#47
Sleater-Kinney
Matmos
Aislers Set
William T. Vollmann
The Missing Links
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#46
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lambchop
Songs:Ohia
Home
Cadallaca meet the Backstreet Boys
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#45
The Magnetic Fields
Freakwater
Red Red Meat
Kool Keith
Marc Almond
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#44
The Flaming Lips
The Gentle Waves [Isobel Campbell/Belle & Sebastian]
Mia Doi Todd
Robert Forster & Grant McLennan [The Go-Betweens]
Lenola
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Olivia Tremor Control
Julie Ruin [Kathleen Hanna]
Jon Langford/The Mekons
Bobby Conn
The Notwist
Royal Trux
Versus
Rufus Wainwright
Solex
Quasi
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#41
Neutral Milk Hotel:
Cornershop:
Refrigerator:
Matthew Shipp, Plush, Pastels, Posies
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Special online-only bonus! Noise Pop 1998, Flaming Lips and all, by J Neo Marvin
Helium:
Stereolab:
Will Oldham:
Belle & Sebastian, Scott Walker, Edith Frost, Photek, the Promise Ring
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#39
Ben Watt/Everything But the Girl:
Atari Teenage Riot:
Flying Saucer Attack:
Glasgow: Bis, Yatsura, the Delgados
plus: the Dandy Warhols, Papas Fritas, "Electronica: Hope or Hype?"
#38
Pavement:
Built to Spill:
Elephant 6 (Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Apples in Stereo)
Vic Chesnutt:
plus: Broadcast, Camden Joy, Momus, Anna Domino
#37
Kristin Hersh/Throwing Muses:
the Go-Betweens:
Smog:
Sonic Boom:
plus: Iris Dement, Robyn Hitchcock
#36 (SOLD OUT)
Beck:
Cat Power:
Neutral Milk Hotel
Come
plus: Damon & Naomi, Sparklehorse, Lutefisk
#35
Yoko Ono:
Cornershop:
the Grifters:
the Raincoats:
plus: Silkworm, Varnaline/Space Needle, the Halifax Pop Explostion
#34
Supergrass: the Brits who are simply polite and stunningly songful (and so cute)
Devo: Years later, co-founder Jerry Casale reveals the weird writings that launched Devo
Freakwater: "country fans think we're freaks." But Emmy Lou asked them to her show.
Plus: Gastr del Sol, Blur, Sleater-Kinney, Bardo Pond, Dreams of Kurt
#33
Thurston Moore: candidly at home with Kim Gordon & baby Coco
Guided by Voices: extended interview---one reader noted: "It's like you moved in with them"
Palace: the controversial "fiction" treatment of hotly debated "band"
Plus: The Clean; Red Krayola; Everclear; Railroad Jerk; our first fiction
PJ Harvey: most open & entertaining interview with her anywhere
Helium: interview lays bare the suffering that steeled Mary Timony
Suede: Brett jests about his image
Plus: Goats; Frightwig; St. Etienne; and a story of Mostar, in Bosnia
Sugar: Bob Mould talks at length on his life and work routines
Magnetic Fields: the concentrated flavor of Stephen Merritt's moods & melodies
Tarnation: the haunted country throb of Paula Frazier's songs
Plus Versus; New Zealand's 3Ds; Mountain Goats; Compulsion; Ed Kuepper
Frente!: smart charm from Frente!'s singer Angie Hart
Urge Overkill: killing satire as stars chat too freely
Fugazi: secretive bandleader shares a few thoughts on a world-tour stop
Plus Violent Femmes; Thinking Fellers; Lisa Germano; Nice/Ashtray Boy; Grifters; and animal rights. . .
Spinanes: Portland's powerful duo on the rise
Jeff Buckley: beyond his dad's star quality, Jeff has his own
Stereolab: Anglo-French groovemongers describe their working methods
Plus Scrawl; Possum Dixon; Seam; and a Greil Marcus interview
Breeders: summed up as "hilarity, chaos, randiness, intelligence"
Guided by Voices: the story that introduced this band in print
Lida Husik: skeptical songwriter presses on, a maverick even in DC
Plus Unrest; Hazel; St. Johnny; Able Tasmans; Nothing Painted Blue
Sebadoh: Lou Barlow is fluently riveting about his obsessions
Luscious Jackson: the NYC four explain their moody, "feminine" sound
Mecca Normal: "not romantic," the classy punk/art duo insist once again
Plus Sloan; This Mortal Coil; Caveman Shoestore; Sheila Chandra; Victoria Williams; Greil Marcus on the Beats
Belly: Tanya Donelly describes her leap forward with her own band
Carter: this London duo of worldclass quality still lack recognition here
Bats: one of the world's most melodic bands, they're listener-friendly too
Plus Walt Mink; Erectus Monotone; Overwhelming Colorfast; Sister Psychic
Juliana Hatfield: matchless songwriter describes her course in going it alone
PJ Harvey: "extremes are important," she noted, before her first US tour
Breeders: how tough did they have to be? Tough enough
Plus Chills; Heavenly; Drain; Spiritualized
My Bloody Valentine: highly credible British band describe their tenets
Hole: Courtney Love bashes cogently back at her detractors
Cracker: "simpler, more rock": David Lowery compares band with CVB
Plus Nick Cave; Tsunami; Matthew Sweet; Kicking Giant; Peter Jefferies; Young Gods
Teenage Fanclub: getting there is key as band discuss business of music
MC Lyte: underappreciated young rapper aims to change people's lives
Mekons: full of plans as ever, the Brit band discuss their US projects
Plus Blur; Southern Culture on the Skids; Chris & Cosey; new NZ bands; and Robert Zieger's classic Pop Underground tale from Olympia
Robert Forster/Grant McLennan: what comes next when a great band packs it in? the Go-Betweens songwriters talk about it
Throwing Muses: Kristin Hersh muses on a new album, a band's revival
Cannanes: "more volume!"-or is it "more valium!"? Tour diary, feature
Plus Young Fresh Fellows; Antietam; KMFDM; Alastair Galbraith; X-tal
Einstürzende Neubauten: Blixa Bargeld explains the band's arts projects
Meat Puppets: new interview plus retrospective on SW bros' acid rock
Unrest: inscrutable pop band interviewed and analyzed by the Lois
Plus Kitchens of Distinction, Ride, Boiled in Lead, Ellen James Society, and X-tal's tour diary
Living Colour: the metal-soul-jazz band discuss their tangled roots
Breeders/Pixies: Kim Deal relates the events around the Breeders' birth
Yo La Tengo: Ira Kaplan likes recording cover versions
Plus Beat Happening; Jawbreaker; Ultra Vivid Scene; Psychic TV; Nation of Ulysses
Fugazi: community and self-reliance; power and subtlety
Mekons' novel: pages from their "10-year history of an imaginary band"
Freedy Johnston: interview with the songster of Midwest space and angst
Plus: The Chills; Lush; Rob Tyner; Mudwimin; Walkabouts; and live beats in Zimbabwe
Pixies: Black Francis, later Frank Black, answers a raft of questions
American Music Club: sad songwriter Mark Eitzel tells how it happened
Psychedelic Furs: pop band with punk roots aim to go farther
Plus: Jayhawks; Blake Babies; Pogues; Verlaines; Band of Susans; and report from Australia on all the musics
Scrawl: "career on the boil, sheet music in the attic": building a band
Women/Sex/Rock: Terri Sutton's classic discussion
Lester Bangs: lost interview with the late great critic
Plus feedtime; Weenie Roast
Pere Ubu: band history and philosophy from David Thomas
Einstürzende Neubauten: ultra-sophisticated German band; Blixa talks
Northwest Rock: report on a thriving scene, caught in a rapid growth
Plus Michelle Shocked; Beat Happening; Billy Bragg; Vomit Launch
Victoria Williams: a talk with the creator of our album of the year
Women in Rock: Terri Sutton's powerful open letter against sexism
Flipper: the great SF mess-rock band: a tribute
Plus: Rubén Blades; photographer Robert Frank; a Graceland journal; and a report on Australian aboriginal and white bands
Mekons: much-loved band blooms, in interview and multiple reviews
Culturcide: a satirical band explain their critical attack on music business
Australia spotlight: new bands include feedtime, Happy Hate Me Nots
Plus: La Bamba film defended; long reviews of Soul Asylum, Flipper, Go-Betweens
Throwing Muses: Kristin Hersh clarifies a brilliant young band's goals
Camper Van Beethoven: a tour diary, somewhat in jest, by David Lowery
New Zealand Part 2: spotlight on Sneaky Feelings, Look Blue Go Purple
Plus: the percolating Minneapolis scene
Australia: 6 pages on the country's hottest bands
Einstürzende Neubauten: In a Seattle park, gear fails, band triumphs
Ten Top Tens: writers all-time fave raves
Plus reviews of Saints, Celibate Rifles, Ed Kuepper, Triffids; Jesus & Mary Chain; Toronto Glass Orchestra/SF Wave Organ; Violent Femmes x 2
New Zealand: new from Clean, Verlaines, Chills, Tall Dwarfs, Bats, etc.
Camper Van Beethoven: talking about the bands and music they like
Agitpop: the impressive NY State band's first tour
Plus: San Francisco story
Frightwig: fanfare as the SF women head east
Blixa Bargeld: answers on music, books, film from Neubauten frontman
Punk Wars II: travelogue of tough punk bands in SF
Plus: Velvet Underground; early Soviet crafts
Violent Femmes: Gordon Gano answers religious questions defensively
Test Dept.: radical industrial band explain their political-musical mission
SST: traveling label-circus starring Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Meat Puppets
Plus: Sonic Youth skeptics' double review
Flipper: Bruce Loose's name, his recording experiences, his flashbacks
Punk Wars: from Tim Yohannon to Paula Keyth, talks with SF players
New York: how Puncture spent our September vacation
Meat Puppets: country metal meets commedia dell arte
Radical Radio, 6 pages of alternative radio lark (starring Negativland)
Einstürzende Neubauten: blended live and record review
Plus: reggae poets compilation; Karen Finley performance
Rock against Reagan photo story
Bay Area Punk documentary exhibition
Plus: Hüsker Dü; Negativland; Fall; Crucifix; Birthday Party; David Thomas
Toiling Midgets: retrospect, plus show & cassette review
Crass: a political band's errand of torment
Flipper: reflections on an apparent last show
Plus: PiL; X; Suicidal Tendencies; Michael Smith
#4 (SOLD OUT)
MDC
Rank and File
Crass
Negativland
#3 (SOLD OUT)
Meat Puppets
Mutants
Code of Honor
Black Athletes
#2 (SOLD OUT)
Flipper
New York scene report
Up the West Coast with the Who
Virgin Prunes
Toiling Midgets
Code of Honor