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, filled with great images, and packed with writing on the sorts of subjects few other music magazines ever touch! This time around, features include Build An Ark, Funky Cuba, Hot 8 Brass Band, Mighty Hannibal, Eddie Harris, Newcleus, Derf Reklaw, Chuck Brown, SOUL, and Camp Lo – and as always, there's plenty more cool little bits too. Magazine

Ohio Players and Smokey Robinson are the twin cover stars this time around – and the inside features a long article on Smokey, and one on Sugarfoot of the Players! But there's also an even wider range of goodies this time around – looks at Joe Cuba, Johnny Lytle, Gene Paul, Tribe Records, Javelin, and even Tortoise – plus the always-great little bits, all those cool features on old records, and even the ads, which always help keep us turned on to something great! Beautiful production, lavish color, and still one of the hippest magazines around. Magazine