
COVER STORY
Three Days Grace: When you're platinum-selling international rock stars the distractions can be many. Three Days Grace were waylaid by those very things, but they've found their course once again.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The Raconteurs: Jack White has broken out of The White Stripes. The result? Something totally and completely better.
AFI: AFI used to have the gloomy teenage hordes all to themselves, but they aren't sore they've got company in the dark rock world.
Anniversary Special: The 16 Essential Hoser Records
They're played in campgrounds, cottages and dorms. They're finely crafted bits of Canadiana and they're the best hoser records a red-blooded northerner ever did hear.
FEATURES
Chartarazzi: Femme Generation can't stand up and The Flaming Lips have way too much fun.
Young And Sexy: Underdogs of the Vancouver pop scene
The Salads are kinda learning when to party
Juvenile fights back at the hurricane
Jakalope go less electronic
The Marble Index: Older, wiser, better
The fantastical world of Wolfmother
Stone Sour aren't just a Slipknot side-project anymore
Moneen get darker
Nardwuar vs Pamela Des Barres: Super groupie bares all!
SECTIONS
Blatant Propaganda: The 16 commandments of rock 'n' roll fandom
Blah, Blah, Blah: Beard rock is out, Kalan looks like a girl and important questions are answered
Scrapyard: Hedley involved in bloody brawl, Broken Social Scene take on Canadian Idol and Street Drum Corps play birthday parties
Listen Up: JF Robitaille finds himself while solo and Jets Overhead get lucky
Reviews: Angels & Airwaves, Billy Talent, The Futureheads, Keane, Sonic Youth plus reissues, books and DVDs
On Screen: Food Jammers, Planet Of The Apes: The Ultimate DVD Collection, King Kong: 2-Disc Special Collection
The Goods: World Cup fever, sun-kissed skin
Games And Gear: Creative Zen Vision:M, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Burnout Revenge, The Godfather: The Game, Metroid Prime Hunters
Charts: Neko Case tops the chart
Stylin': Tiga shows his pinky
Grist: The Grist 13 And Shitty 7, Not the best drinkin' album in the world ever


| 1 | You Say Party! We Say Die! * XXXX |
| 2 | Do Make Say Think * Other Truths |
| 3 | Islands * Vapours |
| 4 | We Are Wolves * Invisible Violence |
| 5 | Two Hours Traffic * Territory |

| 1 | Megadeth Endgame |
| 2 | Converge Axe To Fall |
| 3 | Augury * Fragmentary Evidence |
| 4 | Dying Fetus Descend Into Depravity |
| 5 | Revocation Existence Is Futile |

| 1 | BK-One With Benzilla Radio Do Canibal |
| 2 | Wax Trailor In The Mood For Life |
| 3 | Crown City Royals The Day After Forever |
| 4 | More Or Les & Fresh Kils The Les Kils EP |
| 5 | Antipop Consortium Fluorescent Black |

| 1 | Chromeo * DJ Kicks |
| 2 | Boys Noize Power |
| 3 | VitaminsForYou * He Closed His Eyes So He Could Dance With You |
| 4 | Air Love 2 |
| 5 | Zero 7 Yeah Ghost |

| 1 | Various Artists Tumbele! Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds From The French Caribbean 1963-1973 |
| 2 | Tinariwen Imidiwan: Companions |
| 3 | Forro In The Dark Light A Candle |
| 4 | Baaba Maal Television |
| 5 | Various Artists Espana |

| 1 | Harris Eisenstadt * Canada Day |
| 2 | Tony Wilson Sextet * The People Look Like Flowers At last |
| 3 | October Trio with Brad Turner * Looks Like It's Going To Snow |
| 4 | Medeski Martin & Wood Radiolarians III |
| 5 | Darius Jones Trio Manish Boy |
