NME Magazine

In The Magazine...

[cover]


- "What do they want? Blood?" Noooo! not again! Pete Doherty's back... or is he? We go back into Doherty's inner sanctum



- "There's not one fucking thing I'd change. I tried." Pete Doherty welcomes NME back into his gangly arms to tell about the past, his new music and his love for Salt-N-Pepa. Just don't mention his mum, yeah?

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[news]


- Oasis: it's over! Well, with Sony/BMG anyway. Remember when Noel said they would only do a Best Of if after they split up? Well, he lied - except he didn't because they're calling it a definitive collection, and it'll be out this year


- Pete and Carl met up for the first time since March 2005 last week - in a pub, this time, not by surprise in Carl's flat with Pete clutching his hi-fi. Though we suspect the conversation may well have involved begging and borrowing, if not the other

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- Peter Robinson versus Peaches: "I have taken a leak. Could you hear it?" Does that woman never cuddle up with Horlicks and a magazine? No, not that kind... the NME or something


[features]


- The new spirit of Albion is alive and kicking - it just moved to Holloway Road. The Holloways charm us with their brand of new calypso


- The Horrors achieve hero status by having their video for 'Sheena Is A Parasite' banned. Directed by monstrous genius Chris Cunningham (Aphex Twin's Come To Daddy) and starring Samantha Morton, this is the sickest thing you won't be allowed to see this year

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- Punk-pop politicians The Young Knives walk in to the scally's den in Ibiza. What do you reckon happened when a load of bikini-clad chavs mingled with a man in tweed called The House Of Lords?

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[reviews]

- Have we mentioned new rave yet? Oh shit we haven't! It's this great scene where dance and indie cross over to form myriad collectives of Day-Glo-clad disco kids and electro rockers... and now there's a definitive compilation to ease you in. Plus, NME looks at other records that have kickstarted musical movements. And no, it's not Parklife for the Britpop one

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- Sufjan Stevens puts out a B-sides and out-takes album. And it's as good as anything else released this year...


- ... But is it as good as NME's track of the week: The Killers' When You Were Young?


- How do you calm down when you're trying to keep your heart inside your chest?: The Maccabees blow their fans (and Cafe de Paris) away in a cataclysmic London show. While across town Justin Timberlake gently croons away at the piano, but whips up the same level of passion in his followers - well it is Timberlake

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- The Worst Band Name Of The Week award goes to: Monster Bastard Project (playing at Moles, Bath on Thursday, July 27). For information on up to 350 gigs happening this week, go to page 64 of the magazine

Ave it!