| MAGNET Contest: Weve got a fabulous-looking Chemikal Underground DJ bag (or record satchel, or whatever) to give away. Seriously, its a handsome leather accessory. Several MAGNET staffers have been eyeing it a little too longingly. Anyway, since the Chemikal Underground label is the cradle of such beloved Glasgow bands as the Delgados, Arab Strap and Mogwai, weve made up a Scottish quiz that will decide, once and for all, which of you bastards deserves to look fancy while straining your back and shoulders hauling vinyl around town. 1. Aye, theres too many Stuarts! Name the respective band each of the following Stuarts are in: a. Stuart Murdoch b. Stuart Braithwaite c. Stuart David 2. Which one of these is not a Scottish band? a. Close Lobsters b. Strawberry Switchblade c. Fire Engines d. Housemartins e. Jesus And Mary Chain 3. True or False: If you bought a ticket to the Franz Ferdinand show in order to jink about and get a lumber from a madbit, what are you planning on doing? 4. Who is the founder of Postcard Records? a. Geoff Travis b. Alan Horne c. Frank Wilson d. Kieran Kinsley e. Leonard Smalls The first person to e-mail the correct answers will receive the record bag. Four runners-up will receive Chemikal Underground T-shirts and whatever other crap we can shove into a padded envelope. E-mail your entry to newsletter@magnetmagazine.com (lazy sods: hit reply). All entries are due by Monday, July 19. *** INSIDE MAGNET #64 (AUG/SEPT) - OUT SOON! COVER STORY: JOSH HOMME OF QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE MAGNET joined the flock and followed weird shepherd Josh Homme from city (New York) to desert (Joshua Tree), where the Queens have begun work on a new album. The truthabout mustaches, the Man and Nick Oliveriis out there, baking in the sun where the Mojave and Sonoran meet. FEATURES Cmon and get happy with the POLYPHONIC SPREE. Go on and get tyrannical with THE FALL. Read up and get down with the DECEMBERISTS. PLUS PJ Harveys identity crisis; Los Lobos historic ride; Sebadohs reunion-tour diary; Carl Newmans awesome mix tape number one; Clinics self-diagnosis of album number three; the MC5s garage-rock residuals; Sloans cultlike allure; Jim Jarmuschs musical inspiration; Jay Farrars new stage moves; Weens jam-band following; and U.K. label Fierce Pandas singles scene. REVIEWS New releases from !!!, Bad Religion, Burning Brides, Fiery Furnaces, Gomez, Helio Sequence, Jesse Malin, Marah, Maritime, Old 97s, Robert Pollard, Sonic Youth, Wilco and more. *** NEW AT MAGNETMAGAZINE.COM New in the Archives: From our 10th-anniversary issue, MAGNETs inscrutable list of top 60 albums, 1993-2003. New Q&As: Matt Sharp, Mac McCaughan Plus: new album reviews, live reviews, exclusive photos and staff picks. Visit our secure online store to purchase subscriptions, back issues and T-shirts. |