Flying Lotus, Steinski, Indi label lowdown and MUCH MUCH MORE. Available at Boundless NY.

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Everywhere and back. Take off with Frank on their Jet Set Chapter Starring Jason Lee and Chris Pastras

The Look Book
See: Hear: Wear
The Cool Kids- Time for the 80s babies
Roxy Cottontail- on the party trail
Amanda Blank- Clean Name, Dirty Mind
Moby- The Raver Strikes Back
Barley Legal in the UK
Hot Chip: Drawn Together
Burial: The New Low

Our first issue of 2008 showcases a strong redesign. Hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash gets cover honors, but it's the whole Furious Five who get the props inside. The late, great Eddie Harris is on our back cover; writer John Kruth fleshes out his story by speaking to those who worked with the saxman.

Hip Hop Issue: Dec/Jan 2008. 9th Wonder, Ralph McDaniels, Devin the Dude, Evidence, Alchemist, Just Blaze, Barrington Levy... This is a collectors item. Get it here.

You made it! We're already over a month into the New Year. Are you still on top of your resolutions? The Holiday break was interesting for The Kid, I actually shut my computer down for a week, which I never do, and got used to it real quick. But hey. can't lose focus right?! So we've strapped our boots up (it's brick here in NY), and got busy with this new issue you hold in your hands. Consider it a little heat during these cold months, enjoy.

- Mike Salman
Founder/Editor-In-Chief


Inspirations for this issue: Holidaze and family, baked goods(wink, wink), No Country for Old Men, Chuck Palahniuk, NRF (go SHOX!)...

12 oz Prophet Presents "Also Known As". Packed with never before seen content, Also Known As volume 1.5- The offical Bootleg series picks right up where the instant classic first volume left off. The all new and all exclusive contributions are artfully presented with more of the printing prowess that everyone has come to expect from the AKA Crew. Fueling the fire, AlSO KNOWN AS Volume 1.5 showcases the very best from vandalism to sneakers, and from art to more vandalism. Spotlights: Ket, Desa, Earsnot, Reas Aka Todd James, Kaws, Struggle Inc., KR, Barry Mcgee, Skuf, and more. Contents: 96 page book and assorted stickers, specially sealed in flavor-saver packaging.

Issue 11 Winter 2005: Soul Limbo-Featuring interviews features with DJ Numark, John Klemmer, Bill Adler, CIT Records, Afrika Bambaataa, Charles Wright, ...

Mighty Mandrill get their due on the front cover of Wax Poetics Features this time around include bits on Marcos Valle, Andy Smith, Leroy Burgess, Oh No, Larry Harlow, Eddie Cheba, Joe Sample, Herman Hitson, and others -- a great mix of jazz, funk, soul, Latin, Brazilian, and hip hop elements.

XLR8R gets up-close and personal with techno cover boy Matthew Dear. We also check in with Brighton rock powerhouse Electrelane, get the lowdown on the beef between dancehall gangstas Mavado and Aidonia, and quiz Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes. Other features include Khan, Lifesavas, a cast of remix specialists (K-Salaam, D-I-R-T-Y Edits, A Touch of Class, DJ Day) Cadence Weapon, Clipd Beaks, and more.

Battles on the cover. Equally as perplexing as Battles’ rhythms are those of London jagged jazzists Soil & Pimp and Brah! Records. XLR8r met Justin Broadrick of Jesu, and nu-disco experimenters Joakim and Michoacan. Other features include the new school of Detroit hip-hop, Explosions in the Sky, Tracey Thorn, a Vis-Ed feature by Friendswithyou, and we go around the world to discover Brazilian tecno brega.

Issue 14, Fall Issue: David Axelrod: Architect of Jazz Fusion, James Gadson, Mulatu of Ethiopia, Blowfly, Jazzy Jay, Disco Fever, 12x12 and more!

Wax Poetics is still holding it down for the funk aficionados out there. Inside you'll find in depth articles on collector faves the Skull Snaps, round two with Axelrod, Jamaican Bassist Jackie Jackson, the soulful Bobbi Humphrey, the ladies of disco 12's, plus DJ Cash Money ridiculous collections (not just records). Oh yea, the super-funky Mizell Brothers take the cover story.

Featuring Parliament Funkadelic, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Garry Shider, Billy "Bass" Nelson, The Parliaments, Pedro Bell, Overton Lloyd.

Issue 12, Spring Issue: Jimmy Smith, DJ Muro, Beni B, Phase 2, Horsemouth, Jimmy Stewart, Daniele Baldelli, Abodigital, Yusef Lateef and more!

Dancehall giant Sizzla graces the cover this month. Also featured: El-P, Paul Epworth, Greensleeves celebrates 30 years, TTC, Baltimore's buck wild warehouse party scene, Burlesque Design, forgotten heroes of the Wu-Tang clique, an Ito style shoot, Einsturzende Neubauten, Crystal Castles, Wowch, RJD2, LCD Soundsystem, and Henrik Schwarz.

To kick off 2008, Oakland’s imitable indie rockers Xiu Xiu grace XLR8R's Jan/Feb cover. They also get the real deal from Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox and his Atlas Sound side-gig. Then, they interview dancehall’s hottest young star, Munga, before chatting it up with Heralds of Change, Boy 8-Bit, Yeasayer, James Pants, The Pack, and Jay Haze. Plus, some fine pics of stylish indie movers and shakers like Telepathe, Crunc Tesla, Soft Circle, and more.

Producer Dave “Switch” Taylor tops the list for 2007’s best artist, but there’s a lot more where he came from. XLR8R chats with Claude VonStroke, White Williams, Boys Noize, David Shrigley, DJ Food, Kid Acne, and Matt Furie, and get top-tens from Black Moth Super Rainbow, Pissed Jeans, selekta Max Glaser, and tons more.