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issue 25 contents

Editorial

  • Last Year.

    Review of the year

  • Review of the Year - what we liked last year.

    Interviews

  • UNKLE's James Lavelle - talks very quietly.
  • Portishead - from the web.
  • Ash - wheeled in for a word.
  • Grandaddy - on beards in rock.
  • Idlewild - pope is impotent.

    Wofmer

  • Millenium Buggered - the death of music as we know it.

    FutureActive

  • 12"s - but it's what you do with it that matters.
  • Platter Patter - or dance news for those not in the know.
  • Monkey Mafia - mankey mofia.
  • John '00' Flemming - shaken not stirred.

    Live

  • Buffalo Tom at London Astoria.
  • Massive Attack / David Holmes / Monkey Mafia at Birmingham NEC.
  • NME Premier Shows 2 and 5 at London Astoria.

    Album reviews


  • Ballroom / Day After Day / (Mother Records)
  • The Black Crowes / By Your Side / (Columbia)
  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / I See A Darkness / (Domino)
  • Built To Spill / Keep It Like A Sceret / (City Slang)
  • DJ Krush / Kakusei / (Columbia)
  • Four Tet / Dialogue / (Output)
  • Green Velvet / Constant Chaos / (Music Man Records)
  • Hardfloor / All Targets Down / (Harthouse)
  • Lodger / A Walk In The Park / (Island)
  • Major Force West / Major Force West / (Mo' Wax)
  • Modest Mouse / The Lonesome Crowded West / (Matador)
  • Mucho Macho / The Limehouse Link / (Wiija Records)
  • The Mutton Birds / Rain, Steam & Speed / (Ssssh! Records)
  • Offspring / Americana / (Columbia)
  • Pearl Jam / Live On Two Legs / (Epic)
  • Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra / Warp Back To Earth '66/'99 / (Bungalow)
  • Plexiq / Blech / (Clearspot)
  • Pole / Pole2 / (Kiff SM / PIAS)
  • The Psychonauts / Time Machine / (Mo' Wax)
  • RZA / ...as Bobby Digital In Stereo / (Gee Street / V2)
  • Sleater-Kinney / The Hot Rock / (Matador)
  • Smog / Knock Knock / (Domino)
  • Snowpony / The Slow-Motion World Of Snowpony / (Radioactive Records)
  • U2 / The Best Of 1980-1990 / (Island)
  • Various Artists / The Chillout Room / (Columbia)
  • Various Artists / Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees Tribute Album / (Polydor)
  • Various Artists / ******** Records, Tokyo: The Remixes / (Bungalow)

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