Here we go again, in more sense than one. Today is yet another Bandcamp Day, where the online marketplace waives their revenue share for 24 hours so that 100% of proceeds go to the artists and labels who sell on Bandcamp. Right now is yet another instance where we are raw from another reprehensible act [...]
Oh god. OH GOD. https://twitter.com/counterzine/status/1240017594805104640 Yeah. So I said that. We're all dealing with Coronavirus right now. COVID-19. Thee Big C, as it were. We're getting pretty fucked up right now, and by we, I mean all of us. Independent music especially hard. Cancelled gigs, layoffs from nine-to-fives, etc. Streaming revenue sucks. It sucks big [...]
Tapes, we use them all the time. To stick things together, to hang things on other things and occasionally we listen to them too! In this special (hopefully long living exchange program between Counterzine and YIKIS) we (I, the YIKIS team) will focus on the last part of the tape stardom. Expect a dive, very [...]
Welp, I wasn't gonna do one of these, but then Secat did one and if Secat did one, that means I have to do one. He's trying to take over my webzine. But it's mine. itsmineitsmineitsmineitsmineitsmine. Anyways, this is in no way accurate or comprehensive so put absolutely no stock into it. I didn't hear [...]
2019 was one of the years in music of this decade. Here are my 40 favorite albums of the year, ranked: ((author’s note: Each album brings its own unique strength to the table that I feel urgently justifies your listen: this is the “X factor” point.)) 40. Body Meat – Truck Music X Factor: [...]
