November 1993

Billy Corgan, rock godhead, and what to make of celebrity interviews

Here's a little counterintuitive truth about celebrity magazines: For the most part, they don't interview famous people. Now, I know it seems like that's all celebrity magazines do, and one could certainly argue that interviewing famous people should be a celebrity magazine's prime directive. But this is an illusion. Most of the time,

Breaking Out: Giant Drag

Critics in Britain are hailing the advent of a new grunge movement, with Giant Drag at its core

The Innovators: Franz Ferdinand

Stylish threads, smashing second album -- the dance-rock dandies couldn't have it much better

Silver Jews, 'Tanglewood Numbers' (Drag City)

Depressive poet rocks, consumes alcohol.

Chamillionaire, 'The Sound of Revenge' (Chamillitary/Universal) Paul Wall, 'The Peoples Champ' (Atlantic)

Is the glass half-full, half-empty, or just filled with syrup? Two rappers debate.

Breaking Out: Wolf Parade

Wolf Parade play slightly crazed, off-kilter art rock that feels like it's always on the verge of breaking apart

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