Every issue we seem to be telling you we’re dropping our biggest edition yet, but this month – blimey, do we mean it. Team Dork has been hard at work in the bunker, cooking up all kind of mad schemes. The result? A magazine that’s over 40% longer than our previous issue, which was already our biggest to date. Yep. Massive.
So – in our 96 (NINETY SIX) pages of front to back fun this month, you’ll find more of your faves than ever before. Not least the man on the cover. Your friend and ours, George Ezra is back(! Back!! Back!!!), ready to follow up on one of the biggest debuts in recent years. Able to stride across the divide at will, our Geoff is a man for all seasons.
But obviously, Dear Readers, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. We’re back in the scuzz with The brothers Jarman as we learn all about The Cribs‘ ’24/7 Rock Star Shit’. Rat Boy threatens to do all sorts of things with toy cars as he talks us through his (really bloody great) debut album. Everything Everything are living the dream, Alvvays are back to claim the crown as indie royalty, and Superfood prove unstoppable as they switch things up for their next big step into the fire.
There’s also Grizzly Bear and The War On Drugs – both taking on the weight of expectation as they return with new albums. We head back to the start with Slaves as the celebrate 5 years since their debut mini-album with a big hometown blow out, and talk taking on the pop machine with Dua Lipa. The Big Moon chat their big Mercury nod, Spring King talk album two and Mystery Jets take us inside their story so far as they plan their big Jetrospective series of album shows. Our new bands section Hype is packed too – we’re introducing you to Anna of the North, Soccer Mommy, Suzi Wu and Yonaka. Hi, guys!
Still keeping up? Good. We’re not done yet. We’ve also got the ultimate starter guide to LCD Soundsystem, catch up with our chum Willie J Healey as he debuts his first full-length, and ask Any Other Questions to INHEAVEN. And – AND – there are 75 bands you need to see at Reading & Leeds festivals, including the mighty PVRIS, Blaenavon, Shame and Bastille. We get a mixtape from Oh Wonder and tell Liam Gallagher what he should be playing – y’know, in case he tries to do too many new ones.
Talking of Bastille, we’ve seen you lot getting arty, so we’ve got 25 (TWENTY FIVE!) of your drawings, paintings and beyond of the man himself in Connection. On the other side of the festival divide, we’ve got the biggest review of Latitude 2017 you’re ever likely to see, including chats with Declan McKenna, The Japanese House, HMLTD, King Nun and Dream Wife.
Add to that all the verdicts on the big new albums – including Queens of the Stone Age‘s latest – the essential bangers, your must have Calendar, posters galore (Bastille, Declan McKenna, Marika Hackman + The Big Moon, HMLTD and King Nun, if you were wondering) and – for the first time ever – the Dork Activity Centre, featuring our first ever crossword (!). Yeah. When other magazines say they’re packed, they’re fibbing. We are. It’s always been Dork.
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