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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.
Zine Review: The Coldest #2
The Baldies were a skinhead crew that surfaced in Minneapolis during the 1980s. They were initially just a bunch of multiracial working-class youths drawn to skinhead culture through the…
Zine Review: Karton #13
Karton is a zine about "alternative music, DIY, and piracy" that started in October 2019 among the members of Krav Boca, a rave/hip-hop/punk band based in Toulouse, but constantly wandering…
Zine Review: Love Letters From the Polish Punk Scene in the 80s
It looks like the interest in the Polish punk scene from the '80s is making a bit of a comeback these days. A big part of this resurgence is thanks to labels like Warsaw Pact Records…
Zine Review: Strig:Oi! #2
A year after its initial launch, the unholy Greater Wallachian scrolls known as Strig:Oi! fanzine have made a triumphant return with their second edition! The debut issue was quite…
Zine Review: XVX Zine #4
My interest in straight edge zines goes back a long way, especially those that blossomed when I first got into the music and subculture. Vegan straight edge zines, in particular, have…
Zine Review: Strig:Oi! #1
Hailing from the Greater Wallachia region in Romania, Strig:Oi! is a new publication born from the ashes of the long-running No Bollox, Just Oi! fanzine. I remember being in contact with its…
Fanzine Punx: rubberXhead & 3 More DIY Zines from Germany
Hello, there! My name is xbröselx (he/him/any) and I come from the German city of Leipzig. When I began listening to punk music I was 15 years old and lived in a really small village called…
Zine Review: At Home #3
I love reading Ian MacKaye interviews. Regarded to be one of the most important figureheads on the development of hardcore punk underground in the United States, Ian is also one of the…
Zine Review: Hardcore Mutation #1
Do you remember when distros did mini catalogs that would progressively turn into kick-ass zines?
Hardcore Mutation Distro from Athens still remembers and has produced one of the…
Zine Review: NO FUSS #1
The first issues of zines are always an interesting proposition; presumably after weeks, months or even years of toiling with an idea or desire to write about something, everything…
New Zine: Artcore Fanzine #41 (with Stukas Over Bedrock 7″)
Artcore is always worth reading for the reviews section alone. I have said many times that Welly Artcore is hands down the best reviewer in punk. He has a hilarious turn of phrase and is…
Zine Review: From Within Records Fanzine #1-6
Florida based hardcore label From Within Records has worked with bands like Worn, Gridiron, Payback, Pain of Truth, Shackled, Despize, Statement of Pride, and many others.
Carter Holmes…