Issue #1 takes an in-depth look at artist-run spaces. Contents include:

• an extended article about the state of DIY, artist-run performance space in New York City, written by Jesse Rifkin (owner, Walk on the Wild Side tours & author, This Must Be the Place: Music, Community and Vanished Spaces in New York City)

• an introduction to the River Church, a converted church cum in upstate New York, where the band Pegg made their debut album with producer Bartees Strange

• Is Not Listening, a selection of what's been spinning on our collective's individual turntables and phones over the past few months