It’s been a while coming but the latest issue of Mark
Hynds’s Subbaculture has been worth the wait. As always, it’s intelligently written,
thought-provoking, inspiring and imaginatively designed. Although Subbaculture’s
remit is a multitude of street styles it’s the enduring Mod one which takes
centre-stage.
There’s a two-part Routes Out Of The Mod Revival feature:
one taking the paisley path, the other heading down the strict purist road as captured through the lens of Paul Hallam; author
Jason Brummell gives an interesting insight into the world of independent
publishing; Peter Jachimiak takes a look at the British art scene of the 50s
and 60 with one eye on their sartorial get-up; and the film version of Absolute
Beginners is given a reappraisal (so much so I’m going to have to watch it
again as my opinion may have changed since I, as a know-all teenager wrapped up
in the Colin MacInnes novel, dismissed it as inauthentic 80s rubbish when I saw it for the
only time in 1986).
The case for 1980 being music crowning glory is food for
thought; there’s an extract from Mr. Brummell’s forthcoming novel; and,
although it feels a little tacked-on, Jeff Hately from the band Wolfesbane
offers his thoughts from a metal/punk point of view.
Best mag out there. They won't be around long so look sharp, get yours here.
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