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SIXTEEN HORSEPOWER by ROY CULVER
The language used on 16 Horsepower’s records comes out of old Pentecostal churches and I am certain there is a church some where in his hometown in Colorado with pews that bear the wear of him and his family sitting in them Sunday after Sunday. I notice a change in tone with Edwards as we begin to discuss what his beliefs are. Though we’re both still cordial to one another a bit of defiance seems to rise between the both of us, a guardedness that seems to question how much we should lie on the table....

MAN OR ASTROMAN by WARREN BINDER
Depending on the source, Man or Astroman formed either somewhere in the far reaches of outer space or somewhere in the far reaches of Auburn, Georgia. Ultimately, though, it's not important. What is important is that, of the countless surf revival bands formed since the demise of the genre's last gasp back in the 60's, while not amongst the first (Jon & the Nightriders, the Surf Raiders, etc.) they were/are undoubtedly one of the most important...

JACOB BANNON Q&A by NOAH GREENE
The following interview took place on September 29, 2003. In a dank corner of a smoky little club in a downtown, Detroit basement, I had the chance to fire some questions at Jacob Bannon, frontman of Boston-based metal/noise-core act Converge. Tired and shirtless after an incredibly intense set, apparently undaunted by the six hour drive to Chicago lurking just ahead, Bannon graced me with this interview....

ALBUM COVERS REVIEWED by CHRIS ESTEY
THIS IS RIDICULOUS. A cute, nicely shaped goatee maybe -- like the whiskery ones the dykes wear in the downtown apartment building where I live, they're so funny when we ride the elevator together -- but the full-on Abe Lincoln treatment is just damn stupid. And I really liked "Fuck The Pain Away." Okay, I almost think it's funny...