RAY DAVIES
The legendary songwriter and leader of the Kinks sits down to discuss banishment, bullet wounds and the band he led to glory beginning in 1963. Interview by Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo. Plus: the top 20 Kinks songs, and an interview with bandmate and brother Dave Davies.
MUDHONEY
Never mind the hype: MAGNET’s oral history of the birth of Grunge Nation focuses on Mudhoney, whose beer-fueled fuzz and wry loserdom made Seattle famous 20 years ago.
THE KILLS
The supermodel-dating, paparazzi-baiting members of the Kills may travel in glamorous circles, but they’re punks at heart. By Tom Lanham
THE WHIGS
This hard-hitting Athens, Ga., trio is making Southern rock sound classic again. By Steve Klinge
ADAM GREEN
Undermined by drug problems and overshadowed by the success of the Juno soundtrack, this ex-Moldy Peaches singer/songwriter is waiting for the world to catch up to him. By Kory Grow
THE RAVEONETTES
Taking sound-and-vision cues from Phil Spector and David Lynch, this Danish duo marries modern noise to classic melody. By Chris Barton
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MAGNIFIED
The Billionaires, Times New Viking, the Duke Spirit, the Dodos, Basia Bulat
STATIC
Silver Jews’ songs of experience; the gospel according to the Go-Betweens’ Robert Forster; the life and times of power-pop cult heroes Jellyfish; the art history of Wire’s Pink Flag; film treatments of Daft Punk, Joy Division and Arthur Russell; five questions for the Decemberists’ Colin Meloy; and Petra Haden makes MAGNET a mix tape.
ON THE RECORD
Jason Pierce of Spiritualized
REVIEWS
New releases from the Apples In Stereo, the Black Keys, the Breeders, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Clinic, Constantines, Four Tet, Black Francis, Free Kitten, Frightened Rabbit, Japancakes, the Lemonheads, Man Man, Mates Of State, M83, My Morning Jacket, the Notwist, the Replacements, Sloan, Sun Kil Moon, Tapes ‘N Tapes and more.
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