Jawbreaker: A Hard, Sweet Time-Capsule of Punk’s Troubled Adolescence
Brian Howe12.04.12
Looking back through Jawbreaker’s discography, Brian Howe rediscovers how he became a fan and the allure of the band’s 20th anniversary reissue of Bivouac.
Updated: Ben Mirov’s Hider Roser
Laura Carter11.19.12
From world darkness to The Purloined Letter, Laura Carter leads us through Ben Mirov’s Hider Roser.
Moving Picture Show
Bradford Nordeen10.15.12
Bradford Nordeen brings together high- and low-brow offerings for the Laterna Magica set: new work by avant garde filmmaker Michael Robinson & and 2012’s TV indulgence Revenge. Get stuck in.
The Silent History
Casey McKinney10.10.12
In which Fanzine talks to Eli Horowitz about his new serial/digital book/app project/thing. Mystery! Suspense! What is this hybrid form? What’s wrong with these fictional children? Casey McKinney investigates.
Swans: the Seer
Thomas Moore09.16.12
Thomas Moore rides out the dark wave of Swans’ latest offering and sees where the current takes him.
Why Aaliyah Is More Than Enough
Christina Lee09.14.12
The first single off Aaliyah’s posthumous album drops eleven years after the singer’s death. Christina Lee takes a listen to what Drake is making of her legacy.
Robert Anasi’s The Last Bohemia
Michael Louie09.06.12
Michael Louie examines the parallels between Robert Anasi’s Brooklyn and his own––the rapid gentrification of an industrial landscape, the new life of the ol’ fishin’ hole, and what was lost in the transition into respectability.
A Pilgrim’s Progress
James Greer08.14.12
James Greer takes the path of greatest resistance through Gideon Lewis-Kraus’s tale of traveling toward reconciliation, A Sense of Direction, and is reconciled himself with his high regard for the book.
Age As Disease: Nick Haymes’s Gabe
Thomas Moore08.07.12
Thomas Moore’s visceral reaction to the entropy of Gabe, a new book of photography by Nick Haymes. The nexus of exploitation, complicity, and friendship.
I Did Not Pee on R. Kelly’s Soulacoaster
Blake Butler08.01.12
Blake Butler sleeps with Soulacoaster under his pillow so the rest of us don’t have to: “in its wake the world is safe, if somehow at the same time that much closer to destruction.”
