Issue number five will be out soon. We are still accepting last minute ads but it’s in the final stages and I’ve made an office for myself at a local library and can be found there 6-10 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, trying to get it finished. I can’t wait to get it out so I can concentrate on the next issue, which already has a couple interviews done. Hopefully it will be the fastest issue yet.

Issue number five features Interviews with PYGMY LUSH, DEAD FRIENDS, NEXT VICTIM (from Poland), KIMYA DAWSON, and artist SEAN MAHAN. Plus great columns from Travis Magoo, Katy Otto, Julia Booze, Hope Amico, Keith Rosson, The Down There Health Collective and the rotating Teacher Column.

Also, I think this issue contains more reviews than ever before, which reminds me:

WE HAVE A NEW REVIEW POLICY.

Most people are aware of our “no barcode” policy, which is supposed to limit the amount of irrelevant, glossy, radio-friendly crap that gets sent to us. It’s supposed to make it so that we don’t have to make decisions based on genre’s or what is or isn’t “punk enough.” Unfortunately a lot of crap has been sneaking through without a barcode recently and it’s largely coming from little PR companies.

So, starting with Issue Number Six, we will only accept review materials that are sent in by the artists, bands, authors, zinesters, publishers, or record labels themselves. No big deal. We just spend a lot of time and energy on the review process, and space is limited, so we need to save it for the people who care enough to actually send us their stuff for themselves.

Sorry, PR companies, you’ll have to save your shit for Alternative Press and college radio stations.

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