MAGNET Contest: In the new issue of MAGNET, you’ll find an oral history of the ’80s Minneapolis scene. However, the MAGNET e-mail newsletter wasn’t around back in the day of Hüsker Dü and the Replacements (some other e-mail newsletters claim to have been, but their Zen Arcade T-shirts look pretty new to us). Since the Internet is a place of such great harmony and so few arguments, let’s decide whether your particular city/town/commune has today’s best music scene. We’re picking 5 winners. Each winner will receive a copy of Bob Mould’s new CD, Body Of Song, courtesy of Yep Roc Records. To enter, send an e-mail to newsletter@magnetmagazine.com (or hit reply) and detail the following: 1) List 5 bands involved in your scene. 2) Describe your scene’s physical hub (a club, bar, record store, frozen-custard stand, etc.). 3) Tell us your scene’s motto or catchphrase. Feel free to make stuff up—we do it all the time! One entry per person; deadline is Wednesday, July 13. *** INSIDE MAGNET #68 (JUL/AUG) - OUT NOW! COVER STORY: MINNEAPOLIS All the brilliance, beers, breakups and bastards of young: MAGNET presents an oral history of the ’80s Minneapolis scene and the stories of Hüsker Dü and the Replacements, told by the band members and those who were there. EELS On a dog-day afternoon in Los Angeles, eels leader Mark Everett discusses his double-album ode to tragedy, curses, psychic pain and the beauty of it all. M. WARD The details of Matt Ward’s life are quite inconsequential. What matters most are the ancient melodies the singer/songwriter brings to the future. FIERY FURNACES They’re so hot right now. The Friedberger siblings’ manic career keeps getting weirder and more wonderful as they prepare an album of duets with their grandmother. STATIC Animal Collective reveals its human nature; Joe Pernice talks about baseball and grammar; Of Montreal gets a hold of some glam and disco; the Constantines’ cross-Canadian tour diary; the Posies’ power-pop in bloom for more than two decades; Mary Timony’s mix-tape favorites; Slow Dazzle’s love-gone-wrong songs; the Minutemen get a 90-minute documentary; Frenchkiss Records’ secrets to success; and a moment with wise manchild Ben Folds. REVIEWS New releases from !!!, At The Drive-In, Belle & Sebastian, Cobra Verde, Crooked Fingers, DJ Shadow, Four Tet, Go-Betweens, Hold Steady, Stephen Malkmus, Mice Parade, Mountain Goats, Orange Juice, Raveonettes, Amy Ray, Sloan, Son Volt, Spoon, Starflyer 59, Teenage Fanclub, Tindersticks and more. *** NEW AT MAGNETMAGAZINE.COM New Q&As: Aimee Mann, Stephen Malkmus, Hold Steady, Amy Ray