Ben Harper gets some blues cred here as the cover star in this issue of Living Blues – and the edition also features articles on more obscure artists, including Lil Jimmy Reed, Selwyn Birchwood, and Mathias Lattin – the last of whom just won the International Blues Challenge at the ... read moreMagazine
The mighty Prince is on the cover this time around – heralding a series of well-penned articles inside, including pieces by Ann Powers and Greil Marcus! There's plenty more too – as the issue is overflowing with other cool topics – including a look at the Helter Stupid fiasco in ... read moreMagazine
That's a lovely photo of Dolly Parton on the cover – and the issue's got a very personal tale of the way that Dolly's music influenced the life of one writer! And as usual, the issue's got the nicely diverse array of cultural forces – the artwork of Fred Tomaselli (with plenty of cool ... read moreMagazine
The cover feature pays tribute to the great Pharoah Sanders – one of our all-time favorite jazz musicians, and someone who gave the world so much wonderful music during his time on the planet! But that's just the tip of the iceberg – as there's all sorts of weird and wonderful features ... read moreMagazine
A beautifully vivid issue of Maggot Brain – one that has great visual presentation of work by artists and musicians alike – in a lineup that includes an article on Motown legend Chris Clark, and more on steel guitarist Barry Walker, painter Duncan Hannah, the MoWest group Odyssey, and ... read moreMagazine
A great new issue of Maggot Brain – including wide-ranging interviews with artist Raymond Pettibon and underground culture renaissance man John Waters that both go way deeper than their most iconic works – and equally deep insight-fueled pieces from cover-to-cover! Includes a look at ... read moreMagazine
Maybe the most visual issue of Maggot Brain to date – as the issue features a look at the music photography of Michael Lavine, rare images of Pavement from Gail Butensky, and the wonderful artwork of Mingering Mike! Heck, there's even a review of Irreversible Entanglements that's filled with ... read moreMagazine
The great Maggot Brain keeps on growing and growing – really reaching mind-expanding territory this special seventh issue, at a level that goes far beyond the large features on Lou Reed and Loaded pictured on the cover! There's a wealth of different shorter features, mixed with artwork and ... read moreMagazine
Maggot Brain has only been around for a handful of issues – but during that time, the publication has evolved tremendously – and become one of our go-to sources for digging into a really wide range of music! This time around, the cover feature spotlights a set of never-seen photos of ... read moreMagazine
The wonderful Raincoats are on the cover this time around, and the issue looks at the way their once-overlooked music has gone on to get the attention it deserved, and keep on having an influence over generations to come! There's lots more too – a very interesting piece that has Terry Riley ... read moreMagazine
The mighty Moondog is on the cover this time around – in a fantastic second issue of Maggot Brain that really lives up to the spirit of the debut! The cultural currents here are nice and wide, and all pretty darn hip – and in addition to a nice feature on legendary outsider composer ... read moreMagazine
Mojo goes with an uncommonly bright-eyed, smiling group photo of the young Smiths on the cover – appropriate for cover celebrating 40 years since the dawn of legendary group and and the impact they've had on generations since! There's lots more in this packed issue, too, with other greats ... read moreMagazine
Siouxsie Sioux is on the cover, looking like she hasn't aged at all – and the issue's got both a big story on the comeback of her group, and some tasty tidbits from the past! The issue also has big articles on John Lydon, Paul Simon, Suede, Mark Volman, Mott The Hoople, Nils Lofgren, and ... read moreMagazine
A mighty hefty issue of this fantastic magazine – full of interviews with artists and musicians about their record collections – and put together with loads of lovely full color photographs throughout! The book-style publication is very unique – as it goes way past music ... read moreMagazine
Record Culture is even cooler than ever – as this issue comes with a bonus book as well! But first, the magazine – this issue has the same great format as the others – a book-style package, filled with beautiful full color photos of record collectors, vinyl culture, and other ... read moreMagazine
(Includes the bonus book "The Second Generation – Chicago House Flyers 1991 to 2000"!)
A great issue of this really cool publication – a book-styled journal that's filled with text and photos testifying a real love of records! The format is a bit like the Dust & Grooves book from years back – in that the magazine features interviews with folks amidst their records ... read moreMagazine
Shindig has a great cover feature on producer Joe Meek and his surrounding 60s scene for this issue – bursting at the seams with the stories behind the post-beat, pre-psych, wild and wooly group recordings he oversaw in the years after his early 60s hits, which may not have hit highs on ... read moreMagazine
This time around, Yusuf Cat Stevens gets the big cover feature – a great long article that talks about the way he finally arrived with that unique style of his classic albums! There's also a large look at Japanese 70s singer Meiko Kaji, a look at the truth and lies about Nick Drake, and lots ... read moreMagazine
A post-punk band with the wisdom to look to psych era inspiration, laying the groundwork for indie rock to come and all the while getting surprising mainstream success in their heyday – The Teardrop Explodes are the rightful cover feature for this issue of Shindig! This issue has plenty of ... read moreMagazine
A great dip back into the archives of Shindig magazine – with a limited edition that brings back some of the best interviews and features the publication did in years back – all laid out with new graphics, and often re-edited and expanded as well! Shindig often covers both big names ... read moreMagazine
It's hard to believe it's been 40 years since the first issue of Ugly Things – but given the strength and quality of the publication, it's no surprise they've been serving up greatness for so long! This issue, like the rest, is more of a book than a magazine in terms of text – over 150 ... read moreMagazine
Generation Sex – the Generation X-meets-Sex Pistols supergroup that finds Billy Idol revisiting his punk roots with Tony James, Steve Jones and Paul Cook – is on cover of this issue of Vive Le Rock, which is as always filled with classic and contemporary figures from the rowdier fringes ... read moreMagazine
Electro soul pioneer and resurgent creative force Giorgio Moroder gets the front cover honor, and rightfully so – with classic electro-inspired Brooklyn instrumentalists Ratatat on the backside! This issue includes great features on both, plus pieces on Steve Arrington, Divine Styler, Van ... read moreMagazine
Wax Poetics goes nearly all hip hop for this issue – covering original game-changers and the best contemporary revisionists alike – with cover features on Nas, Danny Brown, Master P and his No Limit legacy, and Shabazz Palaces! Wax Poetics, tasked with following up their decade ... read moreMagazine
(2 covers for Issue #51: this one has Nas on the front and Danny Brown on the back.)
There's never been a magazine like this – a publication that seems to cover jazz of the past and the future with equal enthusiasm – and which has a way of making everything come together in a wonderfully vivid way! As with previous issues, the choice of subjects seems very close to our ... read moreMagazine
We Jazz magazine is a publication that always finds a way to really get close to our heart – and this time around they've got a fantastic cover feature on righteous jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby – an artist we reissued on the Dusty Groove label many years ago! And in addition to Ashby, ... read moreMagazine
A really fantastic issue of this seminal jazz publication – one that has a great cover feature on our hometown hero, drummer Makaya McCraven! As usual with We Jazz, the whole package is as great as the cover – page after squarebound page of great photographs and images, almost more of ... read moreMagazine
A really fantastic issue of this wonderful jazz magazine – and one that features great articles on two legendary record labels – 70s spiritual powerhouse Black Jazz Records, and the legendary South African imprint As-Shams! There's plenty more greatness too – a fond farewell to ... read moreMagazine
Guitarist Mary Halvorson is on the cover, getting all the much-deserved attention that her recent burst of creativity warrants – and as always, the beautiful magazine is overflowing with other articles that really help push our understanding of jazz and other cosmic music! There's additional ... read moreMagazine
This issue's titled after a classic album from the great Horace Tapscott, and features a wonderful article on the man himself inside – plus great feature on Isaiah Collier, our hometown hero on saxophone – destined to become one of the greatest players in jazz over the next few years! ... read moreMagazine