The Stool Pigeon

The Stool Pigeon is a free, fully independent, self-distributed and award-winning music newspaper based in London. It's edited by Phil, designed by Mickey, printed five times a year and available all over the UK.
ISSUE 016 OUT NOW!
Rentokiller. DANGER MOUSE scurries ever upwards
HOME NEWS
MICACHU can do just about anything
ALICE KLAR doing it Roy Walker-style
OUTSIDE ROYALTY keeping it regal in United Kingdom
Inside job for ALESSI
To be or yacht to be, the question with GROVESNOR
TATO goes dubstep
DANANANANAYKROYD album to be titled Baldrick
LET'S WRESTLE must to their colouring now
BEN ESSER a lying swine of a musician
Norwich's LE TETSUO sining like canaries in London
Night slugs BOK BOK & MANARA bring bassline down south
Practical housekeepers BEESTUNG LIPS making punk sound vital again
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR embark on a disco odyssey
DIRTBOMBS drop shell on US, explode rep as one-trick pony
Swedish starlet LYKKE LI a little bit loopy
BON IVER got to do what a man's got to do
INVISIBLE CONGA PEOPLE keeping us in the after after dark
EL GUINCHO's an island treasure
HOWLIN' RAIN back with a storming second album
SKELETONS AND THE KING OF ALL CITIES hairs to the throne
BE YOUR OWN PET hit London, barf out then depart
COOL KIDS breaking ice
WHITE WILLIAMS trashing pop
ZOMBIE ZOMBIE bringing terror disco
WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS reject music college, go heartcore
FEATURES
Splitting Hairs: THE LONG BLONDES
Double Talk: THE BREEDERS
Psycho Power: THE SONICS
Two Degrees In The Shade: THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
Ha Cha Cha Cha: KID CREOLE
Bout Time: EUGENE S. ROBINSON
The Destructive Gesture: IRMIN SCHMIDT & KUMO
Vested Interest: WILD BEASTS
Puff Rider: DAVE CLOUD
Soul Discretion: JAMIE LIDELL
TRAVEL
Austin Translation: SON OF DAVE's report from SXSW
PRINT
John Niven's Kill Your Friends
MOVING IMAGES
New Joy Division film a counterpart not a rival to Control
Banshee Severin liberated by composing score to silent movie
ARTS
A reminiscence on HEFNER in words and images by Darren Hayman
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
SON OF DAVE: The sky's no less blue because a blind man can't see it
MISS PRUDENCE TROG: a clown enriched knows not friends nor public relations
THE FOSTER KID: I am a dickhead and rock'n'roll turned me into one
MS TRILLA: Ooh, ahh, I lost my bra
LEADERS
Dab Hands: We need to take the power away from the A&R guys and put it with the suits
Soul Traders: Two pairs of good souls is better than one upper
Language School: I perform deviant sexual acts with women of all kinds
COURT CIRCULAR
Mills spills mills as judge doesn't screw Hey Jude dude
Corgan to Pepsi his way out of a sticky situation by suing
Foundations bassist jailed for kiddy fiddling
OBITUARIES
Dead at the Controls: Mikey Dread
Buddy Miles
Cachao Lopez
BUSINESS NEWS
Overdue Guns N' Roses LP could be in the can
Groove Armada breeze into odd new deal, sink to new depths
Ho fun fun fun as China lifts wall of silence on Western artists
SPORT
Pagan Belgopsych types BURIAL HEX and SYLVESTER ANFANG dead good in London
Punters whipped out of shape at eye-poppingly fun WAREHOUSE PROJECT
Attack, release formula locked down by BLACK KEYS
FOALS drive a coach and horses through Astoria, come into electric bloom
NEIL YOUNG a harvest loon in Manchester
Robert Smith's cronies still a real CURE-all
No jellied legs for EELS
Stylish SHORTWAVE SET for success
Lil Wayne not a fan of Eastenders
NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA marooned in the wrong era
Same old story with GARY NUMAN
Also free inside: Hello Kitty! Catch a falling star! Stephen Hawkwind! Rappity Rappity Rap! Pizza Elvis! Should Adele just keep chasing pastries? Robert Smith visits the Celebrity Barber! Brats Wordsearch! Dede, the Tree Man! Hitman & Fur! Get the Lovefoxxx look! No one reads music mags anymore! Dr. Dolittle talks to a dog!
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