Taking a holy trinity of Patrick Cowley's sex journals, Roy Garrett's poetry and Maxx Mann's forthcoming reissue, Max Shand explores the joy and tragedy of the queer American underground, from 70s exuberance to the 80s AIDS crisis
As Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti continue their series of vinyl reissues, Luke Turner argues that the intimacy of their shared creativity powered a run of albums that perfectly combined pop, tough electro and ambient textures. Chris & Cosey archival pic from 1984, credit Birra.
In the first of a series of editor-on-author interviews, Giancarlo DiTrapano of Tyrant speaks to his friend and author Scott McClanahan about life in West Virginia, respecting your audience and having (or not having) beef with George Saunders