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IN THIS ISSUE...
The Strokes
Get Hard!
The first thing you notice is that The Strokes look different. Five years ago their colourful t-shirts, pastel sports jackets and white belts made them teh perfect poster boys for a generation of young bands. The look was just as much a factor in their success as their breathtaking debut.
The Kooks
Brighton Rocks
It's 5.30am on a cold Tuesday morning and Clash is staggering down a quiet London street having barely survived 48 hours in the company of The Kooks
Coldcut
Reflections on Music
Welcome to Ninja Tune HQ. That guy in the hat is Jonathon More. It's been a massive eight years since Jon and his partner in crime Matt Black last released an album on their own.
Belle and Sebastian
Not So Trivial Pursuit
After a year of reissues and reworkings of past glories, Belle and Sebastian return with 'The Life Pursuit', their first album proper since 2003's 'Dear Catastrophe Waitress'.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Smart Alec
"This is the first band I've been in and the first band I've ever endeavoured to start and one of the reasons I held off was because I wasn't sure if I wanted to do this anyway."
Tiga
Let's talk about Sexor
Tiga is on the verge of releasing the first great dance album of 2006, 'Sexor'. It has it's roots in Electro but branches out into a disparate array of genres.
Regina Spektor
Moscow Cool
There's no chance of mistaking Regina Spektor, her music or her person, for anyone else. A truly distinctive artist who stands aside by musical talent and creative thinking.
THE BIG 3
Duels
THE LAST TIME
The Infadels
WRITE ON
Son Of Dave
BOWMAN'S BLOG
Edith poders New Year's resolutions
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLASH
Exclusive highlights from our first 2 years
FASHION
Jenny Lewis, Style Hotlist 2006, C-Neeon...
Richard Ashcroft
Grizzly Bear
Acid Casuals
Cat Power
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
The Kooks
Beck
Artctic Monkeys
The Strokes
Prefuse 73
Liam Howlett
Beth Orton
