We Could Be Heroes - Performance Wear
Performance sportswear is about to transform us all into superheroes

Pop Idol - Kate Perry
Introducing the cute, politically incorrect pop starlet about to take over the nation’s airwaves

Trip of a Lifetime - Albert Hofmann vs. Hans Ulrich Obrist
An exclusive interview between the curator and the scientist who accidentally gave the world LSD

Shane's World - Shane Meadows & Thomas Turgoose
The Brit-grit director and cinema’s youngest movie star come together again

Perry Perry Saucy - Lee Scratch Perry
For his first music video, The Upsetter travels back to Jamaica on a search for pum pum, UFOs and Jesus

Polaroid Nation - Polaroid Portfolio
A mammoth 24-page homage to the much loved dying photo format, by the world’s leading visual artists

The Ozon Layers - Francois Ozon
Dazed gets up close and personal with cinema’s  most exciting voyeur to talk sex, sex and, well, more sex

THE BACK

Cult VIP: Sixto Rodriguez
This mythical songwriter was once rumoured to have committed suicide live on stage. In this exclusive interview Rodriguez explains how anti-establishment blues saved him

Q&A: John Waters
The  inimitable director explains why he loves picking up hitchhikers and dragging American values through the dirt

Art: Hung & Drawn
British artist Tom Ormond seeks inspiration in nuclear test sites; performance artist William Hunt hangs upside down; plus we bring you previews of this month’s best exhibitions

Literature: Bound & Flogged
Leni Zumas tells twisted tales; Kenneth Goldsmith gets excited by baseball scores; Zach Plague pursues boredom; plus four of this month’s best new reads

Film: Cut & Wrapped
The Wave explores fascism; Tarsem Singh goes far out in The Fall; Mikia Ninagawa dives into Japanese brothels;  Iceland goes noir in Jar City; stoner excess in Pineapple Express; plus four of this month’s best movies

Music Agony & Ecstasy
Magistrates bring the white boy funk; Adventure creates
He Man-inspired chip tunes; Kid Cudi makes innovative crunk; James Yuill gets weird; Televised Crimewave trash it up; Roots Manuva creates a slimy mixtape; Full Time Hobby go to work; X-Posure; plus 16 new record reviews

FASHION

Photographed by Will Davidson
Styled by Karen Langley & Katie Shillingford

Photographed by Xevi Muntane
Styled by Robbie Spencer

Photographed by Jason Kibbler
Styled by Brian Molloy

Photographed by Mari Sarai
Styled by James Jeanette Main

Photographed by Mel Bles
Styled by Stevie Westgarth

Photographed by Rankin
Make-up by Ayami Nishimura

THE REST

Threads: Dazed gets excessive with extreme art, new faces, wild taxidermy and Christian swingers, Rise: Screaming Tea Party, Rise: Josh Peck, Rise: Jessica Au, Rise: Blip Boutique, Rise: Les Decales, Rise: Little Boots, Insider: Kenneth Anger, Big Idea: Hubble, Fashion Archive: Sonia Rykiel, Head 2 Head: Animators Tal Rosner and Emily Richardson, Your History: Pam Hogg, Last Shot: Black Flag, Fashion Forward: Dolce & Gabbana go country, Incoming: Shu Uemura