Cover story: Foals

Great things are expected of Foals in 2008. The indie afrobeat mathletes are about to embark on a run of totally sold out UK shows and in March they will release Antidotes, one of the best albums you’ll hear all year. Camilla Pia talks to singer and guitarist Yannis Philippakis about the famously energetic fivesome's plans to take over the world with a load of old samplers and a musical saw. See page 20.

Features

16 Aye Write!

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7 Noticeboard Martyn Bennett tribute SXSW mus‘rc testrxal Robert Burns Humanitarian Award

10 Live it Spend it: Gadgets 8 dizmes Get Away: RSR on Harris

Get Stuffed: A taste of Tokxo

Leonard Cohen Supper 29

Taylor Clark 32

Comics 34

Richard H Kirk 35

Barry and Stuart 42

We Are Together 45

DVDs 62

2008 National Year of Reading 63

Edwin Morgan at Aye Write! 65

Yeasayer 66

Records 69

Jazz 8. Folk 80

Classical 83

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