Self-Titled Mag Gives the Pen Back to the Artist

It's been several years since 'Devil In the Woods' printed its last issue, but the online offspring, 'Self-Titled,' has been thriving wonderfully in the developing Digital Age. The former always teetered along the line between "'zine" and "magazine" because its size was comparable to larger, more lucrative pubs but its style and content were much more authentic and varied in personality like that of the late '90s DIY culture.



Self-Titled publishes its issues online, but also includes a heaping assortment of interesting angles on new (and old/loved) music that is worth keeping up with on a daily basis. One of my favorites is its 2009 In Review feature, which has members of other projects discuss their favorite records. I was pleased to see Ben Frost as a discussion topic because 'By The Throat' is such an odd, odd, odd but intriguing album. It reminds me of Satanstornade. 'Throat' made its way on to Resident Advisor's top albums for 2009 as well.

Also, on a complete side-note, that DJ Sprinkles record, which is up at #1 on that same RA list, is fucking brilliant! Do yourself a favor and get a hold of it immediately. Especially if you are not familiar with house music and watch MTV's Jersey Shore...