / (X Creature Productions)
  • The Boo Radleys / King Size / (Creation)
  • Buffalo Tom / Smitten / (Beggar's Banquet)
  • Caffeine / What The Hell Am I Going To Do When She Comes? / (Fluffy Freako Records)
  • Vic Chestnutt with Lambchop / The Salesman & Bernadette / (City Slang)
  • Children Of Dub / Digital Mantras / (Magick Eye)
  • Combustible Edison / The Impossible World / (Bungalow)
  • Cuckoo / Breathing Lessons / (Geffen)
  • Cypress Hill / IV / (Ruffhouse / Columbia)
  • Delakota / One Love / (Go! Beat)
  • Depeche Mode / The Singles 86>98 / (Mute)
  • Dub Pistols / Point Blank / (Concrete)
  • Earl Brutus / Tonight You Are The Special One / (Island)
  • Esthero / Breath From Another / (Sony)
  • John Forte / Poly Sci / (Ruffhouse / Columbia)
  • Fuck / Conduct / (Matador)
  • Grooverider / Mysteries Of Funk / (Higher Ground)
  • Half Film / East Of Monument / (Buzz Records)
  • The High Llamas / Lollo Rosso / (V2)
  • Jack / The Jazz Age / (Too Pure)
  • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Acme / (Mute)
  • Lambchop / What Another Man Spills / (City Slang)
  • The Manic Street Preachers / This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours / (Epic)
  • McAlmont / A Little Communication / (Virgin)
  • Mig / Tongues / (Urlinie Records)
  • Mojave 3 / Out Of Tune / (4AD)
  • The Montrose Avenue / Thirty Days Out / (Columbia)
  • Bob Mould / The Last Dog And Pony Show / (Creation)
  • The Orb / U.F.Off - The Best Of... / (Island)
  • PJ Harvey / Is This Desire / (Island)
  • Photek / Form Or Function / (Science)
  • Placebo / Without You I'm Nothing / (Hut)
  • Puressence / Only Forever / (Island)
  • REM / Up / (Warner Bros)
  • Rae & Christian / Northern Sulphuric Soul / (Grand Central Records)
  • Bic Runga / Drive / (Columbia)
  • Salako / Reinventing Punctuation / (Jeepster)
  • Shonen Knife / Happy Hour / (Universal)
  • Silver Sun / Neo Wave / (Polydor)
  • Stereolab / Aluminium Tunes / (Duophonic)
  • Swell / For All The Beautiful People / (Beggar's Banquet)
  • System Of A Down / System Of A Down / (American / Columbia)
  • Tin Star / The Thrill Kisser / (V2)
  • Towa Tei / Sound Museum / (Arthrob)
  • Various / Atomic Fireballs / (Flo Records)
  • Velocette / Fourfold Remedy / (Beggar's Banquet)
  • Rufus Wainwright / Rufus Wainwright / (Dreamworks)

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