October 2009

  • Nothing's Better: Arthur, Skyscraper, Signal to Noise, Wax Poetics, Wire

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    Find all of these and read them - or you won't be able to in the future.

    Arthur (http://www.arthurmag.com)

    Despite taking a printing hiatus more than once, Arthur remains one of the few widely distributed, free publications that covers odd music in an in-depth manner. Thurston Moore and Byron Coley contribute a column delving into new noise acts, but at the same time the publication is just as likely to feature an article about eating mushrooms, or the comic artist Wally Wood.

    Each issue features a drastically different cover based upon the content. It’s TOC and columns, though remain basically unchanged from issue to issue.

    The rag’s recently become a web-based publication, but plans to return to print have been discussed publicly.

     

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