Caltrops Press
Fuck the noise. Get off the internet.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 142 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 13 days ago |
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OUT NOW: Catch Us Before We Fall Off
The day is finally here! Catch Us Before We Fall Off: a [ch]oral history of anticon. (Volumes 1 & 2) are available for purchase.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS REVEAL: Catch Us Before We Fall Off
Volume 1 and Volume 2 chapter titles.
And here’s a sneak peek of select chapter contents.
Release date: September 29, 2026
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COVER REVEAL: Catch Us Before We Fall Off
Cover paintings by the incomparable Aaron Horkey [a.k.a. abuse]
The cover paintings are from the same period of time that abuse did the Hip-Hop Music for the Advanced Listener and Music for the Advancement of Hip Hop compilations. The...
BOOK RELEASE: Catch Us Before We Fall Off
Spanning two exhaustively researched and stylistically composed volumes, Catch Us Before We Fall Off: a [ch]oral history of anticon. is an audacious document of a pivotal moment in hip-hop history.
Release date: September 29, 2026.
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Caltrops Issue 30
CALTROPS ISSUE 30
ELUCID W[h]ending His Way: “I Guess U Had To Be There”
all photographs by E. Fortson
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CALTROPS PRESS is writing about rap muse-sick & “art” & litter-ature & infinite texts from an insurrectionist perspective. Insurgent music journalism that isn’t music journalism. Fuck the noise, and get off the internet.
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