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Always essential reading from the Wax Poetics crew – one of those magazines we wouldn't miss for anything, and which we proudly store on our shelves as if it were a book! And sure, they upped the price a few bucks this time around, but the journal is still a total bargain – all color, ...

This issue's got a great feature on the godfathers of small combo funk – one of the best features we've read in years on The Meters – alongside some other great articles on the likes of Eric B & Rakim, Gary McFarland, Lyn Collins, JVC Force, King Jammy, Sharon Jones, and Zimbabwe ...

Wax Poetics delves deep into reggae for this milestone fifth anniversary issue – with a cover story on the Upsetter himself, Lee Scratch Perry – plus a piece on Jamaican music vinyl discoveries, Lloyd "Bullwackie" Barnes, the Soul Syndicate, Jamaican funk in Canada and more ...

Front and back cover features on Gamble & Huff and Teddy Pendergrass from the foremost publication for all things funky – the Philly Issue of Wax Poetics! We couldn't be happier to see the resurgent interest in the legacy of Philly soul & funk, and Wax Poetics is the perfect venue to ...

A special P-Funk issue of Wax Poetics – one that takes the magazine's usual thoroughness and points it towards the legendary empire of George Clinton and Bootsy Collins! The many sides of P-Funk get pulled apart and given special focus – and the issue features separate articles on ...

Shook Magazine heads to South Africa for Issue #9 – possibly their best yet! Includes a feature that pairs up Blk Jks with guitar great Phillip "Malombo" Tabane, plus pieces on the South African house music scene, "Zulu Space Diva" Busi Mhlongo, 10 years of underground ...

Shook does it again – moving way past the usual funky territory, to grab our eyes and ears with a variety of free-thinking cultural references! In the early issues, these guys were somewhere in a space between Straight No Chaser and Wax Poetics – but they've really expanded by this ...

The Funk Factory Special issue of Shook Magazine – with focus feature on the modern funk flag wavers that keep the scene fresh and amazing, including The Daptone Records gang, Breakestra, Whitefield Brothers, Lefties Soul Connection and more – plus articles on Roughneck MC, Jazzie B, ...

Adventures in funk with Shook Magazine – probably the best and brightest print publication on all things funky coming out the the UK! The Summer '09 issue has a feature on Quantic's adventures in Columbia, the resurgence of Raekwon's hustler hip hop, Afrobeat progeny Seun Kuti, true school ...

Mighty Mandrill get their due on the front cover of Wax Poetics – and the rest of the issue follows suit in some equally funky territory! Features this time around include bits on Marcos Valle, Andy Smith, Leroy Burgess, Oh No, Larry Harlow, Eddie Cheba, Joe Sample, Herman Hitson, and others ...

Here it is, kids – salvo number nine for the reigning bible of all things funky – the venerable Wax Poetics! This is possibly the deepest issue yet from a journal that manages to top itself with each new installment. It's jam packed with features, including a roundup of the favorite ...

Another stapled, b&w, muy extraño rock screed from Roctober! This issue features a really nice paneled portrait sketch cover by Rob Syers, Jason Lutes, and others, the always entertain "Punk'n Head" strip by Jake Austen, features on lost Bee Gee Maurice Gibb, the late 60s circus- ...

Whopping big issue of this, one of our favorite music mags of all time! This volume's an "update" issue, in which the Roctober staff and contributors write whole new articles on artists and subjects they've covered in past issues. There's plenty here to interest Dusty Groove fans – ...

The story of Kiddie-A-Go-Go, pre-pubescent American Bandstand, Velvet Crush. Garage legends the Monks get it together. Gary Glitter. The history of midget rock and roll featuring interviews with Kenny "R2D2 " Baker, blues dwarf Kid Dynamite, plus coverage of Pee Wee Marquette (Birdland ...

Epic DJ Fontana (elvis presley's 50s-70s drummer) interview. The (pre-industrial) Wax Trax Records story – including the saga of the Jonny iii (Wax Trax house band). Czech prog-gods Plastic People Of the Universe interviewed. Little Richard is Jewish! 1950s country star Marvin Rainwater ...

The great Joe Tex is celebrated with a career overview and an extremely extensive critical discography of his original LPs and reissues. The issue also features interviews with the Subsonics, the Registrators, and Alfonso Cafrey, the legendary Disco/Funk session bass player who was in the failed ...

This issue features a fantastic interview with the Dirty Wurds, one of Chicago's greatest blues-based 60s garage bands! Also featuring interviews with peter Bagge, Al Aronowitz, and Unknown Hinson, plus features on Andy Kaufman, Chicago Stoner rock, comic book history and much more. Plus numerous ...

Chicago Soul/New York Underground issue. Songwriter/manager Bernice Williams recalls the early days of Gene Chandler/The Du-Kays, and the true story of "Duke of Earl"; Northern Soul legends the Conquistadors tell tales of 1960s West Side Chicago teenage R&B (plus the first soul ...

Another great issue from Roctober – one that includes interviews with Neon Leon (great lost New York punk figure), Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake, James Brown, and numerous obscure but amazing Brazilian musicians. Melvin Van Peebles critical discography. Jake Austen and Chris Ware on ...

The Chicago R&B coverage includes an in depth exploration of Chicago's local after school TV show Soul Train show – which ran from 1970-1979 – and a conversation with Chicago's radical Sounds of Black. Plus 30 pages exploring all aspects of truck driving music including lengthy ...

A great issue with Roctober's double-flip format – one side printed right side up for the music content, the other upside-down for the comics! The double-cover issue has features on PJ Proby, ONO, Skafish, Klaus Nomi, Lenny Bruce, The Mummies, Sly Stone, Sun Records saxophonist Martin Willis ...

Bubblegum kings Kasenetz-Katz interviewed. Edie Adams, widow of Ernie Kovacs and 50s pop diva and cigar girl tells tales of the Nairobi trio and more. The Cramps meet Ratso. Tremendous David Allan Coe interview, that involves prison, Branson and illegal porno. Includes gigantic listeners guide ...

Roctober strikes again with another fantastic issue of music wisdom and knowledge from the far side of the spectrum! This time around, the spotlight's on Zory Zenith & Zolar X – who are covered in unusual detail – but our Dusty Groove ears are most tuned to the articles on Archie ...

The Equals story (60s brit mod bubblegum soul). Ludicrous Dolly Parton critical discography (over 100 lps reviewed). The mysterious ? (Question Mark and the Mysterians) interviewed and observed. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. 2 Live Crew get the Pedro (Funkadelic lp cover artist) Bell ...

New wave opera space elf Klaus Nomi (Bowie collaborator), remembered by friends and fans. The story of Sylvester ("Mighty Real", "Do Ya Wanna Funk"), with listeners guide, bibliography and amazing fotos. Esquerita centerfold. Chicago r&b eccentric Bo Dudley interviewed. ...

Chicago rock & soul tour. Lengthy interview with the Treniers, the first rock n roll group (think Louis Jordan meets Jerry Lewis meets David Lee Roth). Milt Trenier...lounge revival? Amazing Baby Huey cover painting. The final Tiny Tim interview. Plus: Alice Cooper, eight great Jews, more. ...

Rockcyclopedia Baboonica: a serious exploration of monkeys playing rock music, including Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution, Bingo (Banana Splits), Elvis' monkey scatter, the NairobI Trio, Fatz (the Showbiz pizza gorilla robot pianist, Chimpy the drumming monkey, and more). Chicago 60s ...

Jayne/Wayne County by Peter Crowley. Cyndi Lauper interview and beautiful comic. A lenthy converstaion with jazz/soul vocal genius Oscar Brown, Jr. Ass kickin' rockabilly/country diva Wanda Jackson interviewed. Little Jimmy Scott comic. 10 seconds with John Doe and Ron Kittle. #1 fans ...

Roctober's famous "Kissue" – featuring interviews with Kiss cover band Strutter, Bruce Kulick, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Jumpin Gene Simmons, and a Japanese Archival Kiss interview! Also features Kiss Toy Rejects, Pedro Bell Almost Meets Kiss, and comics by Eric Searleman, Jenny ...

Southern Culture on the Skids interview. Kurt Cobain comic. Semi-coherent Boredoms interview. White pompadoured soulman Wayne Cochran. Baseball rock n roll. Terry Cashman (Cashman, Pistili & West, Talkin' Baseball) interviewed. Plus: rock n roll tv, Mozart, Lois, Roctober hall of dynamic ...

Robot Rock n Roll issue featuring a lavishly illustrated encyclopedia of hundreds of robot records/bands/etc. Interviews with Captured! By Robots, Gilbert and George (The Singing Sculpture), Arthur Lee Maye (1950s R&B/Baseball star), Blowfly, The Troggs, Snoop Dogg, The Syndicate of Sound, ...

Articles, reviews, interviews and comics covering the history of Rock, punk, soul and hip hop on television. The main feature is an exhaustive, critical episode guide to every episode of Behind The Music. Also features interviews with 60s garage band Daughters Of Eve, Snoop Dogg, King Diamond, ...

A lengthy discussion with Chris James of the stellar seventies sweet soul act The Natural Four, Nardwuar vs Queens of the Stone Age, interviews with the last living brother of The Maddox Brothers and Rose, Mark Ridlen of 70s/80s Texas punk/psych band Lithium Xmas (also a member of Rapid Fire, the ...

A great new issue – and jam packed with the usual madness! The center of the magazine features a huge year 2000 calender – with Roctober legends like Serge Gainsbourg, Sugarpie De Santo, Gary Glitter, Fela, and The Zone Brothers. Plus, there's great features on Tim Maia, Sparks, Rock ...

Interviews with songwriter Paul Williams (focussing on his soundtracks to Phantom of the Paradise and The Muppet Movie), Chicago R&B radio legend La Donna Tittle, Chuck Dukowski (Black Flag, CD6), blues guitarist Walter Trout (Canned Heat), pop vocalist April March, Franco-genius Bertrand ...

A genuine illustrated encyclopedia of One Man Bands (traditional, electronic, overdub solo projects, Black Metal One Man Bands, buskers, etc.) with over 1,000 entries. Articles HASIL ADKINS, BEDROOM BANDS, HONKITONKIOKE, THADDEUS CAHILL, FRANKIE CAPRI, BROTHER DANIELSON, HOMER HENDERSON, JUDAS ...

The mighty Red Caps top this issue of Blues & Rhythm – a great choice, given how important the group were in linking together vocal group styles in the pre-soul years! Other big features include T Bone Walker and Montana Taylor – all covered with the magazine's usual great ...

Lil B graces the cover this time around – and the issue also features a great article London's ICES festival in 1972 – plus Charles Hayward on the Invisible Jukebox, and articles on Keith Fullerton Whitman, Ital, Los Llamarada, and Ian Helliwell – plus some great columns too! As ...

Damn, we love these quarterly Shindig issues – they're almost like getting a book on the music of the 60s and 70s, but put together with all the flair of a hip magazine! There's some nice long features – one on Mott The Hoople, another on the legendary Committee film from the London ...

A great issue of Blues & Rhythm – one that's very committed to its rich blend of blues and R&B! The cover story takes a look at the seminal work of Otis Spann with examples of some of his overlooked recordings – and the issue also features part four of an Alligator Records ...

A range of great articles this time around – detailed writing on Eddie Boyd, Booger Rooger, Lacy Gibson, and Bob Corritore – plus part three of the excellent extended feature on The Robins & Coasters! Blues & Rhythm is a great magazine that features equal parts blues and R&B ...

The second chapter in this great series on The Robins/Coasters – easily one of the most dynamic vocal groups to ever record for Atlantic Records – or any other label, for that matter! In addition to this R&B focus, the issue also offers articles on Lonnie Johnson, Quintus McCormick ...

A great issue – with loads of detailed historical information, matched with vintage photos and record scans too! The issue kicks of Blues & Rhythm's close look at The Robins/Coasters – and also features articles on King Edward, Big Bill Broonzy, and the Bristol blues sessions ...

There's a nice dose of soul this time around – thanks to a feature on The Stovall Sisters – alongside more blues-based coverage on Jerry McCain, Robert Nighthawk, and the Arhoolie record label! And as always, the images are great, the historical details helpful, and the reviews an ...

A nice focus on old school sounds this time around – with articles on Nelda Dupuy, Freddie King, and Memphis Slim – as well as articles on Bishop Manning, Little Smokey Smothers, and Russ Green! Plenty of color and great images – and as always, there's some very detailed reviews ...

New Order is on the cover of this issue of Mojo – a feature on the rebirth of the uber-legendary UK indie group – plus the 2012 Preview with Jack White, Rufus Wainwright, Paul McCartney, Damon Albarn, Civil Wars, Neil Young and more! Also includes features on Bowie (plus Eno & ...

Happy Holidays from Echoes Of The Past – the winter '11 issue of the always endearing throwback zine covering both classic and nearly forgotten 50s & 60s artists and their recorded relics! This issue has items on The Tridels, Little Jimmy & The Tops, the "Jersey Rocks" ...

Wax Poetics is closing in on 10 years in its unrivaled coverage of classic and rare soul, jazz, hip hop and all things funky – delivering big once again with Issue #48! Nina Simone is on the front cover – with a really great feature that focuses on the unfiltered realness, honesty and ...

Living Blues does it again – paying tribute to some great contemporary talents in the music – with strong features on Keb Mo, Earnest Guitar Roy,Ray Bailey, and Little Al Thomas – all with great photos! And as usual, there's plenty more on offer too – including loads of ...

The mighty Marvelettes grace the cover of this classy issue – and the insides feature a full feature on the Motown legends, plus articles on Marvin Sease, Miki Howard, The Green Brothers, and Debbie Taylor – plus a great look at the soul releases on Verve Records! As usual, the writing ...