About Us

XLR8R (pronounced "accelerator") is a magazine and website that covers music, culture, style, and technology. It was founded as a newsprint 'zine in 1993 by publisher Andrew Smith in Seattle; the magazine currently has offices in San Francisco and New York. While XLR8R’s initial focus was on electronic music, it has over the years widened its scope to include indie rock, hip-hop, and reggae/dancehall music as well as related trends in style, art, fashion, and technology.

XLR8R is published six times per year and distributed internationally. Special issues include a Music Technology issue, a year-end "Best Of" issue, and an entire issue devoted to the music scene of a particular city (Berlin, San Francisco, L.A., Chicago, New York, etc.).

Standout features of the publication include Audiofile, a collection of short pieces on up-and-coming musicians; Machines, a section devoted to technology (reviews, recording techniques of various artists, etc.); and Vis-Ed, a showcase of emerging illustrators, photographers, and designers. Each issue traditionally has hundreds of reviews of various albums, singles, compilations, books, and DVDs.

XLR8R’s website, XLR8R.com, features breaking music and culture news as well as music videos and free MP3 downloads and weekly podcasts. Additionally, back issues of the print magazine are accessible from 2003 to the present as downloadable PDFs.

In March 2007, XLR8R launched XLR8R TV, a weekly internet TV show hosted by Revision3. Every Tuesday, the show goes behind the scenes with the groundbreaking musicians, artists and scenes covered in the pages of XLR8R magazine.

BUSINESS
Publisher/Editor In Chief Andrew Smith
Advertising Manager Ethan Holben
Accounting and Circulation Manager Sally Mundy

EDITORIAL
Editor Ken Taylor
Managing Editor Shawn Reynaldo
XLR8R TV Producer Kerry McLaughlin
XLR8R Editorial Interns Patric Fallon, James Jano, Thomas Rees

CREATIVE
Creative Director Tim Saputo

CITY GUIDE
City Guide Editor Vivian Host
City Guide Photographers Maddy Burke, Peter Frank, Carol Gillard, Andrew Harrison, James Jano, Ariana Paoletti, Wes Winship

MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
Site Development Scott Bulua
Mobile Application Development Five Mobile

ADVERTISING INQUIRIES
Contact Ethan Holben at 212-226-4553 or request a rate card and media kit.

PRINT DISTRIBUTION
Newsstand: Circulation managed by Curtis Circulation.
Subscriptions: To buy a subscription online, click here. To buy a subscription via mail, send a check payable to XLR8R Magazine to the address below, attn: Subscriptions. Rates are USA 1-Year $20, USA 2-year $35, Canada 1-Year $40, Canada 2-Year $80, International 1-Year $50, International 2-Year $100. For inquiries please contact our subscription department via email or call 415-861-7583 x208.

SAN FRANCISCO MAIN HQ.
XLR8R Magazine
3180 18th St, Suite 207
San Francisco, CA 94110
phone 415.861.7583
fax 415.861.7584