Fat City #7 / $4.50 / Full-Sized / 80 Pages / PO Box 120196, Boston, MA 02112 / http://www.fatcityrockers.com / [email protected] / I wasn’t really expecting much from Fat City when I received it in the mail, being all glossy and with a picture of a female holding eir’s breast. However, when I actually got around to reading the magazine, there are some pieces that probably rank right up there…
Los Angeles, CA’s THE GHOST INSIDE has set an April 15th release date for their debut album ‘Fury and the Fallen Ones’ through Mediaskare Records. Recorded in Oakland, CA with producer Zack Ohren (As Blood Runs Black, First Blood), ‘Fury and the Fallen Ones’ features 12 tracks of hardcore inspired metal that is fast and in your face; three of those tracks “Faith Or Forgivenessâ€, “Destinedâ€, and “Provoke†can be…
The Fool #3 / Half Sized / 16 Pages / Free? / [email protected] A small zine, which still remarkably tells me a lot about the author, The Fool #3 shows someone that is still working everything out in eir’s life. While ey is against uses of gay and retarded to describe things (showing a somewhat enlightened outlook), ey still uses the terms good and bad guy. While individuals may say…
Eric traded with me. I don’t knowe what issue I sent him, but I really like this zine. There are no pictures in it, though! The whoel zine, aside from a few pages at the end, is a discussion of Eric’s weekend at Beantown Zinetown. While I am one of the people that like divisions or distractions between pieces, Fish With Legs has a wonderful writing style that one just…
A Fine Idea At the Time / Fourth-Sized / 16 Pages / [email protected] / PO Box 210814, Nashville, TN 37221 / This zine is absolutely perfect. Not too much information on each page, and a scratching of the surface of a younger individual who finds out that ey might be pregnant. Ey’s period is late, and various other factors contribute to this worry. This zine discusses in detail this individuals’…
 Boston-based band, Dispatch, will release to DVD “Dispatch: Zimbabwe – Live at Madison Square Gardenâ€, a concert film exploring the trio’s on-going efforts to raise money for the frightening situation in Zimbabwe. Set for a January 29, 2008 DVD release through self-owned Bomber Records (in partnership with AEG Network Live and VDI Entertainment), “Dispatch: Zimbabwe – Live at Madison Square Garden“ was directed by renowned photographer Danny Clinch and…
* Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost streaming at ThePunkSite.com * 6-week U.S. Tour routed for March – April Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost, the new record from Brooklyn N.Y. / Easton, P.A. duo Slingshot Dakota is now streaming at ThePunkSite.com. The full-album stream will only be available through January 27th; go here to check it out.
 PIERCE THE VEIL wrapped up a year of constant touring in 2007 and show no signs of slowing down as they kick off 2008 with tour plans that extend through the end of the summer. With a workload like this, it’s easy to see why Alternative Press has recently named PIERCE THE VEIL one of the 100 Bands To Know In ’08.
The Fall of Convention #1/ $1 / 5.25 by 7 / 12 Pages / [email protected] / 2020 Nicollet Ave. So. #227, Minneapolis, MN 55404 /Â This was the other piece of material that I received from Gerald at AMC 2003, and this is even less substantive than Afunctional #1. This does not mean it is bad, just really short on content. With this issue, which seems to point to being…
                                               The boys from Seattle have announced their first dates of 2008. The band wrapped up 2007 after dazzling audiences worldwide on the International Taste Of Chaos tour, and are set to return to the States headlining “The World By Storm†Tour. Promoting their latest hit album, Conviction, AIDEN promises to deliver and astounding live set that is sure to assault all the senses. Joining the assault…
