Category: News

The Shadow Knows will return in 2026. New articles will be published online soon. A print edition will follow.

While we previously published the print zine first, and then put everything online. This time we’ll do the opposite. Everything will appear online first and then be collected into a print edition.

We’re currently on hiatus and will be back later…

Currently, all of our articles are hosted on Medium. This has allowed us to earn some money when Medium members read our articles, and non-members could also read a few each month before they saw a paywall.

Unfortunately, Medium changed their rules so non-members couldn’t read our articles. To counter this, we have removed our ability to earn any money from our writing for The Shadow Knows on Medium.

This should mean you don’t see a paywall on any of our articles and you can continue to read everything for free.

The fourth issue of our print zine is now available to pre-order and will be shipped out early March. Pre-order now on Bandcamp.

Update 3 March: All copies have been printed and are now shipping.

Our next issue will be out early 2023 rather than this December. We can’t wait to share it with you in the new year.

Our third issue is available to read online now, or to purchase from our store. Inside you’ll find interviews with Oksana Linde, Nicole Willis, Parsley Sound, Rich Thair, and the record labels Buh Records, Bunyip Trax, and Garden Seat, alongside an article on Freddy Logan and The Three Out.

After launching last month, issue #2 of The Shadow Knows is available to purchase in store at  Readings bookstore in Carlton. It’s currently located at the back of the store at their music desk.

Both issue #1 and #2 can also still be purchased from our online store here.

Spread across 40 pages, issue #1 includes interviews with Anika about her new solo work, David Toop on his 1985 book Rap Attack, Mark Daniels of Marden Hill about their lost album, and a look at the career of jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff, and Australia’s record presses. Read it here.

Across 50 pages, issue #2 includes a look at Tony Lawrence the founder of the Harlem Cultural Festival, an interview with 80s rapper B-side, Australian sound artist Philip Samartzis discusses his work in Antarctica, the true story of German record label Marlboro Music, a look at Tom Wilson’s Transition Records, and interviews with Marc of Donut Productions, Astro Sounds Records, and musician Steven Harris. Read it here.

Our second issue is available to read online now, or to purchase from our store. Inside you’ll find interviews with B-Side, Steven Harris, Philip Samartzis, Astro Sounds, alongside articles on Marlboro Music, Tony Lawrence and Transition Records.

You can now buy issue 1 of The Shadow Knows at Readings bookstore in Carlton. You can find it at the music desk at the back of the store, or online via their website.

Issue 2 is currently being finalised and will be available in December.