Issue 47
Mar/April 2005
AMPLIFICATION
8 MANDA AND THE MARBLES
8 PITTY SING
10 GIANT DRAG
10 SOUND TRIBE SECTOR NINE
12 CORKSKREW
14 MAXIMO PARK
16 RICHMOND FONTAINE
18 PETERDEADPAN
20 INFINITE MONOPOLY

PoV
22 BACKSTAGE PASS - Mando Diao
24 THE CRAIG TORSO SHOW - Trevor Horn
26 RAVE ON - The Deal, Kenny Howes, Eytan Mirsky, Michael Mazzarella
28 IN THE CROSSHAIRS - Living in a Material World
30 MIX IT UP - Thievery Corporation
32 ROOT BEER - Iron & Wine
88 AND IN THE END - Nostalgia

FEATURES
34 IVY
36 THE FRAMES
40 COVER STORY - ...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD

THE CRITICAL LIST
48 CD REVIEWS - Bright Eyes, Doves, Kathleen Edwards, Kasabian, Mercury Rev, Ani DiFranco, Josh Rouse, Martha Wainwright, The Waifs, The Kills, Low, Ben Lee and a hundred or so more!
50 BOOK REVIEW - The Beach Boys: The Definitive Diary of America's Greatest Band on Stage and in the Studio
53 LIVE REVIEW - Cake
58 LIVE REVIEW - Drive-By Truckers
62 LIVE REVIEW - Gov't Mule
71 CLASSICS REVISITED - Squeeze, Herman's Hermits, The Guess Who
71 DVD REVIEW - The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story
73 SPOTLIGHT - Razorlight
79 DVD REVIEW - The White Stripes: Under Black Pool Lights








Table Of Contents
Cover Story
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
 
Featured Article
Ivy
 
CD Reviews Ani DiFranco, Kathleen Edwards  
Live Review Gov't Mule  



Road Warriors
Mock Orange
Boss Martians
The High Dials
Featured Article: AMPLIFIER Top Ten Albums of 2004... and more.  
CD Reviews: Happy Doing What We're Doing - Elizabeth McQueen... and more.  
Live Review : Willy Mason - Joiners Arms, Southampton, UK ... and more.