My pal Sam from LOAD Magazine sent word earlier; LOAD Issue #12 is now available on your local website shelves.

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Featuring Hulk and The Subways on two collectible covers, issue 12 is our largest yet at 94 pages with reviews and features across music, film, art and games.

Ahead of their second album, we chat to The Subways about overcoming a world of difficulties to write and record their second album and track down Cazals to find out more about the band behind a glorious debut album. Alongside Cazals’ ‘What Of Our Future’ we also review new LP’s from Death Cab For Cutie, Cage The Elephant, The Pigeon Detectives and The Ting Tings.

This month we’ve been back at some live shows with a huge live blowout with a feature spread including the likes of Boy Kill Boy, Cage The Elephant, The Subways, Eastern Conference Champions and The Answering Machine.

Due in cinemas on June 13th, we preview The Incredible Hulk, the latest comic book adaptation attempting to do its wonderful source material justice. We’ve also got reviews of the new Indiana Jones film, Superhero Movie, The Ruins, Iron Man and Speed Racer.

We’re delighted to be featuring Tim Melideo’s glorious ‘Death On Prom Night’ photography spread in our art section, and lastly for gamers, celebrating the release of the wonderful Grand Theft Auto IV, we’ve got a multi-page spread on what is almost the perfect game and also review the Death Jr.: Root of Evil on Wii.

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LOAD Issue 12 — Hulk
LOAD Issue 12 — The Subways

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Get it while it’s hot — LOAD Magazine Issue #10…

We’re back in 2008 with our biggest issue ever.

Maxing out at over 70 pages, issue 10 is the best yet, featuring J.J. Abrams’ fantastic new monster movie Cloverfield. With an in-depth timeline, looking at all the important events since its creation only February last year, and the plethora of online viral marketing. We review the film too.

Also on the cinematic side of life, we’ve got opinions on the latest and greatest films of 2008 including The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Be Kind Rewind, cult Spanish horror film [REC], No Country for Old Men and new Britflick horror/comedy The Cottage.

To mark the glory of film, we have a special art spread, taking a look at some of the finest films and cult images through the eyes of cell shading.

Moving to music, we talk to Long Beach’s finest new talent We Barbarians, also reviewing them mesmerising debut EP. Hot property Operator Please’s debut also gets the critical eyes alongside new albums from Lightspeed Champion, Vampire Weekend, Hot Chip and These New Puritans.

With season 4 of LOST impending, we’ve got the lowdown on the mysteries you should be looking to solve plus for you gamers, PS2 classic Okami, now due for Wii, is given some overdue space. With the PSP dragging its heels, we see if Jeanne D’Arc is the game to get it back on track, plus we go drumming on the DS.

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Download: LOAD Magazine Issue #10 (PSP)

Some good ol’ entertaining johnny crapper reading material for the PSP. My [virtual] friend, Sam, has brought this to my attention — LOAD Magazine Issue #9!

LOAD issue 9 is here, right on time, and with collectible covers.

Featuring 30 Days of Night, upcoming band Foals and Halo 3, pick your favourite cover and then delve deeper into our new issue.

We interview Sheffield indie stars Milburn as well as talk of the town new band Foals. We’ve also got reviews of new albums from The Hives and Delta Spirit.

Our film section this month is huge, giving our take on the hottest autumn releases including the mesmerizing American Gangster, Interview, 30 Days of Night, Death At A Funeral, Black Sheep and The Darjeeling Limited. We’re also giving you the chance to win the inspirational graphic novel behind 30 Days of Night in our exclusive competition.

After our exploits in Japan, we’ve got a photo spread on some of the crazy toys we picked up over there, and also give you the low down on one of fashion’s most talented young designers.

With autumn comes a new wave of TV shows so check out our feature to find out which are worth watching.

Finally, there’s a PSP game review after a long absence of decent quality games. Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars is given our critical eye alongside Halo 3, Sega Rally and Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol.

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LOAD Magazine Issue #9 — 30 Days of Night Cover
LOAD Magazine Issue #9 — Foals Cover
LOAD Magazine Issue #9 — Halo 3 Cover

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