SUMMER 2006 a women in music compendium wears the trousers thea gilmoreon making her marx plus: lisa germano, juana molina, the dresden dolls, the cardigans, joan as policeman, wopsapp, broadcast & lots more wears the trousers ust when you thought that magazine summer had pretty much gone and shoved its head under a www.thetrousers.co.uk www.myspace.com/wearsthetrousers blanket of cloud for another ten J months, here’s something that will 17B Church Crescent Muswell Hill hopefully warm your hearts and London N10 3NA minds – the very sorrily delayed, +44 (0)20 8444 1853 so-called ‘summer’ issue of Wears
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