FILTER Issue 22

On a stage set somewhere between fantasy and reality,Filter joins Colin Meloy and his band of vaudevillian vagabonds, the Decemberists, to chase their music through the dense flora of an overgrown Japanese garden and into the air miles above their home base of Portland, Oregon. Plus: We take a lesson in hip-hop philosophy from The Roots; wrangle recluses Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Dwight Yoakam for a schizophrenic chat; document the first and last stateside interviews with the ex-members of Refused; pay tribute to kids' classic Pete & Pete; and print an unpublished short story from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright San Shepard. Not to mention; Emily Haines, Kasabian, The Black Keys, Sofia Coppola, Dirty Pretty Things, Sloan, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, and suprise cameos by four heavy metal heroes. 

COVER
Into the Woods: The Dark Passage of THE DECEMBERISTS

FEATURES Masters of the Game:
THE ROOTS and a Tribe Called Quest

Kings by Night: A Conversation with BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY and DWIGHT YOAKAM

Mass Appeal: The Growing Cult of THE MARS VOLTA

Gonzo Rock: KASABIAN's Savage Journey to the Heart of the British Empire

Deep Blues: The Explosive Commotion of THE BLACK KEYS

An Incovenient Life: The Comics of YOSHIHIRO TATSUMI

FLARE
Knives Out: Alone with EMILY HAINES

TRIBUTE
The Leberation Frequency: Revisiting REFUSED and the New Noise

Tattooed Youth: The Funny, Sad, Strange and Beautiful World of THE ADVENTURES OF PETE & PETE

GETTING TO KNOW
GRIZZLY BEAR

DIRTY PRETTY THINGS

THE PANDA BAND

THE ALBUM LEAF

YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW
SLOAN

FLICKER
SHORTBUS: a conversation with director JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

MARIE ANTOINETTE: conversations with director SOFIA COPPOLA and music supervisor BRIAN REITZELL

REVIEWS
CD REVIEWS

PLAYING FAVORITES with JIM JAMES

DVD DEBRIS

ENDNOTE "Williams, Arizona - (Highway 40 West)" by SAM SHEPARD