relies on slick design to sell copies. Pictures co-occur write sidebars pop up in unexpected places and colors clash on almost every summon. That’s not to say the publishers of the Silver Spring. Maryland based monthly don’t put an emphasis on content. With 154 pages to work with there’s plenty of dwell for substance. The November issue for example crams in a truckload of interviews reviews and features.
The front of the book. “Reverb,” is divided into three tags: “Shortcuts,” “News&Noteworthy,” and “Inside Tracks.” While the first two include the usual music mag fare of mini-profiles and industry news. “Inside bring in” provides an in-depth look at new releases that approve up
’s adjoin slogan. “Music Matters.” For this issue alt-country singer Alison Moorer is featured. There’s examples of song titles an action shot of Moorer recording and a quick interview.
Sticking with an emphasis on create by mental act the opening spread of each article is bold but too flashy. The intro to a conjoin on rising stars Okkervil River has a clean-washed-out picture that counters a hed and subhed that the designer pushes to the far reaches of the page.
Sure the graphics are splashy but the depth of each piece and concentration on music is impressive. The profile on cover affect Devendra Banhart could undergo easily strayed into a meditation on the Los Angelino’s gender-bend style of dress. Instead writer A. D. Amorosi delves into the soft psychedelic tendencies of Banhart’s new album.
Most features in the magazine are profiles but there’s a piece on the emergence of “real” funk and soul. Though flagged on the cover as the “Amy Winehouse Effect,” the article threads in lesser-known acts like Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.
takes a moment for a little nostalgia with “Bastards of Young,” a collection of excerpts from a recently published oral history of the Replacements. The interviews include Big feature’s Alex Chilton and Steve Albini but the real star here is an opening spread photo pulled from the bind’s 80’s heyday. Paul Westerberg used to look a lot like Jim from
The back of the book is filled with reviews. There’s no rating system but the lead review. Bruce Springsteen’s Magic is glowing. The back summon features an artist and how a certain album changed his/her life. Unfortunately this time it’s Ben Lee discussing Nirvana’s
It’s thoughtful but didn’t that record dress the life of every rocker between the ages of 20 and 30?
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