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If you want in-depth interviews and features on the biggest bands around rightnow, plus a delectable smorgasbord of the freshest, most exciting acts breakingthrough, then Music Mart - as always - delivers:
Cover stars CSS are spending their entire summer rocking festivals everywherefrom Latitude to Lowlands. Their spangly-attired, babyfaced frontwoman Lovefoxx givesus the lowdown on just how they create the perfect festival party atmosphere, and lookdamn good while they're doing it
Paul Smith, frontman of British indie heavyweights Maximo Park, talks abouttouring, songwriting, and how they transferred the energy and presence of their liveshow to the studio with the help of producer Gil Norton
The Aliens rose from the ashes of The Beta Band to produce some seriously good shufflingindie-pop. We meet the band and discover how they're doing things differentlythe second time around
Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and Modern Lovers fame has had a careerspanning four decades. In this month's 'Classic' slot, we join Jerry to look backover his career, and find out why he still loves life on the road
And in 'On The Up' this month, it's a Danish double header - we find out what makesthe awesome Kissaway Trail and the really rather good Figurines tick
Plus! Several bulging fistfuls of festival reviews from all around the UK, includingthe mother of them all - Glastonbury, the rather more genteel Latitude, and the Scottish knees-up T In The Park
Plus! Diary Of A Musician tells it how it is from both ends of the A&Rdivide
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Our experts give their verdict on the HK Audio LUCAS PA system, strike a perfectchord with the Peterson Strobostomp guitar tuner, croon melodically into theSuperlux Sonata budget microphone, wrap their ears around the valve-drivendelights of the Peavey Windsor Half Stack amp, spend a happy few hours pumpingout bass riffs on the Yamaha BB615F bass guitar, rigorously check out theVox AD50VT guitar amp, and run their beady eyes over the DusenbergStarplayer TV and Lag Jet electric guitars.
And in our Technique section, we give you some pointers on finding the right studioand what to do when you get there in Preparing For The Studio, and Part 11 ofArrangements For Live Bands focuses on the vocals.
And just in case you can stomach it, here's more:
We bring you the gear list from THE RUMBLE STRIPS in our Stage Gear feature... Wehave bags of NEWS and DRUMFAX, plus the MM crossword, Pub Genius, Cooper's Column andLoose Strings... the Q&A section... know who's on the road with Tour Dates and Gigreviews... keep an eye on the releases with Album, Book and DVD reviews... check outthe competition with our Unsigned Band Profiles...
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