NME Magazine

In This Week's NME...

[cover]

- Shine on you crazy diamond: after Syd Barrett's sad death, we look at the infinite achievements of rock's most mercurial figure


- "The saddest tale we are ever likely to hear of a tragic, tortured genius": some of music's most celebrated figures (and Serge Pizzorno) pay tribute to the man who inspired generation after generation


- The visionary who went too far out and never came back: the story of Syd Barrett told, including the ultimate Syd playlist

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- See Bellamy Play: "We started discussing World War III. There was a lot of paranoia." Muse tell NME about how New York saved their souls during sessions for new album Black Holes And Revelations

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[news]

- The earliest known video footage of The Libertines is unveiled, and first drummer Mr Razzcocks reckons its discovery could prompt a reunion. Of course it can Razzcocks!


- "It was like I opened the window and there it was." Razorlight tell NME how they discovered their sound for the new album - but we're sure it wasn't that simple

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- The ticket touting debate rolls on, and NME has the lastest


- Peter Robinson versus Graham Coxon: "A huge percentage of this country's population are idiots." Who does he think he is? The art-school, posh-faced, sausage-nicking... Actually, he's right you know


[features]

- Radar: Norse disco-punkers Datarock touch down, headfirst, on to British soil,
armed with a Commodore 64 and a bagful of ebullient electro-indie

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[reviews]


- American indie'Ns Tapes 'N Tapes score high with their debut album of DIY stompers

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- Cansei De Ser Sexy - sassy, steamy, shouty, seedy, sultry... enough! Electro disco that feels so wrong, but feels so right


- The Gnarls Barkley Philharmonic Orchestra rolls into London - and they're all dressed as school girls! NME checked out the thousands of smiley faces at the Hammersmith Carling Apollo

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- Rubbish Band Name Of The Week: The Mingers (playing at the Cavern Club, Exeter on Thursday, July 20). For information on more than 300 gigs happening this week, go to page 56 of the magazine

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In Next Week's NME...


- Pete Doherty's most lucid, friendly and enlightening interview yet - until he stumbles off into oblivion, that is...