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, […]
Reviews
‘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 […]
‘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 […]
‘Plummet’ explores how to survive if the world was literally turned upside down
Plummet Sherwin Tjia, 160 pgs, Conundrum Press, conundrumpress.com, $20 I’m sure we’ve all had nightmares of falling from a great […]
‘Frame of Mind’ provides a female-centric perspective on underground rock music
Frame of Mind: Punk Photos and Essays from Washington, DC, and Beyond, 1997–2017 Antonia Tricarico, 176 pgs, Akashic Books, akashicbooks.com, […]
Mercedes Killeen wants to lie with her thoughts naked in ‘tulips’
tulips Chapbook, Mercedes Killeen, 16 pgs, Grey Borders Books, greyborders.com, $4 “I want to lie with my thoughts naked,” writes […]
Sexual symbolism and subliminal messages in ‘Ripe’
Ripe Litzine, Anchor and Star, 20 pgs, Anchor_and_Star, $5 The best way I can describe this erotic litzine is that […]
‘Chronicles [Letter Number Two of Six]’ leaves the reader with letters addressed to an unnamed “you”
Chronicles [Letter Number Two of Six] Litzine, Crash Reynolds, 8 pgs, utopiabycrash.etsy.com @indeliblecrash, $2.50 If there was a Zine Award […]
‘Bad Blood’ is a chapbook for the thoughtful punk
Bad Blood Chapbook, Dalton Derkson, 16 pgs, d13d.storenvy.com, $5 Dalton Derkson’s preoccupation with 1980s WWF wrestling weaves a stabilizing thread […]