Here, in the Halifax scene report I learn about the Moncton based Tara and various other personages of alterno-rock East Coast scene worship. Why don’t music zines try harder to encompass some of the tenets of exploratory writing? Much of their content is based on reiterating assumed cultural precepts (everyone loves Sloan, for instance). An interview with Poledo, a goodbye homage to Eric’s Trip, it’s like eating sherbet in between courses — a generic clearing of the palate and we resume our travels through zine-land.
zine / #1, 34 pages / $2 / 11 Leslie St., London, ON N6H 2J1