No 18 December 1991
Cover Star : Lenny Kravitz
Select Tagline : Stuff About Music
Cover Price : 1.50
News bits :, sample stealing,
Interviewed : Jim Beattie of Spirea X, Teenage Fanclub, Robyn Hitchcock, The Black Crowes, Pixies, Lenny Kravitz, Public Enemy.John Peel on Strange Fruit
Live, Senseless Things at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, The
Cranberries at The Parkway, Limerick.
Strangelove at Bath Moles, The Frank and Walters at London
Underworld/Town & Country Club, Airhead at The Borderline, London,
The 25th of May at Nottingham Rock City, Lush at London Queen Mary College,
Images , A Tribe Called Quest, John Lydon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Erasure, Jellyfish, Iggy Pop And The Stooges, The Cult, Levitation, Jesus Jones, Poison Ivy Of The Cramps, The Ramones, Pet Shop Boys, Roxy Music, St Etienne, Miles Of The Wonder Stuff
Selected Album Reviews,
Artist | Album Title | Score (Out Of Five) | Comment |
Intastella | Stella And The Intastella Family Of People | Five | Album Of The Month |
The Field Mice | For Keeps | Four | Bliss, Innocence prevails |
My Bloody Valentine | Loveless | Five | A Formidable acheivement |
Vic Reeves | I Will Cure You | Three | Pretty Smart |
Teenage Fanclub | Bandwagonesque | Four | |
Various | Indie Top 20 Vol 13 | Two | Most Distressing |
World Of Twist | Quality Street | Three | could've been so much better |
Single Reviews
U2 -The Fly, Spiritualized - Why don't you smile now, Erasure - Am I Right, Pet Shop Boys - DJ Culture, Gunshot - Clear from present danger/interception Squad, Mercury Rev - Car Wash Hair, System 7 - Habibi, James - Sound, Nine Inch Nails - Sin, The Charlatans - Me in Time, The Moonflowers - The Groove Power Big Fast Dub EP, Salt N Pepa - You Showed Me, Curve - Cherry EP, MC 900ft Jesus - Killer Inside Me, The God Machine - Purity EP, The 25th Of May - Whats going On , IF? - Open Up Your Head, Daisy Chainsaw - Lovesickpleasure EP, The Stairs - Weed Bus, The Catherine Wheel - Black Metallic EP.