MELISMA | FALL 2012 | CONTENTS
LIVE SHOWS
4
GZA & KILLER MIKE
By Kerry Herlihy
6
EL TEN ELEVEN
By Max Bennett
7
WHY?
By Joey Dalla-Betta
8
FLYING LOTUS
By Eric Peterson
FEATURES
10 FALL 2012 VOLUME 10.0 ON THE COVER
Jamie of Beach Cops’ bloodied guitar.
CREATIVE RESISTANCE: JAY REATARD IN RETROSPECT
THE THING ABOUT SHOOTING SHOWS
By Devin Ivy
15
HOW TO BUILD A WORLD IN 25 SECONDS, HOW TO BUILD A WORLD IN 25 YEARS
By Craig Dathe
21
CRAFT BEER IN BOSTON: HERALDS OF A NEW BREW
By Jordan Sisel
INTERVIEWS
28
BEACH COPS
33
ANDREW BERMAN
34
SAM CANTOR
38
MAEVE BELL-THORNTON
By Molly Wallace
By Scott Sugarman
By Molly Wallace
By Molly Wallace
By Stephen Janick
14
22
REVIEWS
42
DEATH GRIPS
NO LOVE DEEP WEB By Andrew Garsetti
43
HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS_
An Omen EP By Jasper Ryden
44 Babel
MUMFORD & SONS
By Mitch Mosk
FOLK MUSIC’S BACK & STRUMMING
By Lauren Witte
45
3
KENDRICK LAMAR
good kid, m.A.A.d city By Jasper Ryden
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