Perfect Sound Forever

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The longest running music magazine on the Net (and one of the first ones also), birthed way back in 1993- you can find us online at perfectsoundforever.com

Our magazine has been featured in CBS-TV's 'Wild Wild Web', Web Guide magazine (5-star rating), Rough Guides, Pseudo Radio, Richie Unterberger's 'Unknown Legends of Rock'n'Roll' (Miller Freeman). We've also had our work published in 'Coffeehouse: Writings from the Web' (Manning). Our articles have been reprinted at a number of sites online and offline in English, French, Spanish and Czech. PSF has been featured in the HUB at America Online as a 'hot spot.' Our articles and magazine have been cited in the New York Times, Spin, the Village Voice, Mojo, the Chicago Reader and Macromusic.

original articles by: Robert Christgau, Simon Reynolds, Dave Marsh, Jim DeRogatis, David Toop, Richie Unterburger, Richard Meltzer, Lester Bangs, John Sinclair, Holger Czukay, Colin Newman (Wire), Robert Sietsama, Chris Cutler, Scott Colburn (Sun City Girls), Jimmy McDonough

literature by: Camden Joy, Lydia Lunch, Tuli Kupferberg, DJ Spooky, Richard Hell, John Fahey, Moondog, Paul Williams

INTERVIEWS: Acid Mothers Temple, John Acquaviva, King Sunny Ade, Afrika Bambaataa, Terry Allen, Aphex Twin, Angry Somoans, Ron Asheton (Stooges), Robert Ashley, Archers of Loaf, Kevin Ayers, Milton Babbitt, Devandra Banhart, Lester Bangs, David Behrman, Tim Berne, Bevis Frond, Big Star, Martin Bisi, Carla Bley, Rory Block, Borbetomagus, Bratmobile, Burning Spear, John Cale, Can, Neko Case, Exene Cervenka (X), Chuck D (Public Enemy), Clinic, Cockney Rebel, Coldcut, Shirley Collins, Copernicus, Kevin Coyne, Chris Cutler, Delta Rhythm Boys, Jim Dicksinson, the Dictators, Die Kreuzen, John Doe (X), Bob Drake, Drive-By Truckers, Iancu Dumitrescu, Einsturzende Neubauten, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Essential Logic (Lora Logic), The Ex, John Fahey, the Fall, Mick Farren (Deviants), Larry Fast (Synergy), the Feelies, Flamin' Groovies, Foetus, Robert Fripp, Fred Frith, The Fugs, Kyle Gann, Gang of Four, Michael Gira (Young God/Swans), Milford Graves, The Grifters, David Grubbs, Half Japanese, Tom T. Hall, Butch Hancock, Jon Hassell, Richard Hell, Pierre Henry, Peter Holsapple (dB's), William Hooker, Michael Hurley, Ryoji Ikeda, Incredible String Band (Robin Williamson), Joseph Jarman, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Phillip Johnston, Joy of Cooking, Lenny Kaye, Tim Kerr (Big Boys), Kid Koala, Kleenex/Liliput, the Last Poets, Bill Laswell, Legendary Pink Dots, Keith Levene (Public Image Ltd), Lene Lovich, Alan Licht, Arto Lindsay, Richard Lloyd (Television), Alvin Lucier, Lydia Lunch, Magma, Barbara Manning, Teo Macero, Ian MacKaye (Fugazi), Bryan MacLean (Love), Michael Mantler, Martha and the Muffins, Christian Marclay, Greil Marcus, Carolyne Mas, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Matmos, Albert Laysles (Gimme Shelter director), MC5, the Mekons, Merzbow, Scott Miller (Loud Family/Game Theory), Roscoe Mitchell, Moby, Robert Moog, Moondog, Ikue Mori, Toshimaru Nakamura, Negativland, Colin Newman (Wire), Babatunde Olatunji, the Orb, Jim O'Rourke, Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Charlemagne Palestine, Graham Parker, Stephen Pastel (the Pastels), Mark Perry (Sniffin Glue/Alternative TV), Pere Ubu, Martin Phillipps (The Chills), Plastikman, Pretty Things, Pylon, Question Mark (? & the Mysterians), Robert Quine, Steve Reich, the Residents, Simon Reynolds, Reynols, Terry Riley, Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Cluster), John Storm Roberts (Original Music), Michael Rother (Neu!), Royal Trux, Frederic Rzewski, Saccharine Trust, Kevin Saunderson, Sebadoh, Klaus Schulze, Paul Schutze, Scientists, Seefeel, Matthew Shipp, Shoes, Shonen Knife, Jane Siberry, Irwin Silber (Sing Out), Silver Apples, Silver Jews, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, DJ Spooky, Spring Heel Jack, Squarepusher, Peter Stampfel (Holy Modal Rounders), Hubert Sumlin, Supergrass, Swamp Dogg, Howard Tate, Cecil Taylor, Deniz Tek, Terre Thaemlitz, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, David Toop, Maureen Tucker, Geoff Travis (Rough Trade), James 'Blood' Ulmer, u-Ziq, Uz Jsme Doma, Caetano Veloso, Loudon Wainwright III, Larry Wallis (Pink Fairies), David S. Ware, Mike Watt, Wild Magnolias, Andre Williams, Christian Wolff, Link Wray, Robert Wyatt, Yo La Tengo, Otomo Yoshihide, Doug Yule (Velvet Underground)

TRIBUTES: Amon Duul, Barclay James Harvest, Syd Barrett, Beau Bummels, The Birthday Party, the Blasters, Blue Cheer, Boredoms, Herman Brood, Jon Brion, Peter Brotzmann, Tim Buckley, Butchies, Buzzcocks, Uri Caine, John Cale, Can, Ralph Carney, Chelsea, Don Cherry, Alex Chiton, Kurt Cobain, Alice Cooper, Kevin Coyne, Crack the Sky, Culture/Joseph Hill, Rick Danko, Ivor Darreg, Miles Davis, Delaney & Bonnie, Destory All Monsters, Didjits, Dumptruck, ECM Records, Hanns Eisler, The Embarrassment, Brian Eno, Roky Erickson, Exuma, Father Yod, Felt, Firewater, Flesheaters, Bill Frissell, Funkadelic, Ganelin Trio, Geraldine Fibbers, the Godz, Bernhard Guenter, Gun Club, Keiji Haino, Charles Hayward, Herbie Hancock, Henry Cow, Joe Higgs, Robin Holcomb, Howlin' Wolf, Huun-Huur-Tu, The Incredible String Band, The Insect Trust, Iron Butterfly, Jandek, Jewelled Antler, Oum Kalthoum, Jeff Kelly, Jack Kerouac, Killing Joke, Junior Kimbrough, The Kinks, Steve Lacy, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, John Lennon, Alan Lomax, Lene Lovich, Madonna, Man Or Astroman?, Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval, Metallica, Modern Lovers, Charlie Mingus, Minutemen, Mission of Burma, The Monks, Ennio Morricone, Mr. Bungle, My Bloody Valentine, Conlon Nancarrow, Napalm Death, Neu!, Fred Neil, Olivia Newton-John, Nomeansno, Laura Nyro, Phil Ochs, 101 Strings, John Otway, Evan Parker, Graham Parker, Gram Parsons, Harry Partch, Pavement, Johnny Paycheck, Plastic People of the Universe, The Pogues, The Pop Group, Bud Powell, John Prine, PJ Proby, Rage Against the Machine, Revenant Records, Marc Ribot, Amy Rigby, Rocket from the Tomb, the Runaways, the Saints, Savage Republic, Scritti Politti, Selena, Sex Pistols, Frank Sinatra, Harry Smith, Soft Machine, Phil Spector, SRC, Alison Steele, Gary Stewart, Karlheinz Stockhausen, the Stooges, Subway Sect, Swell Maps, Sun City Girls, Sun Ra, Hound Dog Taylor, Television Personalities, Richard Thompson, Henry Threadgill, Triffids, the Urinals, Urge Overkill, U.S. Maple, Van Der Graaf Generator, Townes Van Zandt, Vulgar Boatmen, Bunny Wailer, Paul Westerberg, Victoria Williams, Sonny Boy Williamson, Carl Wilson, Iannis Xenakis, Neil Young, Tom Ze

Guitarist Marc Ribot at NYC's city hall, protesting the lack of club space for avant-music