
COVER STORY
Metric
They're fighting a war against the evils of the world. Dancing never seemed so righteous or political.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The Constantines
The road is getting easier for Canada's hardest working band
FEATURES
Chartarazzi: Pearl Jam make funny faces and Sloan's Chris Murphy caught in kick-fight with air.
Listen Up: Bless brings the hip-hop and You Say Party! We Say Die! bring the dance-punk, and The Farrell Bros show off their huge pompadours.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club want revolution
The High Dials aren't just mod rockers anymore
C'Mon reveal a shock secret
Tommy Lee learned a different kind of chemistry in school
Nardwuar vs. The Transplants :
Nardo almost gets into a fight, you know what I'm sayin'?
Tangiers promise to tour this time
HIM: Are they the new saviours of goth?
Dummies are paying the way for The Dandy Warhols
Pussycat Dolls: The spiciest music product since the Spice Girls
To survive this long Depeche Mode must have angels on their side
The void has been filled! Tricky Woo return
Nardwuar vs. My Chemical Romance
Gloom rockers learn they're closer to Canadians than they thought
SECTIONS
Blatant Propaganda: Pearl Jam, Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath... you're history
Blah, Blah, Blah: Clazy Clay fans continue their holy war
Scrapyard: Bloc Party don't want to be forgotten, Beck heads northwards and Layzie Bone gets his finger bitten by fan
Reviews: Default, Liz Phair, Propaghandi, Neil Young plus reissues, books and DVDs
The Goods: These boots were made for buying
On Screen: Eugene Hutz of Everything Is Illuminated, Desperate Housewives, Lost DVDs
Games And Gear: Game Boy Micro, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Nintendogs
Charts: We're celebrating Wolf Parade at the top of the chart with a parade.
Stylin': The good and bad of Buck 65
Grist: The Grist 13 And Shitty 7, Halloween rocker outfits


| 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 |
