ablaze!: #11

The Ablaze! fanzine relaunches with its first issue since 1993. Ablaze! operated in Leeds and Manchester between 1987 and 1993, and made an impact on the UK's healthy fanzine scene by being bigger, more colorful, and cheekier than its peers. In 2015, editor Karren Ablaze! is sufficiently inspired by what's going on musically to bring back Ablaze! as a real live paper magazine. This special relaunch edition includes features on Sleaford Mods (cover stars), Viv Albertine (The Slits), The Chills, Peaches, Jeffrey Lewis, Conrad Keely (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead), Lætitia Sadier (Stereolab), Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin, Sleater-Kinney), Slum of Legs, Esper Scout, Trepàt, Hysterical Injury, The Dismemberment Plan, Cowtown, and Joanna Newsom. Plus: indie music in India, Barcelona scene report, DIY versus austerity, riot grrrl and spirituality, record reviews, book reviews, live reviews, and more.