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Interview: Matt Carter, Author and Poet

Photo courtesy of the author. We caught up with poet Matt Carter, featured in Earth Island Books' Ten Poets #3,…

1 month ago

“I Am Already Hearing Sounds” by Tilman Dominka (Earth Island Books)

Within the global DIY punk rock subculture, visual documentation has always held a status far beyond promotional material or casual…

1 month ago

Interview: Andrea Janov, Author and Poet

Photo courtesy of the Andrea Janov We recently caught up with punk rock poet Andrea Janov, featured in the latest…

1 month ago

Interview: Michael Bamber, Author and Poet

Photo courtesy of Michael Bamber Earth Island Books recently published the third volume of their Ten Poets collection, featuring an…

1 month ago

John Carpenter’s Debut Graphic Novel CATHEDRAL Out Now; New Single “Revenge” Appears On The CATHEDRAL Album Out August 7th

Daniel Davies, Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter / Photo by Sophie Gransard A brand new terror is emerging from the shadows…

2 months ago

“The Dead Milkmen” by Tyler Sonnichsen (J-Card Press)

Punk rock has always been deeply obsessed with its own self-imposed rules, which is highly ironic for a subculture theoretically…

3 months ago

“Hardcore Horror” by Various Authors (Earth Island Books)

There is an annoying tendency of mainstream publishing to examine underground subcultures through a highly distorted, sanitized, and ultimately inauthentic…

3 months ago

Punk At Sea: A Rebellion Festival Photo Book by Michiel Blijboom

The underground punk rock and hardcore scene has always been about much more than just three chords, a distortion pedal,…

3 months ago

“The Underground In China: Metal, Punk, Hardcore And Noise 2013–2021” by Ryan Dyer (Earth Island Books)

The global underground music map is incredibly vast, yet Western listeners frequently suffer from a severe case of tunnel vision.…

4 months ago

Earth Island Books To Release Third Volume Of “Ten Poets” Poetry Collection

This is the third book of the Ten Poets series, and once again serves as a wonderful introduction to the…

4 months ago

“Reston Hardcore: An Oral History Of Jam For Man And Beyond” by Andy Keiler (Earth Island Books)

If there is one thing that twenty-five years of navigating the underground music scene has taught me, it is that…

6 months ago

Anarcho-Punk: Music And Resistance In London 1977–1988 (Expanded Edition) By David Insurrection (Earth Island Books)

The history of punk rock is too often reduced to a handful of marketable fashion statements and the same three…

6 months ago