Issue 31

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This is The FADER's summer music issue, so you know that means there's no rushing into these pages to find lists of hott summer mix traxxx to download, celeb tips to beat the heat, Kanye's tasty Chitown BBQ sauce recipe or (sadly) pages of girls in bikinis in the tropics. None of that! Instead try this: take this issue and stunt it all around your neighborhood. When you do you'll be showing off our exclusive cover story on the White Stripes-something we have to cop to being kinda proud of, especially because Alladstair Maclellan's photography and Will Welch's writing grapple with the most mythical, cultish band of our time and manage to come up with something new and revelatory to share with you. Anyways-while you're out promenading with the new FADER, run past the mixtape spot, grab up a couple of the new roots reggae compilations and bump those when you get back to the crib; Damian Marley's new tune "Welcome To Jamrock" may've already melted your radio but reggae's wave of one drop Rasta revival has enough fire for the rest of your summer-and we've got the scoop on that as well. Anyway, let someone else worry about the BBQ sauce or whatever. You've got The FADER to fuck with.

KNOX ROBINSON

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Cover 1: The White Stripes
There's No Home For You Here

"It's almost dangerous to do anything these days in the public eye. There's just so much opportunity to blow it."

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Cover 2: Damian Marley
No One Love

'Welcome To Jamrock' is the rare song that simply details life as it is not life as it could or should be.

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Feature 1: Roots
Apocalyptic Visions

The whole time this disco inferno was ablaze, a generation of bobo dreads was quietly honing the traditional craft of conscious, one-drop reggae on the fringes of the dancehall...

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Feature 2: Girls Of ATL
Rep Eternally

The Georgia Girls is made up of Big Manda, Jolly Mac aka Lil Heather, Phat Gul, Miss Slim and Cee Cee Cruizer. Their song they got out now is called 'GA Girls'. Its gonna do real big, remixes, mixtapes, answer records and all that, 'cause they got the two essential things you gotta do to get that endless variation exposure: rep yo city, rep yo sex.

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Feature 3: The Smell
Local Sound

"It's not just like a place we hang out. It's our community. I don't think you can really get sick of that."

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Feature 4: David Berman
Dying In The Al Gore Suite

After years of unpredictable appearances in the form of the occasional Silver Jews record or published poem, David Berman tried to kill himself with Xanax and crack. Now he's trying to convince himself that he didn't succeed.

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+ GEN F:

Aloe Blacc / Scout Niblett / Al Kapone / Pedrito Martinez / Major Taylor / Gang Gang Dance / Truth & Soul / The Teeth / A Gun Called Tension

+ FASHION:
Homeboyz

Thugged Out in Little Poland.

+ VINYL ARCHEOLOGY:
Ska

Shame-Free Skank as Selected by NYC Dancehall DJ Queen Majesty.