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10 FEMALE STARLETS TO LOOK OUT FOR

Rising lady talents in music to look out for in 2011

BANKSY VERSUS ROBBO

Exclusive interview with graffiti legend Robbo, where speaks out about his long running feud with street artist Banksy.

CONFESSIONS OF A MONGREL

Why do we still feel the need to put people into neat, little ethnic boxes?

CONFESSIONS OF A TEMP AGENCY EMPLOYEE

Pervert Santas, encouraging alcoholism, competitive baking and raising money for pandas. All in a days work for a temp agency employee.

DR BRIAN COX - MAKING PHYSICS SEXY

Dr Brian Cox's boyish good looks and gentle Northern warm people to the delights of Newton's Laws of Motion.

GONZO- A GRAPHIC NOVEL

Six years since the father of Gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson, committed suicide comes this unique take on a biography.

IN DEFENCE OF NICKI MINAJ

How the mega-buttocked 26 year old has revived the role of the female rapper.

LOUIS THEROUX VERSUS THE PHELPS FAMILY

Theroux takes on America's most hated, the Phelps family of Westboro Baptist Church, for round two.

MAD BAD MINDANAO

The island of Mindanao in the Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world. I decided it was a great holiday destination.

OG NIKI AND THE PORNIFICATION OF POP CULTURE

How one explicit lyriced 17 year old MC, OG Niki, crossed the line of taste.

SKINNY VERSUS CURVY

I'm worn out by the obsession with 'skinny versus curvy' and schizophrenic reporting on the issue by women's magazines.

TAKE THE MODEL AGENCY WITH A PINCH OF SALT

Premier Models: masters in their field but staffed by the most delusional, self-serving tools to be seen on TV.

THE 10 O'CLOCK LIVE SHOW IS SHIT

Surely Channel 4 will see sense and pull this canned whoop-fest soon?

THE DUMMIES GUIDE TO GETTING A TATTOO

Don't booze first or get anyone's name. Do tip your tattooist. Read on for my essential guide to getting inked without getting egg on your face.

WHY I LOVE MY BIG FAT GYPSY WEDDING

Why we all know that real the purpose of these Channel 4 documentaries is to make you shout at your telly like a goaded drunk.

WHY I LOVE THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX

Why trashy real-life soap opera 'The Only Way Is Essex' is essential viewing.

BASHY INTERVIEW

Interview for 'SUP magazine with the 'Shank' actor and sometime grime star on crossing over into the mainstream.

SCORCHER INTERVIEW

Interview for 'SUP magazine with 'Lipsin Ting' MC on prison to pop stardom

ROLO TOMASSI INTERVIEW

Interview for Front magazine with Rolo Tomassi.not your average hardcore band.

THE CUT MAGAZINE

Feature in The Cut magazine on yours truly, as 'one to watch'.

MC HAMMER GET THE LOOK

MC Hammer fashion tips for Front magazine.

ATG INTERVIEW

I ventured into the deepest depths of Greater London where slaving away over a radio advert and sweating their tits off in possibly the hottest studio known to man were some of the musical heads behind ATG crew…

BEING SIXTEEN

In the cold hard light of adulthood it’s no longer socially acceptable to have fingering as the main event. No, as an adult it’s a bit strange to wander off after all the ‘hand fun’ has finished. ..

BLACK THE RIPPER

I wasn’t even meant to interview this breh, I was on my way out and he was on his way into the studio- tired, craving chicken and in a butters mood…

CAMEL TOES

I know that camel hoofs are one of those things that women shouldn’t talk openly about - like yeast infections, their feelings and sports…

ESLAM JAWAAD

Eslam Jawaad runs his all-seeing eye over the world’s hot topics…

FACEBOOK IS
RUINING MY LIFE

A few weeks ago after someone went through the trouble of creating a fake profile to anonymously hurl abuse at me through Facebook, I decided that I needed to go cold turkey and…

I LOVE HIPSTER RAP

Yeah that’s right, I fucking love it- I love lurid coloured Nikes, I love people wearing those obnoxious no lens Cazal glasses and I love fruity looking rappers unashamed that you can see the outline of their cock and balls through their…

KANYE WEST FAIL

Kanye West is a lantern-faced, egotistical dick-splash of a human being that deserves to be beaten repeatedly with a pair of Nike Yeezys. BUT, he is also a fucking genius…

PROFESSOR GREEN

One of Hackney’s finest and arguably the UK’s most talented freestyler, Professor Green seemed to slip under the radar after the collapse of Mike Skinner’s label The Beats…

PUSSY POPPIN’

Sometimes I daydream that I pay my rent by appearing in hip-hop videos slathered in baby oil, grinding in a diamond encrusted bikini on the crotch of a disinterested rapper whilst he pours Cristal provocatively…

STUPID AMERICANS

So some hil-arious fucker conjured up the idea of the Krispy Kreme Challenge- a four mile race with the twist in the middle being that you must power eat one dozen glazed donuts and complete the race in under an hour...

WALK OF SHAME

As I stumbled commando down the high street, knickers crumpled up in my bag, hair brushed with a fork, smelling like a pub carpet, smudged eye-liner making me resemble a big slutty panda- I wondered when will I do the last…

DANANANANAYKROYD INTERVIEW

Proud owners of one of the raddest names since rad was invented by Sir Clive Rad in 1865, The Glaswegian ‘fight-pop’ sextet hooked up with Front for one angry evening of musical chairs…

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL

Includes exclusive interviews with Lethal Bizzle and Charlie from Fightstar.

EYE CANDY - LAVA

Volcanoes are generally pretty cool from the outset (apart from the exploding and killing people part), but they become extra double-ace when lightning is involved…

EYE CANDY - TRAIN

Public transport is depressing, slow, and smells like piss, but it could be worse – You could have to sit on top of the fuckers…

INSANE MODEL POSSE

As you know, the IMP are waging war on WAGs, but if you were forced to carry around a small annoying animal in a bag, what would it be?…

LE COOL - GRABS

A selection of reviews from the best weekly guide to London, Le Cool

NEWS NUGGETS

Double page spread with irreverent NiBs and monthly round up of alt news.

NEWS NUGGETS

Monthly reports of varying importance…

READING FESTIVAL 2008

Eight page feature with exclusive backstage interviews from Gallows and Fucked Up.

THE MIST - REVIEW

In a nutshell: Skill Stephen King horror with a rip-ya-balls off ending…

THE SUBWAYS

Unlike most subways, this lot don’t whiff of stale urine, and you won’t get bummed if you hang around them…

TRIVIUM

Loved in some quarters and absolutely loathed in others, Front sat Trivium main man Matt Heafy down to discuss geeiness, Coldplay, and quite how his band manage to rile so many people…

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