There's a new issue of Outburn on the stands either right now or very soon. My copy hasn't arrived yet, so I can't tell you about any of the articles outside of my contributions.
I did a pretty large feature on Coheed and Cambria for this issue. I'm not much of a prog rock person (that's Carlos' category) and, honestly, I didn't realize how much I liked the band until I read the graphic novel for Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Vol I. I was just impressed with the amount of effort that it takes to build a storyline not just for this album, but for the band's entire catalogue. Then I listened to the album and completely fell for the way that the peaks and valleys of the album (as a whole, there are no emo-like high/low songs on here) mimic the story as it reads in the graphic novel. It took two days of back and forth phone calls to locate the band and do a phoner bridging LA to Albany, but it was worth it. I had the chance to talk to Claudio Sanchez for some time, the results of which you can read in the article. He was definitely one of the most polite, friendly and well-spoken musicians I've ever interviewed. When I hung up the phone, I thought, y'know, he would probably be a cool person to hit the bars with my friends and I. I don't think that about very many people.
Also in this issue is an interview I did with Action Action. This was another phoner, again bridging Southern California to somewhere in New York State. (Actually, I think this time it was
Queens, but I can't remember.) I spoke with Mark while he drove to the recording session for the album that is due out very soon. We got disconnected a few times. The cell phone to landline connection sucked as usual, so it took a while to transcribe, but the new album seems promising (although there was actually nothing I could hear at the time of the article). The prior album Don't Cut Your Hair to this Year's Fabric was fairly raw and far less cluttered than many current synth-wielding rock albums. I suggest giving it a listen.
Finally, there are a few record reviews provided by yours truly including Ladytron, She Wants Revenge, American Eyes, Early Man and We Are Scientists.