A beautiful issue of Ugly Things – one of the preeminent journals covering timelessly groovy sounds! Twin pillars of the 60s English scene are on the cover – The Creation and The Artwoods – with a great look at the early years of the former, circa 1966, and an excellent, far-reaching interview with guitarist Derek Griffiths of the latter by publisher/editor Mike Stax. Also includes pieces on the CA Quintet, Fred Neil, The Belles, Stonewall, The Yardbirds in Cyril Jordan's San Francisco Beat and lots more. As usual, so much of the writing feels more like passages of a book than mere magazine features, as does the nearly 150-page all killer, no filler length of the issue! Magazine

That's John Lydon in Tokyo circa 1983 on the cover – but the issue has a contemporary interview with the man himself, as well as a conversation with his previous PiL partner Jah Wobble! There's plenty more from that same scene too – Gang of Four at the start of a new tour, Alice Cooper still going strong, and more on Tom Robinson, The Sound, Siouxie, Love & Rockets, Fun Boy Three, Lene Lovich, and lots lots more! Magazine