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Check out the latest features! We've got interviews with the latest bands on the road. There's online goodies in the Media section. Plus a range of articles about the industry, and columnage from around the country.

Editorial

Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and back! To all those who were luck enough to get to Give It A Name this year will know what a rejuvenation it was. The UK's young upstart rock festival has proved it wasn't about to rest on its laurels, bringing us not one but two stages worth of great new bands, as well as Angels and Airwaves first ever……more»

Columns

Title		Author		Date
Hard rock—Hallelujah? Our new Finnish correspondant on the impact of a little known Eurovision band...		Maria Lax		15 Aug 2006
Welsh Leaks Sound Nation's editor on The Internet, Profile Sites and Viral Marketing		James McLaren		19 Apr 2005
La scène Francais Rock Pics' Photographer Orianne takes a walk through the French rock scene		Orianne		08 Feb 2005
Dip In Japan The Mad Capsule Markets - Backyard to bright lights		Dipika Soni		30 Dec 2004
No Sleep 'Til Skegness Blackened Heart Syndrome's lead singer address disunity in the hardcore scene		Jon Nickson		17 Aug 2004

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Interviews

Title		Date
CANCER BATS Liam Cormier on gracing magazine covers, the making of Hail Destroyer, and when animals attack on video shoots		22 Jun 2008
BLAKFISH Vocalist Sam on the dire scene in Birmingham, their trusty van going up in flames and what it's like to run out of money on tour in mainland Europe		22 Jun 2008
DOWN I GO Pete Fraser and Alan Booth on bad reviews, Gaydar and why now they're only disgusted by 98% of the British music industry		22 Jun 2008
LIGHTS. ACTION! Patrick Currier and Karl Bareham on All Eyes To The Morning Sun, their forthcoming full-length and riding tigers onstage		09 Jun 2008
HORSE THE BAND Erik Engstrom on their unhappiness with the current alternative scene and their run in with Eastern European arms dealers		09 Jun 2008
DAMN THIS DESERT AIR The band formed from ex-members of Nora, Instruction and Elemae on the band's origins, the scrapping of their new material and the importance of a DIY ethic...		29 May 2008
MAYBESHEWILL John Helps on their debut's troublesome gestation, the terrible state of the mainstream music scene in Leicester and having deceptively rude artwork...		29 May 2008
THE TRUTH ABOUT COMETS After their stunning Botch-bothering three track CD, we get the lowdown on the up-and-comers...		04 May 2008
STAPLETON Gordon Farquhar, Nico Weststeijn and Alistair Paxton discuss the past, present and future of all things Stapleton...		04 May 2008
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES Aled Phillips on the new album, Steve Vai, and outdrinking the entire Roadrunner roster		18 Apr 2008

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Articles

Title		Date
RIP Punktastic Recordings Paul Savage on the label's sudden hiatus		13 Jun 2008
Track-By-Track: KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES - Smart Casual Aled Phillips gives us the lowdown on their debut album		29 May 2008
The Bluffer's Guide to NICK CAVE With new album Big Lazarus Dig!!! proving he's still got it, we look back on the career of the very baddest of seeds		16 Mar 2008
Designer Label: XTRA MILE Dan Jones looks at the label that brought you Jonah Matranga, Million Dead, and more...		29 Feb 2008
ROCK MIDGETS TIPS FOR 2008 Check out our tips for the next 12 months, including Kids In Glass Houses, Outcry Collective, SaidMike and more		29 Feb 2008
BEST OF 2007 - The Bands' verdict Pelican, The Ghost Of A Thousand, FFAF, Comeback Kid, Meet Me In St. Louis, Strung Out and more tell us their favourite records of 2007		29 Feb 2008
BEST OF 2007 - The Midget Vote The Midget Crew lead you through the best albums of the last 12 months		29 Feb 2008
XMAS 2007: 50 USES FOR UNWANTED CDS Featuring Strung Out, Funeral For A Friend, Pelican, The Ocean, God Fires Man, Anberlin, Kids In Glass Houses, Frank Turner and more...		23 Dec 2007
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - New Album Preview! Dan Jones gets a special preview of the long awaited second album Scream, Aim, Fire		18 Dec 2007
Designer Label: VISIBLE NOISE We chat to the label that brought you Lostprophets, Bullet For My Valentine and Kill II This		18 Dec 2007

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Media

Title		Date
THINK:FIRE '40 Love' Video		06 Jul 2008
BANGBANGBANG! Download Free EP!		03 Jul 2008
JAGUAR LOVE Post Up Rehearsal Footage		03 Jul 2008
TONIGHT IS GOODBYE 'Brain' Video		29 Jun 2008
CITY AND COLOUR 'Sleeping Sickness' E-Card		29 Jun 2008
OUTCRY COLLECTIVE Tales From The Studio		29 Jun 2008
NORMA JEAN The Anti Mother Sessions		25 Jun 2008
SECONDSMILE Video For 'Tell Me A Story'		23 Jun 2008
AVENGED SEVENFOLD 'Dear God' Video		22 Jun 2008
FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES Classic 'Taking Cassandra...' Video		22 Jun 2008

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