FILTER Issue 18

Join us on the high seas with our favorite band of biker pirates, the extraordinaray Flaming Lips. Wayne Coyne and Co. take Filter on a heady trip through their 23 years of being "At War with the Mundane." Upon returning to dry land, we sit down with the Strokes for a first look at their truly new new record, chat with Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst about life on the road, explore the roots of Jamrock with Damian Marley, and discuss the future of our warring world with Burt Bacharach and Rufus Wainwright. Also: Steve Buscemi, the Rakes, Max Headroom, a first look at the new Cat Power record, and an essay from Art Brut's Eddie Argos.

COVER
At War with the Mundande: Love, Life, Death & the Extraorinary FLAMING LIPS

TRIBUTE
Future Perfect: Transmissions from the Cult of MAX HEADROOM

FEATURES
One More First Impression: Long Live THE STROKES

A Rasta's Paradise: DAMIAN MARLEY and the Roots of Jamrock

Draming of a Train: BRIGHT EYES and the Art of Travel

Make Love Songs Not War: BURT BACHARACH and RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Doth Protest

FLARE
Room at the Top: Birds, Booze and Four Blokes Called THE RAKES

Charlotte's Web: THE SUBWAYS and Their Muse

GETTING TO KNOW
RICHARD HAWLEY

SCARLING

BOARDS OF CANADA

THE GRATES

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

FLICKER
BUBBLE: A Conversation with Director STEVEN SODERBERGH

LONESOME JIM: A Conversation with Director STEVE BUSCEMI

REVIEWS
CD REVIEWS

RECORD COLLECTION with Matthew Caws of NADA SURF

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ENDNOTE
WHAT I THINK OF THE U.K. MUSIC SCENE by Eddie Args of ART BRUT