INSIDE MAGNET #69 (OCT/NOV) - OUT NOW! COVER STORY: NEW PORNOGRAPHERS Carl Newman and Co. are power pop’s great white hope from the Great White North, a liberal-minded place with a tolerant government. At least that’s what MAGNET writer Jonathan Valania used to think. NADA SURF Behind the shiny, happy hooks of the Brooklyn trio’s latest album is a high-and-low history of a band that just might get popular again. DANIEL LANOIS Producer and armchair psychologist to the stars (Bob Dylan, U2, Peter Gabriel), Lanois opens up his own vision on his latest album. SUFJAN STEVENS As Stevens continues his state-by-state audio travelogue with Illinois, he remembers to explore the darker side of the American dream. GUIDED BY VOICES In an exclusive excerpt of Guided By Voices: A Brief History, former GBV band member Jim Greer details Robert Pollard’s sporting life in Dayton, Ohio. STATIC Black Rebel Motorcycle Club rides again; The Faint and Bright Eyes’ European tour diary; Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard makes MAGNET a mix tape; a career-spanning look at Gang Of Four—behind the influence; the members of Kingsbury Manx hone their Southern accents; the weird, wild world of Norton Records; Akashic Books gives you fiction (and non-fiction, too); the Band in a boxed set; and school’s out, but Alice Cooper is in. REVIEWS New releases from American Analog Set, Devendra Banhart, Bats, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Constantines, Dandy Warhols, Idlewild, Longwave, Lucksmiths, Mazarin, Ennio Morricone, My Morning Jacket, Pelican, Michael Penn, Portastatic, Sigur Ros, Silver Jews, Joe Strummer, Super Furry Animals, John Vanderslice and more. *** NEW AT MAGNETMAGAZINE.COM New Q&As: Dandy Warhols, Thurston Moore, Silver Jews Plus: new album reviews, live reviews, exclusive photos and staff picks. Visit our secure online store to purchase subscriptions, back issues and T-shirts. http://www.magnetmagazine.com