Winter 2011 issue of a periodic journal of arts and culture. Includes interviews with Michael Gira of Swans, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, Greg Tate and Jared Michael Nickerson of Burnt Sugar; a round-table discussion of North American black metal; and essays on improvising guitarist Morgan Craft, pianist Cecil Taylor, the nature of time in music, and the movie Two-Lane Blacktop.