Maggot Brain – Maggot Brain #20 (Spring 2025) BK

"On the cover: DEVO -- a comprehensive feature by Austin, TX-based music writer Joe Gross on why DEVO matters -- today more than ever, as cultural, political, and spiritual devolution seems to be the way of the world. The piece is perfectly illustrated with ephemera, buttons, t-shirts, and more. A conversation with Irvin Weathersby, Jr. by Sonya Lea on the occasion of the publication of his book In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art & Public Space. Sydney Salk talks to Horsegirl about their seemingly effortless garage-motorik sound. Leaders of the Pack: On the transformation of the Shangri-Las from clean-cut girl group to motorcycle street urchins, by Lisa MacKinney. Gorgeous images by Imam Sucahyo, a self-taught artist born in Tuban, East Java, 1978, with illuminating words by Randall Morris. A great piece about a recent musical obsessions, 'Talking jazz, prog, and Seinfeld with power-pop upstart 2nd Grade,' by Dan Weiss."