Musica Obscura’s essays straddle genres
Musica Obscura Music fanzine, Adel Souto, 60 pgs, adelsouto.com, $6 Ever consider the emergence of David Bowie in light of […]
Reviews
Pale Red’s music is unassuming but hypnotic
Pale Red Heavy Petting Independent paleredband.bandcamp.com You could say these songs are about relationships, but aren’t all pop songs? Pale […]
‘rib and instep: honey’ hits high notes
rib and instep: honey Chapbook, Rachel Mindell, 28 pgs, above/ground press, abovegroundpress.blogspot.ca, $5 Rachel Mindell’s 18 poems, presented here in […]
‘How to Make an English Exam Interesting’ is gold
How to Make an English Exam Interesting Litzine, Jordan Bolay, The Blasted Tree, theblastedtree.com, $10 Jordan Bolay’s derisively composed glance […]
Hedge’s poetry is arresting
Hedge Chapbook, Alyssa Bridgman, above/ground press, $5 Beginning a chapbook with Pink Floyd lyrics and a bright lime-green doesn’t tell me […]
‘Feast of Fields’ is an ethereal and unique visual experience
Feast of Fields Sean Karemaker, 140 pgs, Conundrum Press, conundrumpress.com, $18 It has to be said: I’ve never seen anything […]
‘VII’ will have you nostalgic for your Cartoon Network childhood
VII Thom, 160 pgs, Pow Pow Press, powpowpress.com, $22.95 Sign me up for an animated short of Thom’s first novel, […]
‘Are You My Home?’ is a relatable story shared bravely
Are You My Home? Zine, Rachel Jackson, 16 pgs, [email protected] There are houses and there are homes. There are also […]
‘Woman World’ is a deliciously funny read
Woman World Aminder Dhaliwal, 256 pgs, Drawn & Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $29.95 Men have gone extinct. Now what? Aminder Dhaliwal fleshes […]
‘The Butcher’ zine excels in its use of collage, especially imagery
The Butcher Zine, The Butcher (Rozali Telbis), 10 pgs, [email protected], $3 The inaugural issue of The Butcher, an eponymous, full-colour […]
‘Gary’ is just a guy stumbling through life like the rest of us
Gary:King of The Pickup Artists Alexandre Simard & Luc Bossé, 151 pgs, Pow Pow Press, powpowpress.com, $22.95 Don’t let the […]
‘Welcome to the Daily Life of Tabistacs’ is an open invitation to revisit the ordinary
Welcome to the Daily Life of Tabistacs Comic zine, Stacy Lee Daily life is far from monotonous in Stacy Lee’s […]