Maggoty Lamb takes a dustpan and brush to NME's 'UK riots' issue

As Britain's alienated young rose up, where was the NME? Watching Wild Beasts and worrying about indie stock, sadlyIt's not been the first subject on everyone's mind – what with the death throes of global capitalism, a complete breakdown of civil order, and England's surprisingly ruthless annexation of the commanding heights of test cricket – but I do think The Quietus has had an excellent summer. Whether compressing its innate hostility to contemporary chart pop into the satisfyingly pseudo...

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