This special birthday issue contains an interview with Rough Trade Album of the Month artist Holly Macve about her incredible new record Golden Eagle, an in-depth look into the wardrobe of Alexis Taylor, a recording studio photo diary from Real Estate, and Laura Marling in conversation with the students of Goldsmiths University. Elsewhere in this issue find a horoscope by Adrian “Sexeh” Flanagan from The Moonlandingz, Jonathan Richman explaining how you can get noticed as a fledgling artist and reams and reams of tributes to the legendary Rough Trade East manager Noreen McShane as she steps down and moves on to pastures new.