ISSUE 10 'Burning Like Fire'

LIVE
6-7 THE BELLRAYS photo
'Every single one of The Strokes could get their cocks out in front of me and I wouldn't bat the tiniest eyelash'
8-9 BRATMOBILE
'Who's gonna kick your ass? I think it's a girl!'
53 NEBULA
'We're not talking flying teapots here. We're talking the kind of heavy metal tray Spinal Tap would approve of'
54 ELECTRELANE photo
'We're surrounded by Brighton hipsters. Ew!'
55 THE LIARS
'You'll find yourself humming the scabbed melody in your nightmares'
56 THE VINES
'Three more pretty white boy emaciated faces thrown together because they heard a White Stripes record six months ago'

FEATURES
12-17 BRIGHT EYES photo
'Child prodigies freak the shit out of me'
20-25 MERCURY REV photo
'It's nice to see people caring for the music instead of the Greek tragedy'
42-43 HEFNER
'Bleep bleep. Bleep Bleep. That'll be Darren, emailing in an agreement'
44-45 MCLUSKY
'Look at some bands around you. They spend longer choosing their trainers than worrying about the music'
46-49 GIANT SAND
'She and pedal steel will ease your worried brow/Your worried brow'
50-52 ... AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
'It's like sniffing glue. Ten seconds of rush followed by 10 minutes of headache'
70-73 JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
'It's cool you have a song about bats. Bats are good'
74-77 OXBOW
'Nobody gives a fuck what we do. No one gives us money. The fact you guys are standing talking to us is a fucking miracle'

CARELESS WHISPERS
26 PUNK: A COLUMN
'Punk rock was far more interesting than a pair of rubber pants bought on the Kings Rd'
27 PARENTAL CONSENT
'Can the young teach the old?'
29 PEACHES
'Did you see the guy who pulled my trousers and KNICKERS off during the gig? SHOCKING!!!'
31 WHY I LOVE… LOW
'I'm gonna name my kids Alan and Mimi and Low'
33 SMOG
You could be just fooling yourself'
34-35 DAVID'S TOUR DIARY
'Later we have good conversations about Crispy Ambulance, Andy Warhol and Everett True'
36 METAL: A COLUMN
'Metal bands are as sewn up, committed, obligated and fundamentally controlled as the N'Syncs they all so despise'
37 FEMALE ELECTRONICA
'The revolution is here. And it is among us first'
39 SWIM LABEL
'I invented everything'
40-41 THE TRUE REPORT
'Fuck you. I'm off to stare at papercuts of peasant girls'
78 TRANSISTOR SI
'The Post Office Tower. Weird electronic folk. Johnny Cash. An ex-convict, a new arm, and someone else's money'
79 ZABRINSKI
'The perfect support act for Busta Rhymes fronting Slayer'
81 THE GUY WHO INVENTED FIRE
'I am in the right hand speaker. With a metronome and a very pretty girl'
82 MEN OF PORN
'This is the most fucked record I've ever worked on'

58-69 ALBUMS
Alizée, Clinic, Cornershop, Comet Gain, The Fall, Giant Sand, The Heads, Richard Hell, McLusky, Songs: Ohia, The Specials, Richard Youngs… plus loads more, in a handy A-Z format

83 MR SPEAKER
'I only wish there was something I could do for Mr Ant'