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On Heaven + Holiness Zine, Despy Boutris, 18 pgs, despyboutris.com, $9 This meditative dispatch on the intersection of longing and holiness carves a palindromic path from church, to heaven, to [...]

More Or Les Beats for Bounty Hunters Independent moreorles.bandcamp.com Scott Bryson Toronto's Leslie Seaforth doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to his influences. This 16-track assemblage of space-age [...]

Book Buddies Best Before Independent bookbuddies.bandcamp.com All of the traditional pop territory is covered on this one: an old Dodge; crushes; getting dumped; unhealthy dependence; self-destruction. The title Best Before [...]

Julianna Riolino All Blue You've Changed youvechangedrecords.com There's a certain level of quality that you can expect from a You've Changed Records album, especially one that's associated with Daniel Romano [...]

I Wear My Face in the Field Chapbook, Ryan Downum, 40 pgs, Dream Pop Press, dreampoppress.net, $11.95 Behold a carnal metamorphosis that blurs the lines between person, animal and some [...]

A Quantum Conversation with Lavender Country Chapbook, Jason Triefenbach, 32 pgs, Standard Practice CoCreative, tinyurl.com/lavendercountryzine, $10 In 1973, Lavender Country released a self-titled record that is widely recognized as the [...]

Andante Chapbook, hiromi suzuki, 20 pgs, AngelHousePress, angelhousepress.com, $10 Bringing collage to life in a black and white publication is a daunting task. The images in Andante are clear and [...]

Circuit Artzine, Rowan Coupland and Eva Dominelli, 20 pgs, etsy.com/shop/EvaDominelli, rowancoupland.bandcamp.com, $g (chapbook + digital album) Song lyrics don't always translate successfully into printed poetry collections, but Rowan Coupland's Circuit [...]

Taylor Knox Here Tonight Cadence Recordings cadencerecordings.com If you've seen Canadian bands live in the last few decades, you've probably seen Taylor Knox play, whether you know it or not. [...]

Oatmeal Queen Martian Independent oatmealqueen.bandcamp.com On the surface, this suite of seven tracks from Vancouver's Paloma Pendharkar couldn't be more like a Julie Doiron album--apology, worry and indecision abound in [...]

Vagina Witchcraft Vagina Witchcraft Independent vaginawitchcraft.bandcamp.com This foursome cites Black Sabbath as an influence, but Black Mountain seems more apt. This is metal with a certain level of instrumental and [...]

CBM Journal #3 Litzine, Wheatboi Dave and Chris Gullo (editors), 36 pgs, facebook.com/CollectiveBrandMovement A joke, hand-pasted into the front of this zine, sets it's tone off the bat: 'Q: How [...]

WHOOP-Szo Warrior Down You've Changed Records youvechangedrecords.com Powerful words benefit from the addition of powerful guitars. WHOOP-Szo band leader Adam Sturgeon brought a wealth of clamor to this debut--a study [...]

The Greatest Stories Ever Told Chapbook, Ho Tam, 8 pgs, Hotam Press, hotampress.com, $20 USD 56 page illustrated edition That's a bold claim, for a book title. If nothing else, [...]

obscuritysquared Chapbook, Michael Smilovitch, 24 pgs, The Blasted Tree Art Collective & Publishing Co., theblastedtree.com, $7 'Write something coherent and down to earth,' Michael Smilovitch tells himself in one of [...]

Monty Cantsin's Psyborg Neozine Zine, Neal Armstrong (editor), 24 pgs, neal.alex.armstrong@gmail.com It's not entirely clear who's responsible for the content in this publication, but that's in keeping with the spirit [...]

piqatiks inukstep Independent piqatiks.bandcamp.com Genre lesson: inukstep takes its name from dubstep and, according to piqatiks beatmaster Geronimo Inutiq, it runs parallel with powwow step and shakes hands with igloohouse. [...]

Motion Sickness of Time Travel Subterranean Independent motionsicknessoftimetravel.bandcamp.com The ambient cosmic drone that launches this 64th release from Georgia's Rachel Evans is placid--almost reassuring. It's the sort of score you'd [...]

Lily Frost Retro-Moderne Slammin Media lilyfrost.com There's some big league namedropping in the press materials for this hypothetical film soundtrack: 'a Quentin Tarantino meets Wes Anderson aesthetic.' Lily Frost does [...]

Ladybird Bug Boy Chapbook, Zach Pearl, 36 pgs, Vallum, vallummag.com, $10 There's a devilishly appealing current of the grotesque that courses through these poems: a sump pump toils in the [...]

Get It Away From Me #6 Zine, Scott Bryan, 16 pgs, getitawayfromme.com The American flag-adorned dumpster fire on the cover suggests that the theme for this issue of Get It [...]

your third emoji is your reaction Chapbook, Justin Chase Jones, 28 pgs, justinchasejones@gmail.com This is a portrait of a life in disarray, but one in which the protagonist is aware [...]

The Landscape We Left on Each Other Chapbook, Lauren Elle DeGaine, 20 pgs, The Blasted Tree Art Collective & Publishing Co., theblastedtree.com, $7 Separation--as hinted at in the title --looms [...]

denpa poems 1 Chapbook, Gabriel Wainio-Theberge, 16 pgs, baroquespiral.tumblr.com 'Denpa' is a Japanese term for people who are disconnected from those around them, but Gabriel Wainio-Theberge seems to be presenting [...]

Tapezine: Analogue Journal Audio zine, Jesse Lafleur, facebook.com/pg/tapezinejournal The more ambitious the project, the more opportunity for mishap. Tapezine--a zine on cassette--was intended to be an interactive experience. Side B [...]

UFO HNW I 666 Wall Temple 666walltemple.bandcamp.com Imagine the sound of a hundred rats clawing and chewing their way through drywall. Now imagine listening to that sound on purpose for [...]

Klackers Klackers Independent Klackers.bandcamp.com It's fitting that a band that wrestles with misogyny and male entitlement in their songs is named after a 1970s toy that's basically two balls on [...]

Kaia Kater Grenades Acronym Records Acronymrecords.com Grenades is thick with metaphor and simile. Kaia Kater's words aren't impenetrable, but it'll take some digging to get to the bottom of this [...]

If You Forget the Whipped Cream, You're No Good as a Woman Chapbook, Rasiqra Revulva, 26 pgs, Gap Riot Press, gapriotpress.com, $10 Items eaten in these poems include: chocolate, a [...]

(Chinhae, South Korea) -- Sailors at NAVCOMTELSTA FAR EAST CHINHAE are staying busy with college courses. After the latest joint exercise with the U.S Forces Korea and U.S Naval Forces [...]