Interviews: Neko Case (on the cover) * Bob Mould pt. 2 *The Saints ’73-’78 * Rocket * New Model Army * Peter Prescott (Mission of Burma/Volcano Suns) * Salem 66 * Jeanines * Independent Project’s 45^th Anniversary * Fruit Bats * Sugar For the Pill * Sorry * Six Figure Satellite * Nelson Bragg * Royal Blunder * Bria Salmena * Tortoise * Too Much Joy

Editorials: Rabid: ““No Kings” Is the Real Spirit of ’76 (And Some Thoughts About the Wrong Kind of American Exceptionalism)” * Kelson: “New Zealand’s Flying Nun Records—Rough Trade’s Only Rival As Best Indie Label of Last 50 Years” * Lauden: “Power-pop Adjacent”

Live: Adverts * Alvvays (with Halsey) * Miki Berenyi 3 (and Gina Birch) * Black Country, New Road * Chameleons (U.K.) * Channel 3, Mala Vista * The Damned (and The Bellrays) * Dandy Warhols * Death Cab For Cutie (and Sea Lemon) * Dinosaur Jr. (and Snail Mail, Easy Action) * Gang of Four * Japanese Breakfast * Bob Mould Band * Panchiko (and Alison’s Halo) * Stiff Little Fingers * Superdrag * Wedding Present (and The Tubs) * Slide Away Festival: Nothing, Swervedriver, Pains of Being Pure at Heart

CD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital/Book Reviews: 

Aarktica * A Certain Ratio / Mark Stewart * AFI * Alison’s Halo * Allo Darlin’ * Appaloosa * Fred Armisen * Richard Ashcroft * Bangles * Anton Barbeau * Bats * Larry Beckett & Stuart Anthony * The Beths * Big Thief * Bird Streets * Philip Blackburn / Nick May/Alex Siu Lin Li * Black Ferns * Blackfox * Black Swan Lane * Blood Orange * Bog Witch * Nelson Bragg * David Byrne * Camper Van Beethoven * Cardiacs * Neal Casal * Neko Case * Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds * Charboneau * Charlatans UK * Ray Charles * Chatham Rise * Cheater Slicks * Chris Church * Cliff & Ivy * Cloud Nothings * Cochemea * Le Concorde * Alice Cooper Group * Cords * Cranberries * Comet Gain * Marshall Crenshaw * Cut Worms * Dandy Warhols * Dennis Davison * Dead Bob * Deadlights * Descendents * Dickies * Dianogah * Divine Comedy * Donner Party * Dogmatics * The Dogs / Candy Snatchers * Donovan’s Brain * Dotsun Moon * Dragon Inn 3 * Nick Drake * Dream Syndicate * Dropkick Murphys * Brian Dunne * Echodrone * Eels * Iyla Elise * Brian Eno & Beattie Wolfe * Erie Choir * Alex E.T.* The Fall * Fangs / Melody Chamber * Feelies * Liam Finn * Fishbone * Flying Vipers * Forth Wanderers * Fruit Bats * Funkadelic * Fuzz * Geese * Geckøs * Gene Loves Jezebel * Joe Gibbs & the Professionals * Glide * Guided by Voices * Gulp * Guerilla Toss * Woody Guthrie * Half Cubes * Hagfish *  Luke Haines & Peter Buck / Marc Almond & Michael Cashmore * Half Japanese * Jennifer Harper * Hickoids / Krayolas * High Frequencies * Highspire * Peter Holsapple * Hyperbubble * Idlewild * Immersion * Ivy * In Lieu / Something is Waiting * Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell * I Was a King * Jeanines * Jeff the Brotherhood Featuring Blanc Du Blanc * Daniel Johnston * Kallai * Cameron Keiber * Satch Kerans Band * Kilkenny Cats * Kramies * Lake Ruth * Lard * Last Throes * Latchkey * Leatherface * Cate Le Bon * Cindy Lee * Jens Lekman * Little Richard * Lovina Falls * Lowsunday * Luckyandlove * Phil Lynott’s Grand Slam * Magnetic Morning * Major Spark*  Jason Maksymilian * Dom Mariani * Denise Marsa * Zachary Mason * Massage * Don McGlashan & Anita Clark * Bret McKenzie * Melancholy Kings * Mercyland * M.I.A.* Milltown Brothers * Tom Minor * Minus 5* Modernettes * Tony Molina * Roy Moller * Morricone, Berio, Maderna, Nono * Motörhead * Mother Love Bone * Motion City Soundtrack * Moving Targets * Paul Muldoon & Rogue Oliphant * Muster Point Project * My Morning Jacket*  My Version of It * Nation of Language * La Need Machine * New Math * Charlie Nieland * Hayes Noble * Nord Electric featuring Mark Gardener * Marianne Nowottny * Nutrias * Oasis * Oberlin Rose * Outer Limits * Buck Owens & His Buckaroos * Pale Fountains * Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus * Pavement * Physarum * Plush Machine * Pointed Sticks * Emma Pollock * Primitive Romance * Psychic Pigs * Pulp * Radiohead * Raging Nathans * Rain Parade * Red Lorry Yellow Lorry * Real Estate * Reds, Pinks & Purples * Jonathan Richman * Rocket * Romans * Rousers * Jeffrey Runnings * Saint Etienne * St. Divine * The Saints ’73-’78 / The Saints * Salt Collective * Scenics * Sea Hags * Sea Lemon * Selector Dub Narcotic * Ron Sexsmith * Shearling / Onsetter * Adrian Sherwood * Skids * Sloan * Slow Salvation * Sly & the Family Stone * Elliott Smith / Heatmiser * Jay Som * Sorry * The Kyle Sowashes / Smug Brothers * Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles * The Special Pillow *  Speed The Plough * Spinal Tap * Splitsville / Spongetones * Sprints * Standing Waves * Star Collector * James Erik Stark * Startographers/Nim * Stayres * Stella & the Very Messed * Stereolab * Yusuf/Cat Stevens * Los Straitjackets * Suburban Resistance * Successful Failures * Sugar * Sugar For the Pill * Sunday Artist * Superchunk * Swell Maps * Temple of Love * Ten Million Lights * Testors * Textbook Maneuver * The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die * The Third Mind * Tights * Tombstones in Their Eyes * Trolley * Tsar * Tullycraft * Turnsole * Twin Foxes * Lily Vakili * Vampisoul/Munster Records Roundup *  Valery Trails * Via * Vicious Clay * Vivabeat * Nick Vivid * Stellan Wahlström Drift Band * Warlocks * Water From Your Eyes * We Are Spectral * Webstirs * Wednesday * Welcome Strawberry * Jesse Welles * Wet Leg * Whimbrels * White Lies * Big Joe Williams * Marty Willson-Piper * Jah Wobble/Ken Booth * Wreckless Eric * Xmal Deutschland * Yndling * James Yorkston * Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts * Lucina Yue * Frank Zappa * Zero Boys *  Various: I Helped Edward Ball Escape (Tribute) * Various: I Wanna Be a Teen Again—American Power Pop 1980-1989 * Various: Jem Records Celebrates David Bowie * Various: Play On: a Raspberries Tribute * Various: We Were Living In Cincinnati Vol 2: Punk and Underground Sounds From Ohio’s Queen City * Various: You’re No Big Deal—Grunge, the U.S. Underground and Beyond 1984-1994 * SOME JAZZ: Eddie Daniels * Bill Evans Trio * Carmen McRae * Denman Moroney Quintet * Nicholas Payton/Esperanza Spalding/Karriem Riggins * Eric Scott Reed * Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington (& Count Basie)* ECM Records Roundup * SOME BOOKS: Billy Bragg book, Bill Janovitz’s The Cars book, Sahan Jayasuriya’s Die Kreuzen book, Barry Mazor’s Everly Brothers book, Steve Miller’s Laughing Hyenas book * and Hundreds More!