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• Kasabian Tom Howard visits Serge and Tom at home in Leicester where they talk up their reinvention of rock’n’roll and how they’ll ward off the competition
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• The Maccabees Ben Hewitt discovers the pressure is on for the indie quintet as they prepare to overcome new challenges
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• Also featured: Metronomy, Wild Beasts, The Horrors, Merchandise, Damon Albarn, Everything Everything, Manic Street Preachers, Django Django, Palma Violets, Peace, Lykke Li, Kelis and 85 more
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ALSO INSIDE THIS WEEK:

• What links Sky Larkin, Hookworms, Mansun and Pulled Apart By Horses? Menace Beach! Discover the supergroup who put McBusted to shame
• Who has been shortlisted for an NME Award? The nominations are revealed and voting officially begins
• What song makes Miles Kane feel immortal? The one he wants played when he dies, of course
• Anatomy of an album: The Kinks – ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society’
• Interviews with:
  • Thurston Moore
  • Danny Brown
  • Interpol
  • MKS
  • Swim Deep
  • Howler
  • Broken Bells
  • Ricky Wilson
  • Cee Lo
  • Katy B
• Album Reviews:
  • Warpaint
  • Against Me!
  • The Rifles
  • Big Ups
  • Mode Moderne
  • Mogwai
  • Boats
  • Mutual Benefit
  • The Hidden Cameras
• Caught Live:
  • Wolf Alice
  • The Breeders and Speedy Ortiz
  • Patrick Wolf
  • Toy
  • Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs