MAGGOT BRAIN No. 7

"The Winter 2021/22 issue of Third Man Books & Records’ MAGGOT BRAIN magazine (DEC/JAN/FEB) streets on Dec. 10 and is extra packed with killer stuff. THE FRONT COVER is a gorgeous 1981 backstage photo of LOU REED, subject of a phenomenal feature by former NY Rocker contributor LISA JANE PERSKY.INSIDE you will also find:GRATEFUL DEAD: KURT VILE tries to explain them to none other than TOM SCHARPLINGA special new piece about the making of the Velvet Underground’s LOADEDMYRIAM GENDRON: Track by track guide to her highly anticipated second albumLEE ‘SCRATCH’ PERRY: Reprint of the best feature we ever read about him, by ERIK DAVISKINKE KOOI: Recent works on paperMICHAEL HURLEY: Talks to old friend TARA JANE O'NEIL on Hurley's first studio album in yearsDOUG HENNING: The magician’s radical roots in Canada’s thriving 1970s prog/glam sceneSISTER ROSETTA THARPE: Why she rules so hard, but there’s no need to call her the “godmother of rock 'n' roll” again, thanksGRETCHEN GONZALES DAVIDSON: T