Blender October 2008

FEATURES
58 PUSSYCAT DOLLS
The pop hotties return with album No. 2 and a newfoud spirituality. Don't worry, they still dance around in their unmentionables.
64 NERDAPALOOZA
Rapping pirates! Rocking robots! Dudes who rhyme about Linux! They're in our photo dispatch from the world's geekiest music festival.
70 THE 33 MOST OVERRATED
Sick of hearing about the wonders of Woodstock and the brilliance of Tupac, we compiled this list of rock's most overhyped.
REGULARS
11 BLENDER BIBLE
20 LETTERS
23 BURNER
The Killers invite us into the studio.
28 ALMOST FAMOUS: KERI HILSON
She's helped pen hits for Timbaland and Britney, but now she's fulfilling her true dream: becoming a solo artist.
30 GREATEST SONGS EVER: "NEED YOU TONIGHT"
After a decade together, Aussie rockers INXS decided to get funky. The result: a seductive dance-floor hit tinged with sadness.
34 USEFUL TIPS: BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT
Screw the electric company! The New Mexico-based hippies tell you how to live off the grid.
36 ASK BLENDER
This month, learn all about supergroupies and laser machines!
42 TOP 33 CHART
44 DEAR SUPERSTAR: NOEL GALLAGHER
The cocksure Oasis songwriter-guitarist answers your questions on cocaine, nonsensical album titles and his untamed unibrow.
51 COLLECT CALL: KINGS OF LEON
168 hours with Nashville's hard-drinking band of brothers
54 STATION TO STATION
Our correspondent survives his visit to Bodymore, Murderland (a.k.a. Baltimore), and returns with fantastic tales of art punks gone wild.
96 WHO DOES JOSH TODD THINK HE IS?
The Buckcherry frontman reveals the Bonnie Raitt song that makes him cry and admits to having fooled around with another dude.
THE GUIDE
77 NEW RELEASES
TV on the Radio, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, Jenny Lewis, Kings of Leon and more
84 REISSUES
ZZ Top, the Chemical Brothers, the Jacksons, Jay Reatard and more
86 MOVIES
The Brothers Bloom and Rachel Getting Married
88 GAMES
Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Fallout 3, NBA 2K9 and more