ON THE COVER: Mercury Rev - Ten years of turmoil,
substance abuse and swirling guitars may sound like your typical
sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll tale, but David Keenan hears how
encounters with the US avant garde influenced their New York State
of mind
FEATURES: Primer: Music of Islam, Invisible
Jukebox: Kirk Degiorgio, Cornelius Cardew, Playgroup, Madlib, Axel
Dörner, Alog, Jim O'Rourke, Coil, No-Neck Blues Band, Shoji Hano,
DJ Shadow