Issue #20

Maggot Brain is a full-color, quarterly magazine edited by noted Detroit scribe Mike McGonigal: 100+ pages packed with phenomenal content – art, music, literature, unpublished archival material, and more – with a simple promise to only exist on the printed page. CONTENTS WE ARE SO STOKED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, W/ DEVO ON THE COVER + SO MUCH MORE INSIDE DEVO – a comprehensive feature by Autin, 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.  PLUS - 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.’ - One of our favorite writers on one of our favorite bands?! Yes please: 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. - We are treated to 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 one of our recent musical obsessions, “Talking jazz, prog, and Seinfeld with power-pop upstart 2nd Grade,” by Dan Weiss.