Music Magazines

Notes: "All in the Golden Afternoon We Glide" (Realia006) is the forthcoming record from LATHE 00, the new moniker under which Umbria-based artist Leonardo Carloni has recently started to operate. Preceded by several collaborative undertakings, LATHE 00's debut solo album is akin to an experiment in autotheory, where art-making practice and theoretical inquiry are entwined to the point of being virtually inseparable. Through the combined use of autobiographical and philosophical elements, "All in the Golden Afternoon We Glide" meditates on individuality, technology, and new forms of post-human existence.

The record has been conceived as a three-act project, with each act comprising four compositions that correspond to as many recurring themes: birth, love, death, and emptiness. Produced over the course of two years, the album has a total of twelve tracks, the majority of which run for less than two and a half minutes. As the album progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that these tracks are not simply standalone pieces of music, but rather outtakes from a single, continuously mutating continuum.

LATHE 00's first feature is a work of rare beauty. As a one-person debut project, its stylistic variety, compositional maturity, and technical rigor are outstanding. By combining a forward-looking production style with references as varied as ambient, hyper-pop, instrumental post-rock, world-beat, and modern classical and folk music, LATHE 00 develops a mode of expression that transgresses genres and is distinctively his own. The result is a signature sound that feels equally primordial and hyper-contemporary, fleshly visceral and digitally detached. The inclusion of the artist's own vocals in the music is a notable aspect of this style. Alongside sampled materials, his non-lexical vocalizations appear as both an affirmative and negative act, simultaneously gesturing towards bodiless dissolution and a desire to reclaim one's all-too-embodied presence in this world.

Despite its foundation in profound theoretical underpinnings, "All in the Golden Afternoon We Glide" surprisingly relies solely on wordless communication. As a result, the song titles become key conduits of information. Appealing primarily to the listener's sense of sight, they are used in a way that seamlessly blends the aesthetics of the digital ("Loading of Image Aborted!"), natural (the title track), and ritualistic (Pouring Blood into the Lake).

The album will be released in digital format, along with a limited-edition zine conceptualised and designed by Lidia Ginga Cozzupoli and Bernardo Berga. Drawing upon a diverse array of captivating images procured from open-source digital libraries, the zine endeavours to explore the narratives, symbolism, and hidden layers of significance interwoven within each of the album's tracks. It achieves this through a visual exploration of the four central themes that shape the record, which recur as cyclical motifs throughout both the album and the accompanying zine.

Edition of 30
12 pages
Screen-printed envelope 16x23 cm
Hand-numbered copies
Includes a QR code for high-quality album download

Notes: Issue #02 of Enthusiasms, Efficient Space's annual publication, further maps the label's extended universe of contributors and influences across 88 full-colour pages of offline content, featuring extensive conversations with like-minded duos CS + Kreme and Blazer Sound Sys-tem, Melbourne minimal composer Ros Bandt, the master of paranoia-inducing electronics Richard H Kirk and Tel Aviv-based Isophonic musician Roland P. Young. Rarely seen pictori-al spreads find Yolngu cultural warrior and Waak Waak Djungi songman Bobby Bununggurr sharing stories behind his traditional paintings and On-U Sound's dream team of misfits viewed through the lens of label co-founder and in-house photographer Kishi Yamamoto, alongside the collaborative art of Joshua Petherick and Midnite/3AM Spares compiler Lewis Fidock. The publication's fantasy mixtapes also continue with playlists from YL Hooi, Julien Dechery and David Pinhas, Time Is Away, Grace Ferguson and Ivan Liechti. Perfect bound and designed, as always, by Steele Bonus.

Notes: Efficient Space publication ENTHUSIASMS revives with Issue #03. 92 pages covering Aotea-roa DIY folk proliferator Maxine Funke, the vocal magick of Cucina Povera, Australian devo-tional jazz mystery Singing Dust, Osaka portal EM Records, unsung dub specialist Sheriff Lin-do and the living practice of e fishpool. View post-punk trailblazers through the lens of Rotter-dam polaroid photographer Peter Graute, while Swiss artist Elise Gagnebin-de Bons exhibits her series of collages purposed for Ghost Riders. The issue also boasts imaginary mixtapes from Gavsborg, Greg Davis and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Mikey Young, Sonic Boom and Troth. Perfect bound and illuminated by designer Steele Bonus.

Notes: Disco Beats has created a disc guide zine in paper format.

The theme is domestic disco 7-inch B-sides.

Please get a copy of this zine and go on a treasure hunt at record stores.

Most of the records in the zine can be obtained for a few hundred yen.

(Some of them are chill soul, and some are disco.)

Notes: We prepared a special issue dedicated to Psychedelic Folk. This issue is divided in two volumes. First volume is full of interviews with so called "loner" folk artists coming from USA and the second volume will be dedicated to pastoral British Psychedelic Folk scene. You can find many interesting stories, that I wrote together with musicians. You can find in-depth interviews with artists such as Michael Yonkers, Dave Bixby, Dana Westover, Linda Perhacs, The Tree People, Gary Higgins and others. There's also 10 pages with new releases reviews. Most of the content is not available on our website.

Notes: This has over 100 pages of discographical information on rare Japanese albums, including dates, players, and titles - both for records by Japanese artists, and obscure sessions cut by Americans in Japan! The issue is essential to anyone looking to dig outside the usual crates. Although most of the text in the magazine is in Japanese, there's a few hundred album listings that will really help to expand your understanding of Japanese grooves.

Notes: Maggot Brain is brought to you by Third Man Records, under the eye of the 'zine wizard Mike McGonigal. Maggot Brain, a full-colour quarterly with heavy cover stock.

Issue 1: Dec/Jan/Feb 2020.

Notes: On the cover: This issue is dedicated to the memory of astral traveling saxophone colossus Pharoah Sanders, with a tremendous evaluation of his most important work by the great music writer Andy Beta as the cover feature, rare images by Leni Sinclair, and a brief remembrance by film director Jeff Feuerzeig.

Columns: Lucy Sante - New column is about her collage practice, which was unknown until recently. Unsurprisingly it's great work; Mimi Lipson - Returns with another advice column filled with warmth, humor, and even advice; Jazz Roundtable - with Ben Jaffe, Sam Cohen, Bekah Flynn, and Makaya McCraven: New Orleans' entire history as refracted through the work of Charlie Gabriel of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, an absolutely deep and important piece; Thinking Fellers - An overview related to new reissues, written by none other than your favorite writer from Bananafish; Some Churches - Amazing images of small churches, rural and urban, from the collection of the Library of Congress.

Also featuring: Mick Collins - Tremendous career-spanning feature on the Gories/Dirtbombs frontman by the great RJ Smith; Lambchop - A great new album for Merge and an expansive theater piece Kathy Lindenmayer goes deep with leader Kurt Wagner; XV - Detroit's new no wave supergroup deconstructs an interview, with musician Adam Taub; Ghost Riders - '60s/70s North American downer psych-pop/ garage 'Coming of Age Garage Ballads,' Glen Morren turns in a lengthy overview; Ernest Hood - A feature on the heralded Pac NW ambient composer, amazing ephemera to choose from courtesy the RVNG peeps; The HI Rhythm Section - Tennie, Charles, and Leroy! An often hilarious feature by Jason Gross from Perfect Sound Forever; Edel Rodriguez - Contemporary Cuban-American graphic artist interviewed by Britt Daniel from Spoon --they've collaborated together; Wednesday Knudsen - An overview of the work of this genius rural Massachusetts-based contemporary zone folk goddess, by Michelle Dove; Alpaca Brothers - In depth feature by Matt Goody (whose new book on Flying Nun's history is a must); Matthew Dickman - The great skater poet and poet/skater, introduced by Alex Behr;¬ Charles Gillam Sr. - Gabe from Desert Island interviews the New Orleans-based music obsessive and folk artist; King Kong - Former Homestead Records honcho Ken Katkin is here with ten trenchant observations on a reunion show by Louisville's finest.

Notes: The cover feature celebrates the enduring, luminous genius of Dolly Parton, with a revealing conversation between Caryn Rose and Lynn Melnick on how her music quite literally saved Melnick's life.

ALSO IN THE ISSUE: OCTAVIA BUTLER - The very full transcript of editor Mike McGonigal's lengthy, in-depth talk with the sci-fi feminist visionary, from 1997. The entire transcript has never appeared in print.

ROLIN-POWERS - The great Michelle Dove on what makes these avant-folk lovebirds tick, and why you should care.

THE CLEAN + HAMISH KILGOUR - An epic, archival interview with the band from 15 years ago, plus a fresh look thanks to Michael Galinsky at why Hamish meant so much to so many.

FRED TOMASELLI - Many pages of his delightful reworkings of New York Times front pages, plus an insightful interview with one of our finest contemporary artists.

CRAZY DOBERMAN - Erick's Bradshaw delivers an epic, well-illustrated tour diary of a brief jaunt with these noise greats.

Plus also

Composer TAYONDAI BRAXTON by Katy Henricksen! - a meaty, beautiful feature on DR. PETE LARSON by Fred Thomas, worlds collide!
An amazing LUCY SANTE column!
Cassette tapes! - Reissue of the issue is the 'Saturn 2' comp of obscure Midwestern '90s shoegaze!
The Bay Area's deliriously good new band GALORE by Jessica Beard!
A beloved celebrity writes in to Mimi Lipson's advice column!
A lengthy excerpt from a great unpublished novel by DAVID GORDON!
Editor Mike McGonigal's tribute to Tom Verlaine!

Notes: Check it out: Maggot Brain #13 is here. There's a slightly new look to the cover, which works so well with that amazing live shot of none other than Prince.

The cover story is a multi-part Prince feature with reprints of rare writings by the great writers Ann Powers, Michael A. Gonzales, and Greil Marcus.

Plus also:

- Mary Lattimore - the great LA-based harpist interviewed by RJ Smith.
- Audrey Golden's Thought I Heard You Speak book on the role of women in Factory Records is celebrated with an interview by Jessica Beard.
- Negativland - amazing huge very very in-depth feature on the whole 'Helter Stupid' debacle - strap on in for this one, by Cory Frye.
- Roussel + Duchamp, illustrated - Philippe Lapierre delivers dozens of real and super-real vignettes of a posthumous relationship, with beautiful pointillistic drawings.
- Stewart Lee by Richard Gehr - an awesome and dare-we-say-deep chat with the world's greatest living standup comedian.
- Katharina Kuhlenkampf drew this terrific comic strip about the delightful Go-Betweens song "Lee Remick."
- Emeralds - Fred Thomas on the much-missed Ann Arbor-based drone explorers.
- High Risk Group by Tim Alborn - the full, fascinating story of the excellent, obscure Boston based 1980s alt-rock group.
- Joshua Gamma - Murat Cem Menguc on the big show the artist curated which explores the relationship between Christian psychedelic aesthetics and American subcultures.

Killer columns: A really sweet one by Lucy Sante, return of the hip-hop column (Paula Perry this time), tape column, reissue column on the 1990s band Moss Icon by Fred Thomas, and Mimi Lipson's excellent advice column, the Korean pop psych great Kim Jung Mi -- and Dorothy Berry on being Black in experimental music spaces.

Notes: Maggot Brain Issue 14 is coming. The Fall 2023 issue is jam-packed!

Cover boy Harry Smith shines thanks to a cheeky, never-before published photo by Allen Ginsberg. We celebrate the life and work of the self-described "ethnopharmacologist" just in time for the release of John Szwed's illuminating biography and Smith's first one-person art exhibition, at the Whitney, with three killer, well-illustrated features (on his Anthology of American Folk Music, an interview by Marc Masters with Szwed, and a terrific dive into Smith's relationship with fellow visual artist and filmmaker Jordan Belson by Raymond Foye). Also in this issue: Andy Beta on the reissue of a forgotten Lou Reed record. Excerpts from two revelatory works- Andy Zax's Extinctophonics, and Christina Ward's Holy Food. Kathy Lindenmayer witnesses a show by Boygenius. An archival interview with fabric arts pioneer and Bauhaus OG, Anni Albers. An illustrated Advance Base tour diary by Owen Ashworth. Tamara Palmer considers the oddball career arc of Orbital. Andy Beta goes deep on Tetsu Inoue. Nate Lippens goes off on Rene Ricard and other obsessions. And Michelle Dove on Cat Power's sense of humour! Plus illustrations throughout by Marly Beyer; and columns by Lucy Sante, Mimi Lipson, Dwight Pavlovic, and editor Mike McGonigal; tributes to Sixto Rodriguez, Esp Summer, and Pee-Wee Herman; and the triumphant return of the Unstapled column, with reproductions of a contemporary basketball fanzine.

Notes: Maggot Brain Issue 16: Spring 2024

This is a really packed, special issue of Maggot Brain, with the feature cover story a comprehensive interview by celebrated writer Sasha Frere-Jones with essayist, Lucy Sante (who's written for every issue of MB since the start), on the occasion of her awesome memoir about transitioning, I Heard Her Call My Name.

Phill Niblock: A tribute to the genius musician, filmmaker, label head, and generous promoter of ecstatic sound, by Steve Silverstein.

Tresa Leigh: An in-depth feature on the star of Efficient Space's beloved Ghost Riders compilation! Really a beautiful, untold story.

Dredd Foole: As his legacy is revealed through Corbett vs Dempsey's archival series, Foole talks to Six Organs of Admittance's Ben Chasny about the role of his band the Din in the Boston underground. Plus sidebars from Christina Carter, Kris Price, and Phil Milstein.

Loopsel: Mike McGonigal on some of the most elusive, beautiful contemporary music, straight out of Gothenburg.

Jeff Noon: An illuminating interview with the British speculative writer on his newest work as well as the 30th anniversary of the stunning Vurt.

Sleater-Kinney: 30 vital years of uncompromising music, by none other than Audrey Golden!

Hudson of Feature Inc.: A celebration of the most innovative gallerist of our lifetime on the occasion of the Soberscove Press book about his work and life.

Shabazz Palaces: The creator of vital, spiritual hip-hop beautifully interviewed by Detroit-based musician and writer Zachary Weedon.

Birtha: Nate Carson's in-depth feature on the pioneering, all-women boogie-choogle act.

Shonto Begay: One of Maggot Brai's favourite contemporary writers, JD O'Brien, in deep discussion with the great Native American painter-with particular emphasis on how his works engage with and are influenced by music. This piece alone is so well-written and illustrated it's worth buying the issue for.

Some columns: The debut of archivist Andy Zax's fabulous 'Extinctophonics' column! Cassette reviews, plus copious book and record reviews as well! Ana Gavrilovska on Detroit-based jazz duo Balance! Nate Carson on the Earth documentary, in the debut of the music documentary column! The latest Icons column finds Michelle Dove exploring the work of Chicago's beloved Douglas McCombs! 13 Questions for contemporary folk great Lael Neale by Mike McGonigal! And more Lucy Sante!

Notes: COVER FEATURE is a three-parter on MOONDOG.
Phone interview with him from 1998, some amazing never-before-seen-images, and crucially this series of archival interviews from 1953.

SHANA CLEVELAND
The singer-songwriter / La Luz leader's hand-written/illustrated tour diary chronicles a European tour with her own newborn baby, and it's really unlike anything you've seen or read before.

GAINESVILLE RIOT '88
On tour supporting 'Bug,' the immense DINOSAUR JR'S laconic wall of sound helped to start a riot at their show in a Florida university hall. Thankfully Kevin Arrow was there with slide film in his camera to capture the event. These images have never been seen before.

Notes: Issue 4: March/April/May 2021

Notes: Maggot Brain is a full-colour, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content - art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more - with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Cover story: Why feminist punk pioneers the Raincoats still matter.

Unseen, amazing photos of AC/DC from their first US tour in 1977.

Celebrated indie auteur filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's playful newspaper collages -- great interview plus lots of never before seen images!

Brilliant Americana guitarists Marisa Anderson and William Tyler on their debut collaboration.

Composer Terry Riley and percussionist Hamid Drake on the importance of husband and wife spiritual jazzers Moki and Don Cherry.

14 pages of rare comics by Pee Wee's Playhouse designer Gary Panter -- Jimbo goes to jail!

Mike Turner talks

Notes: Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content - art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more - with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. This issue contains pieces on: Bikini Kill, Boris, Endless Boogie, New Kingdom, The Clean, ELO, Archie Shepp, Echo and the Bunnymen, Primal Scream, The Guerilla Girls, Planetary Peace.

ON THE COVER:

Amazing unseen image of Bikini Kill live at CBGB in 1990, by Mike Galinsky, with accompanying lengthy photo essay exploring indie-rock in the early 1990s, including behind-the-scenes, unpublished black-and-white film images of Sonic Youth, Unwound, Mary Timony, Sleepyhead, Half Japanese, and more.

Notes: Maggot Brain is a full-colour, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content - art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more - with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page.

The cover feature is an epic, really long timeline of images and interview with the modern king of arts portrait photography, Michael Lavine.

Amazing archival images by Gail Butensky and reflections on Pavement + what we think is the band's first new interview in a decade in anticipation of their reusion shows and events later this year
Tom Scharpling talks about prog rock with Matt Berry
A lengthy interview with the SF-based dreamy pop band Cindy by editor Mike McGonigal
Reuben Radding's killer photos and review of a recent show in Brooklyn by Chicago's Irreversible Entanglements
Ana Gavrilovska on why sax player and drone composer Lea Bertucci matters
Sara Jaffe on how essayist Aisha Sabatini Sloan is a genius

Notes: *** B-STOCK: Tear on sleeve, but product is otherwise in excllent condition ***


Welcome to Maggot Brain #9 - Raymond Pettibon on the cover!

Raymond Pettibon: In conversation with Adam Woodhead.

John Brannon: Negative Approach - Honcho unloads.

John Waters: The return pf The Prince Of Puke.

Cheri Knight: Rediscovering The Pac NW Genius.

The Willies: When the Feelies went ambient.

Buzz Osborne: Melvins photo tour diary.

Lidia Yuknavitch: From the outside in.

+ Amy Ruhl, David Nance, Fugazi, & Son Of Bazerk.

We Have Colums For You, by Lucy Sante (their first autobiographical writing for us, touching and brilliant); we have a tear-jerker of an advice column by Mimi Lipson; the tapes column is more succinct this time; the forgotten hip-hop column is on the enigmatic Son of Bazerk!; we revisit the roadside America column with a dinosaur theme because why not; we take a look at forgotten early Hawaiian music in the reissue column; we go into detail about why the mysterious Seymour Glass from Bananfish matters so much; and there's a terrific first-person account of growing up in DC right when Fugazi hit and why that band was such a crucial signpost for misfits of all stripes at the time.

Features

Raymond Pettibon: In a wide-ranging and sweet interview by Adam Woodhead Pettibon walks us through his entire career, and even makes economics sound interesting.

John Waters: We have a beautiful discussion on the merits of transgression in today's climate by Feral House publisher and old friend Christina Ward.

Cheri Knight: The great Seattle-based scribe Dave Segal goes deep on this neglected experimental pop musician from Olympia in the '80s.

David Nance: Editor Mike McGonigal is fascinated by the way Nance manages to mix up tributes to other artists, and collaborations, with such deeply strong solo material.

Amy Ruhl: The cinematic visual artist is explored in depth by Michelle Dove.

John Brannon: Check it out: we have the most epic and excellent career spanning photo packed feature by Brannon's longtime photographer Doug Coombe.

Melvins photo tour diary: Entirely by Buzz Osbourne, photos and words -- this is like a dozen pages and so and taken just months ago. It's really rad, all shot on their first tour in forever!

Lidia Yuknavitch: Alex Behr turned in a brilliant interview with the cult writer.

Kan Mikami: The Japanese outsider blues-folk musician and actor is interviewed by the LA-based saxophone player and composer Patrick Shiroishi

The Willies: And here we have thanks to Tyler Wilcox the most Maggot Brain type article, a big in-depth, lyrical feature on the Feelies ambient offshoot who have never been written on in-depth. The band's connection to Downtown minimalism has never been written on this way, and basically you will for the first time understand how the band morphed from the first record into the second, and at least part of why there was so much time in between. We're not worthy!

Sarah Elizabeth Schantz: We have some brilliant and timely fiction that deals with gun violence by this great writer.

Doorman Memories: Tim Abbondelo delivers a poignant set of memories (in the style of Joe Brainard's celebrated long poem I Remember) on his days as the doorman to a midsize indie venue.

Notes: MOOF issue no. 11

Cover artwork by Jeremy Deller

100+ pages of underground music, art & culture.

This issue features interviews with Pete Brown, Dana Gillespie, Gruff Rhys, Alex Merry and Benjamin Myers, as well as features about the lesser-known UK free festivals, Argentinian underground magazine Expreso Imaginario, Gwawr Records, The New Eves, Burd Ellen, Aphex Twin, album/live music reviews & much more...

Notes: The debut issue of Moonbuilding.

A 48 page A5 magazine with 13 track glass-mastered CD, insert and coaster.

Notes: Shindig! issue no. 125 contains features on Lindisfarne, Kenney Jones (The Small Faces), John Otway, Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil, Loop, Hoodoo Gurus, M Ross Perkins, Bart Davenport, The Monochrome Set, UK psych private pressings etc. Of course you also get the usual sections such as Shindiggin', What's Hot On The Shindig! Turntable, Thoughts & Words, Letters And Emails, It's A Happening Thing, and so on.

Notes: Shindig! issue no. 126 contains features on Neil Young, Tim Burgess, Brian Auger, Nektar, Ye-Ye Girls, The Kaisers, Bob Lind, Graham Day, Melody's Echo Chamber, Alison Cotton, Ghosts Of Jupiter, John Golding etc. Of course you also get the usual sections such as Shindiggin', What's Hot On The Shindig! Turntable, Thoughts & Words, Letters And Emails, It's A Happening Thing, and so on.

Notes: Mandy Morton

Folk-rock's magic lady recounts her '70s heyday.

Dark Hard

and soft) rock rumblings from a Northampton basement.

Laurie Styvers

How a displaced US singer-songwriter carved her niche in the early '70s.

Whiteout

Too glam, too country, just too good for the '90s Britpop landscape.

The Standells

LA garage gods who found fame with 'Dirty Water' and sometimes wore white.

Regulars

Thoughts & Words

Your letters, tweets and emails.

Shindiggin'

What's hot on the Shindig! turntable.

Subscribers' Prize Draw

Subscribe now and you could win the 5-LP Beach Boys Sail On Sailor: 1972 box set.

It's A Happening Thing

A Scene In Between USA, Lee Dorrian, King Tuff, CVC, Blue Spectre, Dungeon Of Skeletons, Velvet Attack, Richard Olson & The Familiars, Tony, Cary & John, Bureau Of Lost Culture, Earth Libraries.

Family Album

Magna Carta's Songs From Wasties Orchard.

Song Book

Dino Valenti's hippie anthem 'Let's Get Together'.

Deep Cuts

Ranwood Records.

David Bowie & Marc Bolan

When the future superstars' paths crossed in 1970.

Reviews

The best in reissues, new releases, books and live shows.

Prize Crossword

Win a copy of America's Live At Goodbye Summer '71.

Vinyl Clicks

The Beaver Brothers 1978 curio Ventreloquisms.

Vinyl Art

English/American/Spanish singer Jeanette's Palabras, Promesas...

20 Questions

Andy Fairweather Low reflects on a multi-dimensional life in music.

Notes: This disc guide presents a collection of over 100 releases from 2012 to 2021 by HAUSU MOUNTAIN, a Chicago label with impressive visuals that use materials that resemble video game pixels.

It has a strong experimental colour, but has a variety of musical styles, including rock and techno.

The author Muimix has created a mix using only Hausu Mountain music to accompany the writing.

Please listen to it for reference before you buy or for background music when you read after your purchase.

Notes: This is a disc guide to the works of Brooklyn-based label RVNG Intl. which released a catalog number 100 work (Satomimagae "Awa (Expanded)") this year.

In the early days, the label focused on dance music, but gradually began to release a wide range of content.

The label is also characterized by facing history and the past with as much passion as it directs toward real-time music, such as the "FRKWYS" series, which connects great predecessors with contemporary artists, and an unusually extensive reissue business.

Notes: Welcome to Ugly Things Magazine, the ultimate rock & roll read, bringing you wild sounds from past dimensions, from times when rock & roll was young, daring, dangerous and vital. Passionate, informed, insightful, in-depth coverage of the overlooked music of the 1950s, '60s, '70s & beyond.

- 152 pages
- Perfect bound
- Full-colour glossy cover

Notes: British R&B hitmakers MANFRED MANN are covered via extensive interviews with Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness by Richie Unterberger. Eric Davidson gets the full lowdown on Cleveland post-punk glam-infested geniuses DEATH OF SAMANTHA, and Mike Dugo presents the story of one of Chicago's most revered '60s garage acts, THE KNAVES. There's also an interview with HERVE ZENOUDA, who takes you deep inside the '70s punk scene in Paris with STINKY TOYS, STRIKE UP, LOOSE HEART and ANGEL FACE. Greg Prevost interviews EMITT RHODES, Ric Menck covers LA power pop icons THE QUICK, Mike Stax digs into the world of Dutch Beat bashers THE KWYET, and Harvey Kubernik gives new insight into THE ROLLING STONES in 1968. Plus our outstanding reviews of reissues and rock-related books (152 pages).

Notes: The landmark 50th issue of 'Ugly Things' includes the tragic mystery story of the Lost & Found from California, an expansive interview with writer/musician/archivist Lenny Kaye (Nuggets, Patti Smith Group), beat group maniacs the Renegades, and girl garage group the Debutantes. Other interviews include glam rock hero Alan Merrill (Vodka Collins, Arrows) and Mike Tingley, who tells the story behind his sought-after 1968 baroque pop album 'The Abstract Prince'. Plus Bob Mosley of Moby Grape, Dutch beat punks the Selfkick and Dat En Wat, Howlin' Wolf, the Doors Waiting For the Sun, the Pretty Things Last Stand, and Cyril Jordan explaining folk-rock in his imitable style. Not to forget the popular review sections covering the latest reissues and rock-related books.

Notes: This issue turns up the volume all the way for the story of Randy Holden's days with Blue Cheer along with the making of his revered heavy rock colossus 'Population II'. From the sixties garage band universe, there's must-read features on the Night Shadows (a.k.a. Little Phil & the Night Shadows) from Atlanta, Georgia, and the Bad Seeds ('King Of The Soap Box') from Northern Kentucky. Also fascinating interviews with Wally Bryson (the Choir, Cyrus Erie, Raspberries), John Dalton of the Kinks and the (pre-Creation) Mark Four, Wally Bryson, and the second and final installment of Phil Milstein's epic conversation with the erudite Lenny Kaye, rock writer supreme and Patti Smith's right-hand man. Harvey Kubernik covers (Ike and) Tina Turner in the '60s and '70s; Greg Prevost looks at some Johnny Thunders/Heartbreakers collectibles (with a running commentary from Johnny himself), Eric Davidson takes the lid off the epic new Peter Laughner box set, King Khan reveals the secrets of the Black Power Tarot, and Tim Stegall pays tribute to the recently departed Roky Erickson. All this and more, including the expansive review sections covering the latest reissues and rock-related books.

Notes: For this issue, legendary rock photographer Chuck Krall (Creem, Rock Scene, Rolling Stone) opened his archive to us including rare and unseen photos from the 1970s (the Ramones, Bo Diddley, Arthur Lee, the Dead Boys, Flamin' Groovies, Link Wray and more), and also shares his remarkable story.

We also have feature stories on Florida '60s garage gods We the People, Aussie proto-punk hard rockers Coloured Balls, mercurial blues guitar master Michael Bloomfield, New England '60s teen crazies Rasputin & the Mad Monks, obscure UK new wavers the Kameras, cult private press psych/hard rock band Seiche, and the early Pretty Things remembered by their first manager, Bryan Morrison.

And look for our expansive, mind-bending interviews with Cleveland proto-punk legend Craig Bell (Mirrors, Rocket From The Tombs), eccentric pop genius Brute Force, and the late Don Grady (My Three Sons, Yellow Balloon).

All this and more, including our eagerly pored over review sections covering the latest reissues and rock-related books.

Notes: In this special issue Ugly Things pays tribute to Phil May of the Pretty Things. Includes interviews with those who knew him best, including his close friend and lifelong collaborator, Dick Taylor, as well as an array of rare and previously unseen Pretty Things photos. Also in this issue, the story behind the Electras' gnarly sixties punk masterpiece 'Dirty Old Man,' the tale of Midwest psychedelic masters the Paisleys ('Cosmic Mind At Play'), Southern California garage-psych combo the Search, guitarist Craig Tarwater (Hawk & the Randelas, Sons Of Adam, Daily Flash, Arthur Lee & Love), and a night of music and mirth with Hasil Adkins. We also explore the world of gypsy jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo and its intersections with pop and psychedelia in the 1960s, and tell the strange story of the San Jose garage pop group People, who recorded a hit version of the Zombies 'I Love You,' only to become enmeshed in the sinister world of Scientology. All this and a lot more, including as always our expansive review sections covering all the latest reissues and rock & roll-related books.

Notes: Issue 55 details the fascinating history of the Magic Fern, one of the key bands in Seattle's psychedelic music scene in 1966-68. Photographer Eric Hayes shares his journey through the 1960s, along with some remarkable rare photos of the Yardbirds live onstage in 1966, and the Stones in the studio in early 1969-their last sessions with Brian Jones. David Holzer provides new insight into Brian's musical expeditions in Morocco and the making of the talismanic album 'Brian Jones Presents The Pipes Of Pan At Joujouka'. Tim Stegall talks at length with Bun E. Carlos about the early days of Cheap Trick-the first installment of a two-part feature. Phil Milstein delves into the mystery of authors Michael Leigh and Harry Roskolenko in a fascinating deep exploration of the origins of the Velvet Underground's name. Also: Michael Lucas offers an appreciation of dark country master Porter Wagoner, Scandinavian beat merchants the Beachers (once billed as 'Sweden's ugliest group'!), King Records R&B icon Otis Williams, Bay Area garage band the Mockers (whose members included a teenage Carlos Santana), enigmatic DIY folkie Scott Seskind, South America's Los Shakers, UK psych icons July, Budapest beat group Hungaria, and the wild saga of ace Swedish garage revivalists the Crimson Shadows. And of course acres of reviews of all the latest reissues and rock 'n' roll related books.

Notes: The Velvet Underground are on the cover and inside Jonathan Richman shares exclusive secrets of Lou Reed's VU era guitar and gear, complete with his own illustrations! We go behind the scenes of the legendary sixties UK TV pop show Ready Steady Go!, and our Gabor Szabo coverage continues as his '60s era bass player Louis Kabok shares his extraordinary story. Then there's the second part of our interview with Cheap Trick's Bun E Carlos, Texas '60s garage band Word D, Pennsylvania teen garage geniuses the Shaynes ('From A Window'), Woody's Truck Stop (with pre-Nazz Todd Rundgren), and the wild saga of French underground iconoclasts Komintern. Not to forget an interview with Glenn Phillips (Hampton Grease Band, Lost at Sea), the story of Yellow Hand, a band that sprouted from a shoebox of unreleased Buffalo Springfield songs, Cyril Jordan on Phil Spector, and more! Plus our enormously popular review sections covering all the latest reissues and rock & roll-related books.

Notes: British '60s psychedelic underground heroes Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera are the subject of an epic feature unwrapping their outrageous story in hilarious and hair-raising detail. The 50th anniversary of Jim Morrison's death is marked with a cover story on the Doors, including unpublished interviews with band members and associates and rare photos. Also: we turn the spotlight on Swedish R&beat group the Panthers, Dallas soul legend Bobby Patterson, Chicago '60s teen garage band Crees Four, proto-punk cult rocker Kenne Highland, and British beat (and pre-beat) outfit the Roulettes. Lenny Kaye celebrates the music of Sandy Bull, and Phil Milstein investigates the strange universe of Song-Poem music. As always you can count on our celebrated review sections, covering all the latest music reissues and rock 'n' roll-related books.

Notes: Issue #58 boasts an extensive feature on the legendary sixties West Coast psychedelic group Clear Light. Other compelling coverage this time includes Canadian garage punks The Plague, Scottish post-punk outfit The Scars, Northern Irish psychedelic cult favorites Andwellas Dream, Dutch beat eccentrics NV Groep 65, California garage-psychsters Stack, and an interview with singer-songwriter extraordinaire Ruthann Friedman. The series on British beat group The Roulettes continues, and the story on Boston proto-punk hero Kenne Highland concludes. All this and more, including the ever-popular review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock n roll-related books.

Notes: The mighty Troggs are the cover stars of this issue with an extensive feature based on new interviews with surviving members Chris Britton and Pete Staples. Plus: David Holzer delves into the world of Alice Cooper circa 1973-74 with the help of bass player Dennis Dunaway; eye-opening stories on pre-Moby Grape Northwest rockers the Frantics; sunshine pop masters the Gordian Knot; psychedelic punk mystery men Chrome, teen garage combo Thus (and their mega-rare custom press LP All of Thus); pint-sized mop tops the Bantams; the final installment of our Roulettes saga; an interview with rock fanzine pioneer Brian Hogg (Bam Balam) and a chat with actor, director and Boss 66 Radio DJ Tom Hanks. Not to mention the info-packed review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books. (144 pages)

Notes: An extraordinary Velvet Underground cover story explores Lou Reed's early days at Pickwick Records and the momentous first meeting of Lou Reed and John Cale that changed musical history. This issue also features Detroit '70s proto-punk rockers the Dogs, Canadian psych legends the Jarvis Street Revue, Hollywood '60s teen garage band Malibalavi, UK freakbeat outfit the Roger James Four, Part 2 of the story of Chrome, Nanette Natal, and expansive interviews with Colin Blunstone of the Zombies and Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane. All this and much more, including the popular review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books. (144 pages)

Notes: This cover story focuses on NYC garage-pop wizards the Magicians ('An Invitation to Cry') and the fascinating twilight world of Greenwich Village in the mid-sixties.

Also: The remarkable story of Jefferson Airplane's first bass player Bob Harvey is revealed for the first time, along with the saga of '60s garage heroes the Chancellors (famous for the Back From the Grave fave 'On Tour'). Mark Cunningham of '70s New York no wave renegades Mars is interviewed, David Holzer explores Lou Reed's obsession with the white light mysticism of Alice Bailey, and the mystery of Phantom's Divine Comedy is unravelled (rumored at the time to be the recently deceased Jim Morrison in disguise).

Plus, Part 2 of the story of Detroit proto-punkers the Dogs, and much more, including our popular review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books.

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Crease on corner, product otherwise in perfect working order***


This cover story focuses on NYC garage-pop wizards the Magicians ('An Invitation to Cry') and the fascinating twilight world of Greenwich Village in the mid-sixties.

Also: The remarkable story of Jefferson Airplane's first bass player Bob Harvey is revealed for the first time, along with the saga of '60s garage heroes the Chancellors (famous for the Back From the Grave fave 'On Tour'). Mark Cunningham of '70s New York no wave renegades Mars is interviewed, David Holzer explores Lou Reed's obsession with the white light mysticism of Alice Bailey, and the mystery of Phantom's Divine Comedy is unravelled (rumored at the time to be the recently deceased Jim Morrison in disguise).

Plus, Part 2 of the story of Detroit proto-punkers the Dogs, and much more, including our popular review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books.

Notes: ***B-STOCK: Small tears on corners, but product is in excellent condition and in perfect working order***


This cover story focuses on NYC garage-pop wizards the Magicians ('An Invitation to Cry') and the fascinating twilight world of Greenwich Village in the mid-sixties.

Also: The remarkable story of Jefferson Airplane's first bass player Bob Harvey is revealed for the first time, along with the saga of '60s garage heroes the Chancellors (famous for the Back From the Grave fave 'On Tour'). Mark Cunningham of '70s New York no wave renegades Mars is interviewed, David Holzer explores Lou Reed's obsession with the white light mysticism of Alice Bailey, and the mystery of Phantom's Divine Comedy is unravelled (rumored at the time to be the recently deceased Jim Morrison in disguise).

Plus, Part 2 of the story of Detroit proto-punkers the Dogs, and much more, including our popular review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books.

Notes: On the cover are the Petards, one of Germany's most creative and idiosyncratic bands of the late '60s and early '70s. Also, sunshine pop icon Sandy Salisbury, who talks about his '60s musical adventures with Curt Boettcher in the Ballroom and the Millennium. Mark Taylor talks about his adventures with seminal Australian punk rock 'n' roll animals the Psychosurgeons and the Lipstick Killers, and we reveal for the first time anywhere the remarkable saga of Charging Rhinoceros of Soul, Grande Ballroom regulars and soul brothers and sisters of the MC5 and the Stooges (Charging Rhino sax man Steve MacKay played on Funhouse). Also in this issue: Swedish '65 teenbeat pinups the Flippers, UK '70s DIY/punk renegade Auntie Pus, the Fifth Estate, the Inferno, Stourbridge Lion, an interview with Luis Rego of '60s French beat group Les Problemes, and the post-Jefferson Airplane exploits of bass player Bob Harvey. All this and more, including our acclaimed review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books. (144 pages)

Notes: 40 Years of Ugly Things

PJ Proby, William Penn & His Pals, Da Slyme, Lipsticks Killers Part 2 and more.

Notes: This issue features a major cover story on British Mod R&B heroes the Artwoods by Mike Stax, while Pop Art paintermen the Creation are the subject of a brilliant new fact-finding mission by Peter Stanfield. Doug Sheppard reveals the true story of '70s hard rock mystery group Stonewall and their mega-rare private press tax scam LP, Moby Grape's Don Stevenson shares photos and secrets from his early history, and there are interviews with pre-teen pop prodigy Mark Radice, and UK label head and A&R genius Andrew Lauder. Also: '60s Miami garage girls the Belles (of "Melvin" fame), Minnesota psych monsters C.A. Quintet, sublime singer-songwriter Fred Neil, a Doors/Sons of Adam love triangle, Laurie Anderson on Lou Reed, Cyril Jordan on the Yardbirds, and much more including our remarkable review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books. (144 pages)

Notes: The top cover story this issue: the Futuristic Sounds of the Yardbirds; writer Peter Stanfield explores their change of direction in 1965, their rivalry with The Who and lots more. Also featured: Detroit rock pioneers the Chosen Few, the band that spawned future members of SRC and the Stooges, the compelling story of UK '70s punk outsiders the Subway Sect as told by guitarist Rob Symmons; '70s power pop princes the Paley Brothers; Viennese proto-punk anarchists Novaks Kapelle; the sixties adventures of Matthew and Daniel Moore (the Moon, Colours, Matthew Moore Plus Four); and a fascinating study of the beat music industry behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. Plus: Moby Grape, the Ascots, Cyril Jordan on Little Richard, and our meticulous review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock 'n' roll-related books. (152 pages)

Notes: The iconic Wax Poetics returns to Europe with this unique Collector's Edition. After a brief hiatus from the shelves, the magazine is returning in its original format, size, and structure. This Collector's Edition will feature classic articles (inc Melvin Bliss & Gary Bartz) from the Wax Poetics vaults plus new words about the ever-growing London jazz scene and a look back at its acid jazz movement. Expect the magazine to continue to close the gap in music journalism between coverage of contemporary artists and celebration of classic trailblazers.

128+ pages in full glorious colour.

Notes: The hip-hop issue! This issue features Dilated Peoples' Evidence testifying to hip-hop's longevity, DJ Shadow's record collection and much much more.

Notes: Wax Poetics 43
RELEASE DATE:9/21/10
UPC:7252745659543
WHOLESALE PRICE:$6.00
RETAIL PRICE:$9.99
HIGHLIGHTS:
Melodica pioneer and producer AUGUSTUS PABLO was a legend in his prime
GREGORY ISAACS captivated fans with both message music and love songs
Music entrepreneur CHRIS BLACKWELL championed reggae to the rest of the world.
SUGAR MINOTT sweetened the pot with a mix of
dancehall and lovers rock.
BOB ANDY created the great Jamaican songbook.
PLUS:BERES HAMMOND
UK DUB PHOTOS by Seb Carayol
DAVID RODIGAN Record Rundown
Photos from GREENSLEEVES: THE FIRST 100 COVERS
PANAMANIAN DANCEHALL
ISLAND RECORDS
ALTON ELLIS, VICIOUS, THE GAYLETTS, ZEN BOW, and SUGAR MINOTT Re:Discovered
Tape delay and THE ROLAND SPACE ECHO

Notes: Zweikommasieben is a Swiss magazine that has been devoted to the documentation of contemporary club culture since the summer of 2011. The magazine features artist interviews, essays and columns as well as photography, illustration and graphics. In addition, Zweikommasieben organizes concerts, parties, club nights, matinees, raves and other fun events in various cities.

Featuring: Noological Multiobjective Outlines, Endgame, Phuong-Dan, Carla dal Forno, Zuli, Ekman, Telephones, Broshuda, meandyou, etc.

Co-published with Motto Books.

Notes: Zweikommasieben is a Swiss magazine that has been devoted to the documentation of contemporary club culture since the summer of 2011. The magazine features artist interviews, essays and columns as well as photography, illustration and graphics. In addition, Zweikommasieben organizes concerts, parties, club nights, matinees, raves and other fun events in various cities.

Notes: Zweikommasieben #16 features interviews with Steve Hauschildt, Laurel Halo, DVA Damas, Mechatok, Farai, Parrish Smith and portraits on Nina of Golden Pudel and V.I.S, as well as Casual Gabberz' Evil Grimace & Von Bikrav. There's also an extended mail exchange with Terre Thaemlitz, 'A Short History of the Aesthetics of Excess in Hip Hop', various columns and a photo essay, plus contributions by Das Ding, Macao, Laraaji and German Army.

Zweikommasieben is a Swiss magazine that has been devoted to the documentation of contemporary club culture since the summer of 2011. The magazine features artist interviews, essays and columns as well as photography, illustration and graphics. In addition, Zweikommasieben organizes concerts, parties, club nights, matinees, raves and other fun events in various cities.