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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…
Zine Review: Papercore #13
The international DIY punk community suffered a devastating blow this past week with the sudden passing of Bill Chamberlain. Bill was one of the kindest, most genuine people I’ve ever…
Zine Review: Uncut Reality #2
Balkan grindcore professor Žarko Gladić returns with the second issue of his zine Uncut Reality. It’s been a long wait since the 2018 debut, but here’s another hefty volume to satisfy your…
Zine Review: Women of Noise #2
Women of Noise is a breath of fresh air that is here to remind you that noise and experimental music is a scene, created to be diverse, inclusive, and open to anyone no matter their skill…
Zine Review: Untitled #6
I discovered Untitled zine a few months ago at a local ambient/noise show hosted by Amek Collective. The Amek crew is known for their refined and selective taste, not just in the eclectic…
Zine Review: German Compliment #8
You know how in the Watchmen Dr. Manhattan gets his ass to Mars to contemplate humanity and ends up giving on the world because he got dumped? That’s sort of how everything might feel at the…
Zine Review: Immortal Weapon #5
Immortal Weapon is a straight edge hardcore fanzine that debuted in 2023. Though it appears to be digitally produced, the layout and content is a total worship of '90s straight edge zines,…