Welcome to the Spring 2006 edition of Wears The
 Trousers, our biggest and best yet, and we're not even
 saying that just to tease you. As always, you can either
 browse the issue here or download a PDF and read it at
 your own leisure. The choice, dear reader, is still yours!

		editorial   Spring is in the air   Hello again! Yayness with a backflip,   it's finally finished!! read
		contributors   Show them some love   The people who have worked for FREE to   bring you this bundle of joy. read
		interrupting your broadcast   BAND-O-RAMA: The Chalets   Six bottles of beer and a packet of crisps   with Ireland's finest retro-poppers. read
		interrupting your broadcast   BAND-O-RAMA: The Rogers Sisters   Trendy New Yorkers talk electrocution,   skinheads and petty theft. read
		interrupting your broadcast   BAND-O-RAMA: Dévics   Pan-continental perfection with Sara Lov   and Dustin O'Halloran. read
		interrupting your broadc ast   BAND-O-RAMA: The Organ   [A] hanging on the telephone. When   interviews go bad! read
		interrupting your broadcast   BAND-O-RAMA: The Pipettes   Nice planet, they'll take it. We talk to   polka dot princess Rose. read
		special feature   Lost In MySpace   The search for sounds in cyberspace has   never cast a net more wide. read
		words in edgeways   Neko Case   To the vixen go the spoils. We have lunch   with the queen of country-noir. read
		interrupting your broadcast   Elin Ruth   Stalking Bob Dylan with Sweden's hottest   new singer-songwriter export. read
		words in edgeways   Bic Runga   New Zealand's biggest star talks life,   death, friendship and tradition. read
		words in edgeways   Marissa Nadler   Peering out of a beautiful darkness with   old weird America's best exponent. read
		interrupting your broadcast   Emm Gryner   Why things keep hotting up for Canada's   hardest-working self-made woman. read
		words in edgeways   Terri Walker   Grit and class not tits and ass. Homegrown   soul star on simply being herself. read
		special feature | online exclusive   Reese Witherspoon   America's sweetheart on playing June   Carter Cash in Walk The Line. read
		retrospective   a buyer's guide to... kd lang   From cowpunk to covers queen, her   albums under the microscope. read
		reviews   Neko Case, The Dresden Dolls etc.   Over 170 reviews now in our database   of CDs, DVDs, books & concerts. read
		incoming   Handy release schedule? Right here!   See what's coming up & what has come   before with our indispensable guide. read
		PDFs for all   Print it & go get some fresh air!   We want you to enjoy us in all environs so   here's the slinky digest. hi-res | low-res

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PLUS:

		downloads   Free & legal, our two favourite words   We point you in the right direction to find   much sonic freeness. go
		enlisting   Unsigned artists who make us smile   Visit their lovely websites, buy their fab CDs   & stalk them round the circuit. go
		message board   Opinions wanted. Play nice!   Hate us or love us, we want to know. You   can talk about other stuff too, it's ok. go
		links   Where happy little bluebirds fly   Other websites dedicated to women in music   & music in general. go