GABE GARCIA OF BLACK TIDE, PAGE 63
FEBRUARY 2008
be occupying spots on your iPod playlists in 2008. Trust us. PLUS: Our highly subjective guide to the year’s most anticipated new releases.
But perhaps even more shocking for the self-proclaimed “miserablist” who’s written some of rock’s must furious songs, he’s finally happy. BY STEVE KANDELL
Is he a uniquely gifted musician with an underappreciated body of work or just a reckless junkie tabloid magnet looking for his next fix? Or both? We join the Babyshambles frontman as he attempts to navigate the rocky road to recovery.
BY NICK DUERDEN
The handsomest man in rock has a big secret. If only all those models swarming around him knew… BY JONATHAN AMES
MAT THE W SALACUSE
Here are the teenage headbangers, neo-soul divas, preppy retro poppers— plus a guy named Reatard—who will
Five bookish Londoners make dance music for people who hate people who don’t like dance music. And with a sexy and infectious new album, they’re not quite sure how they feel about that just yet. BY DORIAN LYNSKEY
The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar frontman is happy to talk about his past.
ON THE COVER
Photographed exclusively for Spin by
Hedi Slimane
Styling by Hannah Dinmore. On Pete Doherty:
Roberto Cavalli jacket, robertocavalli.com; Ben
Sherman shirt, bensherman.com; Dior Homme
tie, diorhomme.com; vintage hat.
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