***This is a really packed, special issue of Maggot Brain, with the feature cover story a comprehensive interview by celebrated writer Sasha Frere-Jones with essayist Lucy Sante (who's written for every issue of MB since the start), on the occasion of her awesome memoir about transitioning, I Heard Her Call My Name. Inside: Phill Niblock: A tribute to the genius musician, filmmaker, label head, and generous promoter of ecstatic sound, by Steve Silverstein. Tresa Leigh: An in-depth feature on the star of Efficient Space's beloved Ghost Riders compilation! Really a beautiful, untold story. Dredd Foole: As his legacy is revealed through Corbett vs Dempsey's archival series, Foole talks to Six Organs of Admittance's Ben Chasny about the role of his band the Din in the Boston underground. Plus, sidebars from Christina Carter, Kris Price, and Phil Milstein. Loopsel: Mike McGonigal on some of the most elusive, beautiful contemporary music, straight out of Gothenburg. Sleater-Kinney: 30 vital years of uncompromising music, by none other than Audrey Golden. All that and tons more.
MAG $13.50
03/29/2024
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. The cover feature is a career-spanning piece by TAMARA PALMER on Iceland’s most noted export since the foundation of their parliament in 930, BJÖRK, with a terrifically gorgeous cover image by our illustrator, MARLY BEYER. Also included and excerpt from a graphic novel by MARCELLUS HALL; CHELSEA WOLFE, WAYNE PHOENIX, BE YOUR OWN PET, PENGUIN CAFE, a new food column from QUINTRON and much more.
MAG $13.50
12/22/2023
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe MIKE MCGONIGAL: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. The cover features the new cover design with an unseen photo of Anthology of American Folk Music hero HARRY SMITH gracing the cover, plus an archival interview with Black Mountain / Bauhaus fabric arts pioneer ANNI ALBERS Albers, the reissue of a forgotten LOU REED album, CAT POWER's sense of humor, and tributes to RODRIGUEZ and PEE-WEE HERMAN.
MAG $11.25
10/06/2023
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe MIKE MCGONIGAL: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 13 goes in depth with features on PRINCE, EMERALDS, KIM JUNG MI, MIMI LIPSON, STEWART LEE, NEGATIVLAND, MARY LATTIMORE, THE GO-BETWEENS, DUCHAMP/ROUSSEL and much, much more!
MAG $11.25
06/30/2023
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe MIKE MCGONIGAL: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 12 goes in depth with DOLLY PARTON, OCTAVIA BUTLER, ROLIN-POWERS, THE CLEAN + HAMISH KILGOUR, FRED TOMASELLI, CRAZY DOBERMAN, TAYONDAI BRAXTON, GALORE and much, much more.
MAG $11.25
04/14/2023
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe MIKE MCGONIGAL: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 11 is dedicated to the memory of astral traveling saxophone colossus PHAROAH SANDERS, with a tremendous evaluation of his most important work by the great music writer ANDY BETA as the cover feature, rare images by LENI SINCLAIR, and a brief remembrance by film director JEFF FEURZEIG. Also in this issue are features on MICK COLLINS, LAMBCHOP, LUCY SANTE, ERNEST HOOD, EDEL RODRIGUEZ, WEDNESDAY KNUDSEN, THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282, and much more.
MAG $11.25
01/27/2023
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe MIKE MCGONIGAL: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 10 has features on BELLE & SEBASTIAN, novelist DAVID GORDON, 1960s-'70s Motown artist CHRISTINA CARTER, CHRIS FORSYTH & STEVE WYNN, TONY IOMMI-era BLACK SABBATH, KATIE LASS, BARRY WALKER JR., BUFFY SAINT-MARIE, and much more.
MAG $11.25
10/07/2022
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 9 features RAYMOND PETTIBON, DAVID NANCE, JOHN BRANNON, MELVINS, CHERI KNIGHT, AMY RUHL, LIDIA YUKNAVITCH, THE WILLIES, SEYMOUR GLASS, SARAH ELIZABETH SCHANTZ, and much more.
MAG $11.25
07/08/2022
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 8 Features 40-plus years of photos by MICHAEL LAVINE (LUX & IVY cover stars), GAIL BUTENSKY's rare intimate images of PAVEMENT, TOM SCHARPLING & MATT BERRY discuss prog rock, CINDY, LEA BERTUCCI, ROSALI & EMILY ROBB, 75 DOLLAR BILL, and much more.
MAG $11.25
03/18/2022
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 7 Features on VELVET UNDERGROUND’s Loaded, KURT VILE on the GRATEFUL DEAD, LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY, MICHAEL HURLEY, SISTER ROSETTA THARPE, DEAN WAREHAM, DOUG HENNING, THE GOATS, GRETCHEN GONZALES, DAVIDSON, and tons more.
MAG $11.25
12/24/2021
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page.
MAG $11.25
12/17/2021
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page.
MAG $11.25
12/17/2021
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page.
MAG $11.25
12/17/2021
***Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 6 features pieces on BIKINI KILL, BORIS, ENDLESS BOOGIE, NEW KINGDOM, THE CLEAN, E.L.O., ARCHIE SHEPP, ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN, PRIMAL SCREAM, THE GUERILLA GIRLS, PLANETARY PEACE and more.
MAG $11.25
09/24/2021
***BACK IN STOCK!!! Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content—art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more—with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. Issue # 5 features RAINCOATS, AC/DC, JIM JARMUSCH, MARISA ANDERSON & WILLIAM TYLER, TERRY RILEY & HAMID DRAKE, GARY PANTER comics, and much more.
MAG $11.25
06/11/2021