INTERVIEWS: Franz Ferdinand (cover), Decemberists, Part 2, Flaming Lips, New York Dolls, (and Bob Gruen on NY Dolls), Stars, X Ray Spex's Poly Styrene, Editors, Sufjan Stevens, Bob Geldof, Ivy, Small Faces' Ian McLagan, Elbow, The (Newtown) Neurotics, Belle & Sebastian, Robert Pollard, Buzzcocks, Granddaddy, Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh, His Name is Alive, Camper Van Beethoven, Tom Verlaine, The Clientele, Arab Strap, Jon Auer (Posies), Jon Kastner (Doughboys/Asexuals), Satan's Pilgrims, Boss Martians, Madlife, Thermals...PLUS: Farewell to Eldridge & the East Village, Music on TV, MySpacing Out, Good Rats & Blue Oyster Cult Rule. 232 pages.