This week’s NME (2 August 2008)

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Hardcore punkers This City are debuted in Radar in the latest edition of NME magazine, which hits shelves throughout the UK today. The Brighton tattoo fanatics (they claim to have met at a tattoo convention and bass player George has the principle characters from ‘Star Wars’ emblazoned across his arm) tour the UK this month. Pic: Tom Oxley

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scum

Ethereal post-punkers Scum make their debut in Radar in the September 6 issue of NME, which hits shelves this week. The electro-twisting, pop-annihalators (who cite their inspiration as Czech cinematography, Throbbing Gristle, Ghost and Liars) set out to provoke crowds across the UK this autumn. Pic: Ed Miles

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santogold

Santogold hooks up with DJ extraordinaire Diplo for the collaborated ‘Top Ranking’ mixtape â

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arctic monkeys

QOTSA frontman Josh Homme reveals his plans for new recordings with Arctic monkeys near the Joshua Tree in the Californian desert later this month. "They want to submerge themselves in a place that’s the opposite of where theyâ

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Mongrel video shoot, London. 23rd July 2008.

Babyshambles Drew McConnell and The Reverend Jon McClure on the set of their video shoot for their supergroup Mongrel’s track ‘The Menace’. Check out the new edition of NME for this pic, plus the latest news on Arctic Monkeys and Josh Homme’s collaboration, an exclusive Kings Of Leon interview and more. Pic: James Quinton

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lil wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr, a.k.a New Orleans’ rising-rap sensation Lil Wayne, is interviewed in the new issue of NME. Read the full story in which we unveil everything from Wayne’s eyelid tattoo, the story of the time he shot himself in the stomach through to what it’s like to sell more than a million albums in one week. Read the full interview in the issue dated September 6. Pic: Ed Miles

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kings of leon shot for nme magazine, location elms lester painting rooms

Kings Of Leon give an exclusive interview to NME about their work ethic ("we’ve figured out the formulaâ

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kings of leon shot for nme magazine, location elms lester painting rooms

Kings Of Leon speak out about new album ‘Only By The Night’, which is released in the UK on September 22. "We always try to make the best-sounding and biggest-sounding record we canâ

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The Gossip play Get Loaded in the Park, 24.08.08

Gossip’s Beth Ditto onstage at Get Loaded In The Park, Clapham Common, south London on August 24. The effervescent indie-punks romped through hits including ‘Listen Up!’ at London’s one-day festival alongside the likes of Kate Nash and Iggy And The Stooges. Read the review in Live! in the September 6 issue of NME. Pic: Richard Johnson

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Glasvegas’ eponymous album is reviewed in full in the new issue of NME, dated September 6. Does the debut from the much-hyped poets of street violence and grubby sex live up to expectation? Get the lowdown now in Albums. Pic: Pieter M Van Hattam

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Be Your Own Pet, Dingwalls, London. 26th August 2008

Be Your Own Pet’s Jemima Pearl entertains punters onstage for the last time at the band’s final gig. Read the review of the shirt-ripping, frenetic curtain closer in the new issue of NME. Pic: James Quinton

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The Ting Tings feature in NME’s special festival season commemorative, eight poster pull-out. For this, plus pictures from Foals, MGMT live and a bloodied Frank Carter from Gallows â

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In the News pages of the latest issue of NME we unveil the results from our 2008 festival poll in which NME.COM users voted Rage Against The Machine the band of the summer. For the full list of results, including who was the best new band of the season, who you want to headline in 2009 and where the funnest festival campsite was â

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This week’s NME cover stars Kings Of Leon speak candidly about their new-found maturity, upcoming fourth album ‘Only By The Night’, the drugs that nearly destroyed them and drinks that keep them sane: "There are no drugs these days, but we could fill 1,000 swimming pools with the alcohol we’ve drunk over the past five years." For this, plus a free poster section, Arctic Monkeys and Josh Homme collaboration news and more, check out the issue.

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