NME Magazine

In this week's new music special!

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Champagne Supernovas!
Kasabian
We spend five days on the run with Serge, Tom and two blokes called Liam 'n' Noel

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The 15 best new bands from the Carling Weekend Reading and Leeds Festivals on one FREE CD


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Starring
- The Fratellis

- The Sunshine Underground

- Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

- Fields

- Gogol Bordello and more!

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- My Chemical Romance hit back at the bottlers


- The band of the summer revealed in our annual festival poll


- "It's not as easy as it looks, honest" The Rapture's guide to playing a cowbell

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- The NME verdict on the Fratellis album Costello


- LIVE: The Kooks take Blackpool