‘Sleepwalking’ captures honest small town struggles
Sleepwalking Lauren Monger, 26 pgs, Silver Sprocket, silversprocket.net, $5 One of the most striking things about following these anthropomorphic, aimless […]
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Fiction: A Flight of Planetary Fancy
Bats slammed into lockers, cleats scraped the floor, and frothy spittle stained the walls. An influx of uniformed combatants filed […]
‘Taxi! Stories from the Backseat’ is an homage to the taxi driver in the age of Uber
Taxi! Stories from the Backseat Aimée de Jongh, 100 pgs, Conundrum Press, conundrumpress.com, $17 Simple, but effective, Dutch cartoonist Aimée […]
Small Press Virus Check-in #1: Coach House Books
Independent publishers have been hard-pressed these past four months. Closed bookstores, little media attention, a distracted public, Amazon’s new hostility […]
You’ll find nothing but friendly invitations in ‘The Truth About Facts’
The Truth About Facts Bart Vatour, 96 pgs, Invisible Publishing, invisiblepublishing.com, $17.95 While encyclopedias were once revered compendia of knowledge, […]
Small Press Virus Check-in
Independent publishers have been hard-pressed these past four months. Closed bookstores, little media attention, a distracted public, Amazon’s new hostility […]
‘ROMANS/SNOWMARE’ resonates with a love of language and experiment
ROMANS/SNOWMARE Cam Scott, 104 pgs, ARP, arpbooks.org, $17 Poet, critic, and self-described “non-musician” Cam Scott’s first full-length collection articulates a […]
‘What About Tomorrow?’ is an engaging account of Russian punks through the ages
What About Tomorrow? An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot Alexander Herbert, 287 pgs, […]
Deadbeat Beat’s ‘How Far’ is musically varied and lyrically congruous
Deadbeat Beat How Far Arrowhawk Records arrowhawkrecords.com It’s probably not entirely kosher to compare an American band — this is […]
Sylvia Wrath delivers customary pop introspection in ‘really big picture’
Sylvia Wrath really big picture Independent sylviawrath.bandcamp.com The second EP from this Vancouver trio — there’s an Oklahoma punk band […]
Zine Philosophy: Zines Across Prison Walls
The prison system relies on the default assumption that our collective safety hinges on exiling certain people from society and […]
‘ISITSIIPOTAAKO’ is ethereal, sinister, and one of a kind
Various Artists ISITSIIPOTAAKO Indigenous Resilience In Music, indigenousresilienceinmusic.bandcamp.com This inaugural release from the Indigenous Resilience In Music imprint is a […]