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IN THIS ISSUE...
Beck
Genre hopping slacker icon
They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, such is the case with the wait for Beck’s eighth studio album and the legion of eager fans who have spent three years trying to second guess just what exactly he was going to do next. Predicting Beck though is much easier said than done.
The Bravery
NYC synth-rock combo
Forget “ice cold” – now when someone asks you “What’s cooler than cool?” if the next two words that leave your lips are not THE BRAVERY then you’ve obviously been reading the wrong magazines.
Tom Vek
London multi-instrumental wunder-kind
Sinking into a leather sofa, with a Jim Beam in one hand and a freshly lit Marlboro in the other, Tom Vek seems pretty content with life. Having recently secured a deal on Island Records (home to U2, Keane and Busted), the 23-year-old multi-instrumentalist is staring at mega stardom...
Gang of Four
Legendary British post-punk outfit
Gang of Four, the British four-piece post-punk outfit from Leeds who influenced a generation of bands from Nirvana, REM, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Fugazi, to more recently Radio Four, The Futureheads and Franz Ferdinand, have bowed to the constant calls of fans to reform...
Bright Eyes
Cult singer hailed as the next Bob Dylan
Writing and recording songs since he was 13 years old, Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes has gone from 'indie wunderkind' to being hailed as the next Bob Dylan. With two new albums ready to unleash – recorded with friends Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and Emmylou Harris
Optimo
World famous Glasgow clubnight
JD Twitch and JG Wilkes, with a combined DJ experience of 30 years, are the men behind the now legendary Glasgow club Optimo, where every Sunday, party freaks stir up the weekend melting pot into one last hedonistic den of iniquity and electro sleaze
Mercury Rev
Symphonic American psychedlic act
Finally liberated from their cosy music box in the sleepy surroundings of new York's Catskill mountains, Mercury Rev have returned to shower us with more majestic symphonies
Headman Vs Trevor Jackson
Robi Insinna AKA Headman and Manhead faced some of his toughest questions in our last personailty clash with Erol Alkan
LABEL PROFILE
Al Jackson
THE BIG 3
Thirteen Senses
FASHION
We Love Fashion; Duice; Global Trends
CITY GUIDE
Manchester
ONE TO WATCH
El Presidente
BOWMAN'S BLOG
Edith Speaks Out
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Gruff Rhys
Death From Above 1979
Roger Daltry
The Kills
Roots Manuva
Death In Vegas
Adam Green
Bright Eyes
A Guy Called Gerald
Little Barrie
Suicide
