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The Streets

Everything Is Borrowed

The Quietus Goes Down To Dorset: End Of The Road Festival Reviewed

The Quietus gets to grip with the Dorset mud for a brilliant End of the Road festival, where revelry is to be had as much from the sideshows as superb sets from the likes of Mercury Rev and The Dirty Three.

David Holmes

The Holy Pictures

A Guy Called Gerald

Black Secret Technology Reissue

Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders Interview On Boozers, Bruisers and Bullseye

Monkey man and tub thumper Matt Helders is releasing a Late Night Tales Compilation and rumour has it he's opening a pub as well, so it seemed like the right time to have a chat with him, says Kev Kharas.

How The Beta Male Got His Revenge On Hollywood

The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth: Darren Lee looks back on how the beta male took his revenge on Hollywood

Mogwai

The Hawk Is Howling

Look Back In Stavanger – We Visit Norway For Serena-Maneesh’s Festival Among The Mountains

Our man with a well-thumbed passport, Chris Roberts, disembarks in Norway. He is there to find an alternative music festival featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serena-Maneesh but ends up with kamerad & spelemann as well.

Lindstrom

Where You Go I Go Too

Manic Street Preachers Interview: A Heavenly Body Of Work – Part Two

In part two of an in depth interview Manic Street Preachers biographer Simon Price talks to Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield about their first taste of success on Heavenly.

Manic Street Preachers Interview: A Heavenly Body Of Work – Part One

You lucky, lucky people. In, what is certainly the most in depth interview the band have given in recent years, Manic Street Preachers discuss with their biographer Simon Price the brief but explosive period that they were signed to the Heavenly label.

Revenge Of The ASBO: Eden Lake Reviewed

Is this topical thriller a cutting social commentary or does it just prey on our fears? Josh Saco is on the edge of his seat

New Order Back Catalogue Reissues

Rage Against The Machine – The Return Of Riot And Resistance

After a series of adrenalizing return gigs, Shane Glackin recalls seeing RATM at the Battle Of Los Angeles and explains why we need them now more than ever.

Deerhunter

Microcastle

Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa’s Least Revolutionary

Actor, rapper, director, player, industry mogul… whatever Ice Cube is, he ain’t no revolutionary no more, says Joel McIver

Brett Anderson Explains How He Escaped The Rat Race To Find His Wilderness

In a wide-ranging interview, Brett Anderson talks to Luke Turner about new album _Wilderness_, and why it's a close relation to Suede's classic _Dog Man Star_

Metronomy

Nights Out

Reggae Fans Are Idle Scum, Says Spurious Report. The Quietus Wades In…

How do you get the BBC to report on anything you feel like? Wipe your shitty arse on a sheet of paper and call it a report, says Adam Narkiewicz.

Book-Film Adaptations: Win Tickets To Hear Toby Young Speak

Help us compile a list of the best film adaptations of books and win tickets to see Toby Young talk about the new film of his book _How to Lose Friends and Alienate People_.

Heavy Metal In Baghdad: Reviewed

A documentary by _Vice_ magazine looks at one metal band's struggle against adversity and insurgency.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Deja Vu: Live

Glasvegas

Glasvegas

The Game

LAX

Foo For Thought: Dave Grohl On The Song He Wrote For Kurt Cobain

This week sees the release of a Foo Fighters DVD _Live At Wembley Stadium_. John Doran takes the opportunity to talk to Dave Grohl about music and his life.

The Chemical Brothers

Brotherhood

Dragonforce

Ultra Beatdown

Dragon farcical? Bob Mulhouse’s jaw drops in disbelief at the sheer happy-hardcoreness of Dragonforce’s new album.

Glasvegas, An Oral History – Empathy For The Devil. James Allan Speaks

Glasvegas singer, guitarist and lyricist James Allan is an erudite soul. So what better than to let him explain what drives his band in his own words, says Luke Turner.

Ice Cube

Raw Footage

Metal Gaze – From My Bloody Valentine To Nadja via SunnO)))

Drawing on influences as wide as doom, ambient, electronica, shoegaze and black metal, Joe Stannard flings the curtains back and lets the SunnO))) pour in on this peculiar genre. SunnO))) portrait by Koen Jacobs

Manchester, So Much To Answer For. A City Accused

Any day now a horde of parka wearing divs will pile out off various National Express coaches clutching new reissues by The Smiths, New Order and the Inspirals, on their way to Uni in Manchester. Let it fucking go already says Austin Collings

This Ain’t Rock & Roll: A Tour Diary By Andrew Mueller – Part 3

After years of following artists such as Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen and U2 round the globe, our man Mueller has decided to turn his attention on his own tour. From his vantage point in York he plans a solo assault of Scotland.