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Reviews of DIY, hardcore punk, political, and personal fanzines and punk-adjacent literature from around the world. If you’re a zinester interested in having your publication reviewed, please contact us for our mailing address.
Lower Than Low: An Exercise in No-Budget, DIY Punk Zine-ism
If you’re looking for a glossy, high-production guide to the best punk music in 2026, you’ve arrived at the wrong place. Lower Than Low started as something its authors describe as “one…
Book Review: Dear Smash Hits, We’re From Scotland!
Dear Smash Hits, We’re From Scotland!: An Alternative History of Zines & DIY Music Culture (1975–2025) arrives at a moment when punk history risks collapsing under its own accumulated…
Book Review: Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988 (Expanded Edition)
The original edition of this book about locations in London associated with anarcho-punk came out over a year ago. In this new expanded edition, David Insurrection has added 15 chapters,…
Zine Review: Crash-Test #9
Belgium's Crash-Test’s September 2025 issue (#9, French, 56 pages) takes the “No futur” message of the early punx and turns it upside down to discuss “No(s) futur(s)” . Broadening the…
Zine Review: Strig:Oi! #3
Enshittification is one of those ugly words that perfectly describes an ugly process: when an online platform starts out good for its users, then gradually shifts to serving advertisers,…
Zine Review: Yeastie Girlz Saved My Life (How Punk Made Me Less of an Asshole)
Yeastie Girlz Saved My Life is a pocket-sized zine written by Canadian journalist, podcaster, and antifascist Colin Burrowes. Published in April 2025 by the long-running Portland-based…