THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. THE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL ISSUES WILL BE DELIVERED IN MAY. Rantipole #1 is coming, and it's packed! 132+ pages of high-quality music journalism, criticism, fiction, art, and photos! In the first issue of Rantipole, we have a 16-page cover story on cult band Curling: a cross-continental partnership between Bernie Gelman (US) and Jojo Brandel (Japan) that has endured for a decade and a half to create some of the most forward-thinking rock music of the modern era. Additionally, we have extensive interviews with glass beach, Cheem and Pacing, alongside substantial multi-page features on anti-Zionist experimental rapper/producer Snotnoze Saleem, Buice and Atlanta's burgeoning Freakcore scene, Kansai's rising "neo neo-acoustic" band Nagakumo, legendary pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn, and a scene report on the queer punk of Iowa City and OKC and how fans and musicians organized to help strike down bigoted legislation. Rantipole #1 also marks the beginning of serialization for 'Cumulo Ossium,' a novel about a cloud-based "immortal dystopia" where Ascended humans (Transients) enslave an artificially-created race called Generates in a brutal, stagnate cycle where death is elusive but pain is eternal. We'll also have an original comic spread from artist Max Oakland titled 'The Landfill,' as well as 40 longform record reviews on: bl4ck m4rket c4rt Bullion Carpool Casual Technicians Frances Chang Chemtrails Bob Cummins Jr. d'Lakes Ekko Astral Elephant Gym Randal Fisher & Dexter Story Fried by Fluoride Friko Frog HEKKA Landowner Liquid Mike Local Rabbits Marching Band Mengers & Progreso Nacional Mythical Motors The Phantom's Revenge Powerwasher Cecily Renns Lily Seabird R.E. Seraphin Jackie Simons Someplace to Hide/Damezumari/Steeples SPLITT SPRINTS Billy Tibbals Mary Timony Rosali Rosie Tucker Turbo Pastel Samantha Urbani Vermisst Aaron West & the Roaring Twenties Westelaken youra