Razorcake #11 – For a zine that seems to be one that fits into the Maximumrocknroll/Flipside mold, Razorcake has content that will let you read and read without getting tired. The material in the magazine has so much more personality and flavor than any of the other major zines, with pieces including a pseudo tour diary, a trip to the Rikki Lake show, and much else. The first half of the zine reads more like a perzine than a typical glossy “punk†zine, and even the typical interviews read more easily than the dry ones encountered in countless other zines. Also, having a Nardwuar interview should increase the stock of your zine by seven or eight times. However, just like many of the glossies I’ve encountered, the set-up of the zine is personal pieces followed by many interviews and reviews end it. I think that if things weren’t so rigidly constructed in this magazine, the chance that someone would actually get through it on their first reading would be much higher. Otherwise, Razorcake is a zine people should look out for, as it can entertain more thoroughly than Punk Planet, MRR, or any of those other zines.
John Sargeant, writing on NeuFutur as Sargeant, is the founder and editor-in-chief of NeuFutur Magazine, where he has covered independent music, PC hardware, consumer tech, and gaming culture since 1998. With over 25 years of continuous digital publishing experience, he has written thousands of hands-on game and record reviews, conducted in-depth hardware field testing, and analyzed digital media monetization trends. His work prioritizes first-hand evaluation and long-term product testing.
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