Val Wilmer
Issue 342
August 2012
On the cover: Ariel Pink: Nick Richardson interviews the Haunted Graffiti artist, who gets mature with songs about Jewishness, nymphomania and the beta male revolution. Plus: Maria Minerva by Nina Power, Buddy Pipp by Val Wilmer, Peter Cusack Invisible Jukebox, Kassem Mosse, Peter Ablinger, Dani Gal, Bamako Global Ear and more.
Issue 331
September 2011
On the cover: My Cat Is An Alien - Ken Hollings visits the Italian duo’s Alien Studios in Turin to hear how they harness the music of the spheres with rayguns and cosmic drones. Plus Alan Howarth's Invisible Jukebox, Prurient, Fela Kuti in London, Herb Diamante, Andy Stott and much more.
Issue 249
November 2004
ON THE COVER: Wolf Eyes. The noise-crazed feral trio hotwire Metal, hardcore and electronics to jumpstart the US underground. By Alan Licht
FEATURES: Albert Ayler, Alvin Curran, Matthew Bower, Invisible Jukebox: Simon McBurney, John Butcher, Paolo Angeli, Blevin Blectum, , Thomas Ankersmit
Issue 163
September 1997
Robert Wyatt, Sun Ra, Current 93, Terre Thaemlitz, Van Dyke Parks, Ornette Coleman, Stock, Hausen & Walkman, Silver Apples
Issue 77
July 1990
ON THE COVER: McCoy Tyner
FEATURES: Chris McGregor, Mixmaster Morris, Mike Osborn, Mary Lou Williams, Carol Kidd, Kenny Barron
Issue 68
October 1989
ON THE COVER: Chet Baker
FEATURES: Peter King, Coleman Hawkins, Bob Berg, Shake Keane, Simon Booth
Issue 62
April 1989
On The Cover: Paul Reid - The fashionable piano
Features: Jackie McLean, Henry Threadgill, Sergei Kuryokhin, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Issue 34
December 1986
ON THE COVER: Lester Bowie
FEATURES: Dexter Gordon, Loose Tubes, Val Wilmer, Paul Lytton & Paul Lovens, Branford Marsalis, Frank Zappa, Serge Chaloff
Issue 25
March 1986
ON THE COVER: Courtney Pine
FEATURES: Luciano Berio, George Coleman, Joe Farrell, Paul Motian, Minnie Mouse, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Leslie Thompson, Joe Turner, Lester Young,
Issue 18
August 1985
ON THE COVER: Sonny Rollins
FEATURES: Stanley Gordon, Bobby McFerrin, Tommy Chase
Issue 17
July 1985
ON THE COVER: Ray Charles
FEATURES: Miles & Duke On Record, John Gilmore, Daniel Ponce, Herbie Nichols
Issue 15
May 1985
ON THE COVER: Pat Metheny
FEATURES: George Benson, Derek Bailey, Jim Mullen
Issue 10
December 1984
ON THE COVER: Thelonius Monk
FEATURES: Art Blakey, Hugh Masekela, Alterations, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones)
Issue 9
November 1984
ON THE COVER: The Art Ensemble of Chicago
FEATURES: Trevor Watts, Meredith Monk, Benny Carter, Manu Dibango
Issue 6
March 1984
ON THE COVER: Sun Ra
FEATURES: Alexis Korner, Henry Miller, Lester Young, Philip Glass, Minimal Music, Lee Konitz, Fred Frith, Albert Ayler, Hep Records
Issue 1
May 1982
ON THE COVER: Steve Lacy
FEATURES: Harold Land, Women Live, Scatting & Bopping, Ran Blake, Eric Dolphy, Max Roach, John Stevens, Wynton Marsalis, Camden March '82, Leo Records