Filter (magazine)

Filter
The Strokes and Lou Reed on the cover of the Winter 2004 issue of Filter.
EditorPat McGuire
CategoriesMusic magazine
FrequencyFive per year
FoundedJuly 2002 (July 2002)
Final issueJune 2014 (June 2014)
CountryUnited States
Based inLos Angeles
LanguageEnglish
Websitefiltermagazine.com
ISSN1544-2861

Filter (stylized as FILTER), an entertainment magazine on American music, was founded in the summer of 2002.[1] It featured commentary, photos of musicians and filmmakers, actors, writers, and directors. The magazine also included reviews of upcoming albums and DVDs. FILTER's final issue was published in June 2014.

The magazine was published seasonally, five times each year. Typically, it focused on indie music, on occasion covering established artists in long-form interviews.

A variety of individuals collaborated on FILTER, including Alan Miller and Alan Sartirana (the publishers), Pat McGuire (the editor-in-chief), Breanna Murphy (the associate editor), and Melissa Simonian (the layout designer).

The magazine initiated the seasonal festival Culture Collide (hosted by Collide). Miller founded Collide after he founded Filter.[1]

Miller and Sartirana parted ways in 2014. However, Sartirana, McGuire, and Simonian joined with several members of the FILTER staff to found FLOOD magazine, a quarterly entertainment publication.[2]

  1. ^ Zachary Sniderman (May 5, 2010). "Filter". The New York Review of Magazines. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  2. ^ Harley Brown (June 27, 2014). "Filter Magazine Ends Its Run as Co-Founders 'the Alans' Part Ways". Billboard.