AMPLIFICATION
9 LILAC TIME
10 SPARKLE*JETS U.K.
12 JAY FARRAR
14 PETER BRUNTNELL
COLUMNS
16 RAVE ON - Random musings of a (pop) nut
18 THE CRAIG TORSO SHOW - The Residents
20 NECESSARY EVILS - Digression on the music business
76 FAMOUS LAST WORDS
DEPARTMENTS
22 ROOT BEER - Nick Lowe
24 CLASSICS REVISITED - The Marshmallow Overcoat, The Swinging Neckbreakers
26 POP SECRET - The Osmonds
28 FUTURE PERFECT TENSE - Sugarbomb
30 NOT NECESSARILY POP - Convocation Of…
32 POP DOWN UNDER - the best in Australian pop!
FEATURES
34 COVER STORY - Superchunk
40 ABANDONED POOLS
42 SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES
44 AMY RIGBY
46 JOYDROP
REVIEWS
49 CD REVIEWS - Beachwood Sparks,
Call and Response, Tom McRae, The Charlatans UK, Oysterhead, The
Replacements, Sparklehorse, The Strokes, Velvet Crush and more.
72 BOOK REVIEWS - Our band Could Be Your Life, The Quarrymen, Bubblegum
Music Is The Naked Truth
74 NIGHTCLUB JITTERS - Reading
Festival, Beulah
