COVER:
GLASS CANDY, CHROMATICS and ITALIANS DO IT BETTER

FEATURED:
PORTISHEAD, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, BENGA, THE WAVE PICTURES

PLUS: Chipmunk, a Fucked Up tour diary, Gindrinker, MIT, A Silver Mt Zion (on their influences), (a virtual mixtape by) Operator Please, Team Brick, Cowtown, Tindersticks.

REVIEWS:
Times New Viking, Ellen Allien, Boredoms, The Breeders, Boris, The Sword, Dead Child, Estelle, The Long Blondes, Destroyer, Excepter, Portishead, Jamie Lidell, MGMT, Bob Mould, Young Knives, Barry Adamson, Why?, Youthmovies, Baby Dee, The Microphones, Instal Festival, Anni Rossi (Live), Vialka (Live).