Spring / Summer Issue 2026: Mariah Carey, Tupac, NOW, Mannie Fresh
Order before April 24 & get a free poster (see below for more info).
Our Spring / Summer 2026 issue is almost here!
4 cover stars. 148 pages. Endless music, stories and insight.
A truly special journal featuring some of the most iconic names in music, packed from front to back, full of deep insight, untold stories, new perspectives, and stunning visuals and photography.
We go from the record stores of New Orleans to the alt pop worlds of Gothenburg via the dance floors of New York and Chicago, detouring through Japan and then to post industrial British inner cities. With a touch of jazz, boogaloo and the unheard seeds of unique pop stardom. This issue is something else.
Our cover stories...
- Mariah Carey before the spotlight
- Tupac Shakur in Baltimore - the Born Busy years
- Nightmares on Wax in deep focus
- Mannie Fresh and the sound of New Orleans
Plus Leon Ware, Peaches Records, Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, Yukimi, Joe Bataan, Wildstyle Sadar Bahar, Yoshiko Sai, Venna, Re:Discoveries. This issue is presented with our friends at Roland and has the real story behind their sell-out TR-1000.
Choose between two cover editions (or get both!)
First 500 orders receive a free limited edition "Keep Music History Alive" poster for free.
Ships on April 29.
featured in this issue...
MARIAH CAREY • TUPAC • NIGHTMARES ON WAX • MANNIE FRESH • LEON WARE • YUKIMI • COLLEEN 'COSMO' MURPHY • LEON WARE • PEACHES RECORDS • JOE BATAAN • WILDSTYLE • SADAR BAHAR • YOSHIKO SAI • KENI BURKE • VENNA • & MORE...
YUKIMI
soul reborn
Yukimi Yukimi, the longtime frontwoman of Little Dragon, steps out on her own, taking inspiration from Prince, De La Soul, and the frosted bliss of Swedish winter.
JOE BATAAN
STILL AN ORDINARY GUY
Twenty years after their original interview, writer Oliver Wang catches up with Joe Bataan to discuss his late-career revival.
COLLEEN 'COSMO' MURPHY
PLUGGED IN
For DJ, presenter and producer Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy, sharing her love for high-quality sound and music discover isn't only a calling, its spiritual imperative.
Spring / Summer Issue: Cover Prints
Working directly with the photographers, we have created a limited run of 100 prints of each cover. Each individually numbered, these will never be seen again and are exclusive to us. Once they are gone, they are gone.
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— NEW YORK TIMES
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— DAFT PUNK
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— DJ SOUL SISTER
IT'S THE BEST PUBLICATION IN MUSIC
— CHRIS WILLIAMS
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