FEATURES

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• Pixies
  New dates, new songs and a new line-up: Black Francis and co tell Tom Howard how Pixies were reborn
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• Chvrches
  Jenny Stevens joins the trio on tour to discuss their breakout year and methods of staying in total control
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• Jake Bugg
  He’s won over many fans and been met with as much criticism, and now Hazel Sheffield takes Bugg back to Nottingham for a frank assessment
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• From The Vaults: A Tribe Called Quest, 1998
  As the hip-hop experimentalists call it a day for the second time in their career, we look back at Angus Batey’s interview first time around
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ALSO INSIDE THIS WEEK:

• Is that Lily Allen singing in a floating capsule? Future plans unveiled while Lily pushes her comeback boat out
• Where are the Rolling Stones’ old tour snaps? Inside! Rare poolside pictures uncovered
• What do Broken Bells think of their new disco sound? Well, they wouldn’t call it a ‘Tragedy’, that’s for sure…
• Anatomy of an album: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Fever To Tell’
• Katy B reveals the soundtrack of her life
• Interviews with:
  • The Black Lips
  • Darlia
  • Alan McGee
  • And… Geordie Michael – Alan Partridge’s mate!
• Album Reviews:
  • Torres
  • The Flaming Lips
  • Findlay
  • Lady Gaga
  • The Fall
  • Brendan Benson
• Caught live:
  • Pulled Apart By Horses
  • Vampire Weekend
  • Arcade Fire
  • The Killers
  • The National
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra