The hottest band of the moment tells The Japan Times about their new album, shunning the file-sharing trend that shot them to fame -- and drawing an ordinary paycheck to keep their heads straight

Arctic Monkeys are evolving rapidly. There are signs that they are starting to walk on their hind legs, utilize more of the tools at their disposal, eat meat, crunch bones, make more noise, come down from the North and . . . take over the world.

This sounds like a nightmare. It is. A "Favourite Worst Nightmare" -- the most eagerly anticipated record of 2007.