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Here, again, is what’s in issue #95!!!!:
Interviews: Nada Surf (on the cover) * John Cale * Mercury Rev * Idaho * Hoodoo Gurus * Steve Wynn/Dream Syndicate * Blushing * Councilman Joey Keithley/D.O.A. * Meat Puppets pt. 2 * Lemon Twigs * M. Ward * Close Lobsters * Chime School * Dead Horse One * Mo Dotti * Caroline Says * Hello Mary * Element 101 * Modern Shakes
Editorials: Rabid: “The 2024 Election Result: American Self-Sabotage, and The Double Standard That Helps It Along” * Kelson: “The Chills’ Martin Phillipps R.I.P.; An Appreciation of His Genius, Friendship, and Musical Tastes” * Lauden: “2024: The Year of Redd Kross”
Live: Alvvays * Beachwood Sparks * Miki Berenyi Three (And Lol Tolhurst & Budgie) * Beths (and Princess Chelsea) * Blushing * Buzzcocks * Chameleons * Damned (and Lenny Kaye) * Decemberists (and Ratboys) * D.O.A. (and Giuda and Fear) * Jeff Lynne’s ELO * Madness (and Fishbone) * Nada Surf (and Office Dog) * Trans-Canada Highwaymen * X * Young Fresh Fellows
CD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital Reviews: Adverts * Affiliate Links * Afterimage * Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore * American Darlings * Amy Annelle * Anomalys/Paint Fumes * Another Heaven * APB * Armoires/Half Cubes * Athensville * Bad Brains * Lina Bahn * Bardo Pond * Beachwood Sparks * Belle and Sebastian * Jon Benjamin * Miki Berenyi Trio * Peter Bernstein/Wayne Escoffery/Steve Turre * Andrew Bird * Black Books * Blasters * Bloococoon * Blur * BMX Bandits * Boss Martians * Bratmobile/Mary Gauthier/Melissa Ferrick * Brief Candles * Bright Eyes * Broadcast * Bill Bruford * Peter Bruntnell * Butthole Surfers * Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs * Can * Doug Carn Trio * Daniel Carter/Leo Genovese/William Parker/Francisco Mela/Gerald Cleaver * Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds * Cathedral Ceilings * Chameleons * Billy Childish * Chime School * Cliff & Ivy * Close Lobsters * Cloud Nothings * Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd/Robin Guthrie * Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds * Courettes * Cranes * Crash Harmony * Crowjane * Buck Curran * The Cure * Damnwells * Daniel Danger/Downhaul * John Davis * Dennis Davison * dB’s/New Math * Dead Boys/Stiv Bators * Kim Deal * Iris Dement * Sandy Denny * Detention!* Dillon Fence * Disappearing Act * Dishrags * Dopamines * Dot Dash * Dotsun Moon * Downstrokes/Prozacs * Drop Nineteens * Dummy * Justin Townes Earle/Steve Earle * Echodrone * DB Edmunds * Eels * Effigies * Einstürzende Neubauten * Alejandro Escovedo * exlovers * Ex Norwegian * Fairmont/E.R.I.E. * Fastbacks * Feeders * Flamin’ Groovies * Folk Implosion /Dale Crover * Fontaines D.C. * Forest Fallows * 14 Iced Bears * Gavin Friday * Galaxie 500 * James Grauerholz * Hank Dogs * Juliana Hatfield * Richard Hawley * Healees * Helix.Ext * Hello London * His Name Is Alive * Robyn Hitchcock (and book) * Hugo Largo * Idaho * Idles * Illuminati Hotties * Iress * Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit * Ivy * I Was a King * David J * Jemima James * Japandroids * Jesus Lizard * Junior League * Karate * Kilbey Kennedy * David Kilgour * Kronos Quartet * King Krule * Ladybug Transistor/Outer World * Mark Lanegan * Latvian Radio * MJ Lenderman * John Lennon * Greg Lisher * Linda Lindas * Chris Livesay & Loud Flowers * The Loft/Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes * Loma * Lone Justice * Lowsunday * David Lynch + Chrystabell * …Man or Astro-Man? * Johnny Marr + the Healers * Maxïmo Park * Paul McCartney & Wings * Melanie/Leæther Strip/Horace Andy & Jah Wobble * Memorials * Mercury Rev * Mercvrial * Pat Metheny * Meteor Police * M.I.A. (punk) * Alan Milman Sect * Mingus Big Band * Don Aaron Mixon * Modern Shakes * Mo Dotti * Mono * MC5* Güten Morgan * Stuart Moxham * Paul Muldoon & Rogue Oliphant * Nada Surf * Never Heavy * 999 * Hayes Noble * Oasis * Overheard * Panda Bear & Sonic Boom * Paper Jays * Aaron Parks * Charlie Patton/Carducci Brothers/Dennis Coffey * Perfect Garden * Peter Perrett * Sam Phillips * Pieces N/H * Pixies * Physarum * Plan Nine * +/- * Quags * Rain Parade * Recalculating * Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison/Cecil Taylor * Redd Kross * Lou Reed * Red Lorry Yellow Lorry * Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn * Rifles * Amy Rigby * Roach Squad * Rockpile * Romans * Royal Headache/Antenna * St. Lenox * St. Vincent * Saints * Ryuichi Sakamoto * Sansyou * Scared Of Chaka * Jeff Schroeder * Ty Segall/Aerial M/Bill Callahan/Dirty Three * Sloan * Elliott Smith * Snow Patrol * J Spaceman & John Coxon * Alan Sparhawk * Spirit of the Beehive * Spoon * Tobin Sprout * Standing Waves * Starflyer 59 * David Steinhart * Stray Owls * Suburban Resistance * Successful Failures * Tears Run Rings * Willie Tee * The The * Throbbing Gristle * Tindersticks * Toilet Rats * Tombstones In Their Eyes * Pete Townshend * Tragically Hip * Trauma Kit * Trauma School Dropouts * Travis * Triceratops * Tulipomania * Underbites * Underlined Passages * U2 * Alan Vega * Velocity Girl/Washed Out/Suki Waterhouse * The Verge * Voxtrot * Tom Waits * The Web * Wednesday Week * Ween * Gillian Welch & David Rawlings * Jack White * Wilco * Chelsea Wolfe * Steve Wynn * X * X-Teens * Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention * Zeros * Various: No Escape From What You Are (D.O.A. Tribut) * Various: Roots Rock Rebels: When Punk Met Reggae 1975-1982 (box) * Various: Tales of aa Kitchen Porter; A Tribute to Cleaners From Venus * Various: There Must Be a Hole In Your Memory 2; A Tribute to The Sound & Adrian Borland * Cary Baker (nook), Warren Zanes (book), Continental Drifters book, Fairport Convention book, Krautrock book, Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska book, Toxic Shock Records book, Mia Zapata & The Gits book, And Hundreds More!
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Jack R
