Plan B
Issue 31

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THE BREEDERS
For nearly two decades, The Breeders have run amok, spiking alt rock's angst with wry pop and bad behaviour and dipping in and out of the limelight. Plan B takes a ramble through their new album Mountain Battles in the company of front–sisters Kim and Kelley Deal

CRYSTAL CASTLES
An attempt to connect with 8-bit disco anarchists Crystal Castles

AUTECHRE
From their early, classic techno to new album Quaristice Autechre's 3D electronica continues to redraw sonic blueprints and map out new routes for intrepid navigators of space, time, distance and sound. Plan B gets geometric, talks wires, builds imaginary cities with Sean Booth and Rob Brown

GUTTER TWINS
The roots of Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli's Gutter Twins duo go much deeper than the grunge explosion, years of false starts, and religious dogma

PLUS: South Rakkas Crew, HEALTH, George Pringle, Hercules And Love Affair, Carlos Giffoni, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, MV&EE, Young Knives, Be Your Own Pet, Language Of Stone, Stephen Malkmus

LIVE: Meg Baird, Art Brut, Lethal Bizzle, Gang Gang Dance, Morrissey, Rolo Tomassi, Okkervil River, Gogol Bordello, Le Weekend, Baby Dee, Portishead

ALBUMS: Diamanda Galas, Snöleoparden, White Hinterland, Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band, Angel, Artefact, Channel U Vol 2, Foals, Autechre, The Doubtful Guest, Stephen Malmus & The Jicks, Benga, Adam Green, Robyn Hitchcock, Peter Brötzmann, Paal–Nilssen–Love & Mats Gustafsson, Tusk, The Huguenots, The Teenagers, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Cass McCombs, The B–52's, Panther, Action Beat, Cowtown, Kelly Polar, Shooting At Unarmed Men, Supergrass, Volcano The Bear, Young Knives, Black Francis, Correcto, The Orb, No Kids
REISSUES: Kelis, Morrissey, Beck, The Better Beatles, Charles Wright And The Watts 103 Street Rhythm Band, Les Savy Fav, Jack Kerouac, The Durutti Column