Issue #38

Issue 38

COMPRENDO?

BIFFY CLYRO

JOY. DISCOVERY. REINVENTION.
Simon Neil and James Johnston discuss the band’s incredible new album ‘Puzzle’ and the circumstances of its creation, as the band ready themselves for an assault on the mainstream. Scotland’s finest prepare for “interesting times ahead”

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ASH
Tales from the darkside
Tim Wheeler gets intimate about the band’s illustrious history

REALITY TV
Who blows? We decide…

FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND
Matt Davies on the Welsh emo kings’ steady rise to the top

CLONE QUARTET
The dance-rock foursome unleashing madness, obsession and merry hell

SMASHING PUMPKINS
We celebrate the return of Corgan and co. with a retrospective look back on the Pumpkins career

YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE!
The band who fight together, er, stay together – the inner turmoil of Canada’s fiesty punkers.

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REVIEWS

FEATURING: Interpol, Tomahawk, Anticon, Tiny Dancers, New Pornographers, Gogol Bordello, Art Brut, Ted Leo…

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OPPENHEIMER

THE GO! TEAM

THE HOLD STEADY

REPUBLIC OF LOOSE

THE ANSWER

SONIC YOUTH

CHROME HOOF

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI

PIXIE SAYTAR

THE THRILLS

MOTHER AND THE ADDICTS

THE BLACK TOKENS

FLYKKILLER

JOHNNY BORRELL

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WORD UPS: Gordon T. Gopher, Crazy About Swayze, Axl, Lamb love, lists, Giant mechanical armadillos and the usual inimitable mix of bad puns and borderline insanity…

”Interpreter please”

Issue #48 - O RLY?

Featuring Primal Scream, CSS, Mogwai, Black Kids, Sparks, Evan Dando and more.