78 AGAINST ME! interview by Ben Lee, Year In Music 2007 (Ween, Spoon, New Pornographers and more), Mark Lanegan, Black Mountain, Bob Mould, Aliens, Helio Sequence, Dean Wareham, Pixies, eels, B-52's, Midlake, No Age, Georgie James

77 MY MORNING JACKET, Battles, Animal Collective, Mendoza Line, Ween, Fiery Furnaces, Siouxsie Sioux, Robert Pollard, Weakerthans, Thurston Moore, Jesus Lizard, Emma Pollock, Richard Hawley, Shout Out Louds, Feelies, Glenn Jones, James Blackshaw

76 SPOON, Against Me!, Rufus Wainwright, Kramer, Elliott Smith, Avett Brothers, Mitch Easter, Wheat, Bad Brains, Bryan Ferry, Meat Puppets, Art Brut, Unsane, El Perro Del Mar, Stranglers

75 BRIGHT EYES, 75 Lost Classics (Neutral Milk Hotel, Chavez, Unrest and more), El-P, Dinosaur Jr, Henry Rollins, Ted Leo, the National, Jarvis Cocker, Idlewild, Andy Partridge, Echo & The Bunnymen, Joan As Police Woman, the Stooges, the Zombies

74 CAT POWER, The Year In Music 2006 (the Hold Steady, Neko Case, Belle And Sebastian, Art Brut, Beirut, Band Of Horses and more), Ornette Coleman, Slint, Dean & Britta, Lee Hazlewood, My Bloody Valentine, Mick Jones, the Apples In Stereo, Menomena

73 THE SHINS, the Hold Steady, the Smiths, Sparklehorse, My Morning Jacket, Gin Blossoms, Feist, Jeremy Enigk, Comets On Fire, the Lemonheads, Josie Cotton, Joan Of Arc, the Long Winters, M. Ward

72 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, TV On The Radio, Scott Walker, Eddie Vedder, the Walkmen, Built To Spill, Okkervil River, Elf Power, Homestead Records, Sonic Youth, Stephin Merritt, Band Of Horses, Black Angels, Richard Ashcroft, Juana Molina, Mojave 3

71 GRANDADDY, Mates Of State, Elbow, New Metal (The Sword, Early Man and more), Iron & Wine/Calexico, Mogwai, Tommy Keene, Mudhoney, Rhett Miller, Flaming Lips, Liars, Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell, John Fahey, José González, Jon Langford, Arab Strap

70 ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS, The Year In Music 2005 (Sleater-Kinney, Sufjan Stevens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Broken Social Scene, Spoon, Stars and more), Decemberists, Echo & The Bunnymen, Sinéad O'Connor, Marah, Steve Wynn, Liz Phair

69 NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, Sufjan Stevens, Nada Surf, Death Cab For Cutie, Daniel Lanois, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bright Eyes, Sonic Youth, Rogue Wave, Ponys, Spinto Band, Dungen, Isolée, My Morning Jacket, Devendra Banhart

67 SLEATER-KINNEY interviewed by Eddie Vedder, Arcade Fire, Jesse Sykes, Michael Gira, Moby, Mercury Rev, Stars, Moby, Comets On Fire, Damon & Naomi, LCD Soundsystem, Wedding Present, Ben Lee, Decemberists, John Davis, Stereolab

65 TOM WAITS, Louden Up Now (special political section featuring Sleater-Kinney, Pedro The Lion, Steve Earle, Bright Eyes, Joan Baez, Henry Rollins and others), Albert Ayler, John Frusciante, Interpol, John Cale, Badly Drawn Boy, Joe Strummer, Earlimart, Mclusky

64 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, Polyphonic Spree, Decemberists, The Fall, PJ Harvey, Clinic, Los Lobos, Ween, MC5, Killers, Sebadoh, Sloan, Flaming Lips, Veils, Jim Jarmusch, Ian MacKaye, Jay Farrar, Catheters, AC Newman, Puerto Muerto, Clearlake, Washington Social Club

63 THE STROKES, Modest Mouse, Lambchop, Magnetic Fields, Blonde Redhead, The Basement Tapes (Iron & Wine, Jolie Holland, Simon Joyner and more), Tortoise, Walkmen, Handsome Family, Pedro The Lion, James Lavelle, Minus 5, Franz Ferdinand

62 ECCENTRICS AND DREAMERS (Robyn Hitchcock, Brian Wilson, Roky Erickson, Sparks, Love and more), Year In Music (Top 20 LPs Of ’03 and more), Elliott Smith, Joe Strummer, Air, Paul Weller, Liars, Ani DiFranco, Billy Bragg, Autumn Defense, Nada Surf, Weakerthans

61 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, Belle & Sebastian, Sleater-Kinney, Rufus Wainwright, College Rock (Connells, Miracle Legion and more), Death Cab For Cutie, Shins, Teenage Fanclub, Sleepy Jackson, Fire Theft, Quasi, Rachel's, Glen Campbell, Azure Ray, Randy Newman, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Rosebuds, Okkervil River

59 PETE YORN, Grandaddy, Evan Dando, Yo La Tengo, Blur, Idlewild, Liz Phair, The New Shoegaze (Stratford 4, Nate Ruth, Charlene and more), Thorns, Wrens, Verbena, Pinback, Mendoza Line, Aislers Set

58 INTERPOL, New Pornographers, Lou Barlow, Massive Attack, Lucinda Williams, Cat Power, '70s Cleveland (Pere Ubu, Mirrors, Styrenes, more), Notwist, Go-Betweens, Delgados, Calexico, Sonic Youth, Lee Hazlewood, Calla, Devendra Banhart, Blood Group, Lost Sounds

57 TOM PETTY, The Year In Music (Top 20 LPs of '02, Beck, Jay Bennett), Pearl Jam, Joseph Arthur, Norway scene (Röyksopp, Kings Of Convenience, Sondre Lerche, St. Thomas), Nick Cave, Johnny Marr, Chrissie Hynde, Black Heart Procession, Oxes, Boas, Rilo Kiley, Capitol Years

56 POWER POP (Big Star, Cheap Trick, Matthew Sweet, Raspberries, Posies, more), Queens Of The Stone Age, Shins, Interpol, Aimee Mann, Doug Sahm, Ladytron, Mayflies USA, Bigger Lovers, Arlo, Phantom Planet

55 PAUL WESTERBERG, David Bowie, DJ Shadow, Neko Case, Pulp, Damien Jurado & Pedro The Lion, Sparta, Enon, Comet Gain, Jim & Jennie And The Pinetops, Allen Clapp

54 WILCO, Buzzcocks, Bob Mould, Pete Yorn, Promise Ring, Neil Finn, Anniversary, Breeders, The New Post-Punk (Ex Models, Liars, Seconds and more), Mirah, Ed Harcourt, Kaito, Radar Brothers, Polyphonic Spree, Beat Happening

53 THE HISTORY OF SHOEGAZING (Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Curve, Slowdive, Lush and more), Cornelius, Stephin Merritt, Trail Of Dead, Dan The Automator, Clinic, Tanya Donelly, Warlocks, Mendoza Line, Antipop Consortium, Mates Of State