FILTER Issue 15

Filter Magazine pays tribute to the concept record with its very own concept issue: "The Immaculate Resurrectin of Art Rock." Together for the first time, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez of the Mars Volta tlak with the magazine (and each other) about the rebirth of thoughtful noise. Find out how three of country's most inspired new musicians weigh in. Also:...Trail of Dead vs. the Secret Machines, Mike Patton explains why he can't stop making things, Eriv Avery remembers the glory days of Jane's Addiction, New Order, Spoon, the Raveonettes, Gene Wilder, David LaChapelle and more.

THE RETURN OF ART ROCK
INTRODUCTION

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE & THE MARS VOLTA

MIKE PATTON

ERIC AVERY on Jane's Addiction

SECRET MACHINES & ...TRAIL OF DEAD

COMETS ON FIRE & DEAD MEADOW

TRIBUTE
SPACEMEN 3: Interviews with Jason ierce and Sonic Boom

GENE WILDER is Not a Comedian

FEATURES
SPOON: A Loving Spoonful

NEW ORDER: In Search of the Mystical White Stag

FLARE
KEREN ANN in Wonderland

Black Celebration with the RAVEONETTES

GETTING TO KNOW
TIM BURGESS

MANDO DIAO

EMBRACE

AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE

KASABIAN

FLICKER
MYSTERIOUS SKIN: A Conversation with Director Gregg Araki

RIZE: A Conversation with Director David LaChapelle

REVIEWS
CD REVIEWS

RECORD COLLECTION with Shirley Manson and Butch Vig of Garbage

DVDebris

ENDNOTE
DUNGBEETLE DAYS by Sam Lipsyte