ON THE COVER

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – Lost in Sound–Multiple features on

your favorite band, with rare images and cool ephemera throughout.

Here Come The Tapes: A Guide To The Velvet Underground’s Live

Tape Stash by Tyler Wilcox.

 

CONTENTS

PLUS full length reviews of new reissues of cassette tapes by ur-VU

drummer Angus MacLise, and a lengthy appreciation by stephen

Thomas Erlewine of Light in the Attic’s excellent pre-VU Lou Reed set.

- TV ON THE RADIO – “TV on the Radio and the Magic Negro Myth.”

Martin Douglas on the band's visionary debut LP, Desperate Youth,

Bloodthirsty Babes—and the lessons we haven't learned 20 years later.

This piece is such a standout, wait until you read it.

- PUNK DIARY – Excerpts from Hat & Beard Press’ I Feel Famous: Punk

Diaries 1977-1980, written by a then-17-year-old Angela Jaeger. This

diary was renown for years and has finally seen the light of day, with

multiple images to support it.

- SWEEPING PROMISES – A very visual look at the great, shimmering

guitar-pop band. Their visual aesthetics so perfectly accompany their

sound, and that’s discussed in detail for the first time.

• Format Type: zine