The current issue of The Word features the supercharged life of Ian Dury, Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, TMZ, the death of the guitar hero, Viggo Mortensen, The Avett Brothers, The Gun Club, Rebecca Front, Gil Scott-Heron, lone girls with guitars, the art of ghost-writing, Midlake, the Best and Worst of Kids' TV, Dr Feelgood & Blur, Edward Barton, All Tomorrow's Parties, Smokey Robinson, Taylor Swift, David Essex, Paul Whitehouse & Charlie Higson, Lauren Laverne, Robert Forster, Little Richard, and the value of vinyl.

Also in this issue: our round-up of the very best in new music, film, DVD and books, and columnists David Hepworth, Andrew Collins, Barry McIlheney and Pete Silverton.

Also this month: our free, 15-track CD featuring the best new music of February 2010, including tracks from OK Go, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Hidden Cameras, Yeasayer, Chip Taylor and many more...

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