July 2009 Archives

NYC's Nylon magazine music director Krissi Murison is the new editor of NME - good job!

Mike Torpey enjoys a night with the Golden Oldies.

Our first trip to the festival in the heartland of metal - Getintothis gets supersonically gnarly.

Soon to be Car Mag editor Connor MacNichloose squeezes time into his fastlane diary to gadge some laptop fury.

Shyness and swine flu - bah! Nothing's gonna stop Lissy Trullie. Getintothis' Mike Torpey goes into quarantine.

Better at music than the footie, Mike Doherty contemplates a jaunt to the Faroe Islands

Pink Mountaintops, Tobacco, My Latest Novel and Dan Black all come under scrutiny - but there's no doubt which record is the sound of the summer.

Bringing the snazz, crackle and POP! Getintothis' Emma Johnson whistles along...

A few bleeps and some naff poetry and before you know it, you've scooped Single of the Week, Liza Williams reports.

Getintothis' festival of 2008 kicks off next weekend, and in the second part of our Q&A with artists set to feature we've asked the same eight questions to gloomy trainset enthusiast David Martin, avant-rock new boys Post War Years and future winner of the Mercury, Jimi from Doves.



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