Back issues of Dynamite Hemorrhage fanzine have become awfully scarce all of sudden, with Dynamite Hemorrhage #1, #3 and now #4 having sold out. Thanks to those of you who ordered, sold or otherwise read them. #2 and the newest one, #5, are both available to purchase here.

I’m a big believer in keeping this stuff out there for those who might have missed out on physical copies, so here’s where you can go to read (and download a PDF of) Dynamite Hemorrhage #4.

This one featured zero ads and no contributors except for Jay this time. It also featured the following:

• An interview with Julie Cooper of THE KIWI ANIMAL. She was one half of the 1980s New Zealand underground, independent folk duo, which also featured Brent Hayward (ex-Shoes This High) as the other half. Later expanded to a trio, their music ranks among the most sublime and creative sounds music of the era, and they continue to be criminally unrecognized, even by rabid aficionados of 80s Kiwi sounds.
• THE SHIFTERS, Melbourne, Australia heroes of “alternative drunk pop jazzy ciggies neo-country jams”. We corralled them for an interview in an effort to get at the dark heart of their skiffle.
• A record-by-record overview of HAPPY SQUID RECORDS, the label put together by John Talley-Jones of The Urinals in the late 1970s. It’s a look at their first ten years of existence, from The Urinals through 100 Flowers, Leaving Trains, Angst, God and the State and more. Even “The Rub”!
• “100 45s That Moved Heaven and Earth” – the definitive argument-settling list of the best sub-underground rocknroll 45s of all time
• “Free Jazz Libertines” column; 25+ record reviews and more (well, not really more – that was truly everything, honestly)

Download Dynamite Hemorrhage #4 here.

My “policy” is that once an issue of the Dynamite Hemorrhage fanzine has completely sold through, and won’t be reprinted, hey – there’s really no reason to keep it from being read by as many people as possible.

After all, some folks put a lot of sweat equity into Dynamite Hemorrhage #3, from contributing editor Erika Elizabeth, to writers Gregor Kessler and David Perron, to the bands & artists themselves: Sibylle Baier, The Coolies, World of Pooh, Sara Fancy, Tim Presley/White Fence, Unit 4, Lithics, Phil Milstein, Rays  and others. It oughta be available in perpetuity for their contributions alone.

So here it is – Issue #3, published in 2016, available for download. It was the last of the ad-supported, third-party-distributed, extremely-expensive issues we did (or will do).

Download Dynamite Hemorrhage #3 fanzine here.

Now that I’ve switched to the smaller-format, no-advertisements, black & white version of Dynamite Hemorrhage magazine, I’m finding it much easier to crank out new issues. So a mere four months after Dynamite Hemorrhage #4, I’m happy to announce the appearance of Dynamite Hemorrhage #5, which is available to order right here.

Here’s what you’ll find in the brand-new one, which is $5 + shipping anywhere in the world:

• A deep overview of 1990s outsider label MAJORA RECORDS, featuring not one but two interviews with label founder Nick Schultz. Majora was a singularly unique record label that released strange musical transmissions from around the globe, including the bulk of the Sun City Girls’ work in the 90s, along with avant-folk, noise and fractured DIY from the likes of Dadamah, Leslie Q, Skullflower, Paris 1942, Eddy Detroit and others.
• MAXINE FUNKE, a New Zealand-based solo artist who’s made some of the most transcendent, gentle, low- fidelity, super-minimal strum & voice recordings of the last decade. We’d never seen an interview of her anywhere before, and were happy to corral her for a talk on the eve of the release of her third album.
• “PARALLEL WORLD PUNK-ERA 45s”. What if we just invented a ten-best list of punk-era 45rpm singles that never existed, but should have? This is a description of those ten records, and why each made the list.
• Brief interview with the defunct 2011-2013 Brighton, England trio EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS, my favorite Bandcamp discovery of all time. Methodically minimal, slow-grinding, spooky, church organ-driven DIY postpunk. See what happens when we try to get them to reunite.
• HEMORRHAGE IN DUB column on recent finds & reissues from the 1970s golden era of Jamaican dub
• 25 record reviews

Order Dynamite Hemorrhage #5 here.

I’ve got the newest edition of Dynamite Hemorrhage fanzine now available and shipping.

Dynamite Hemorrhage #4 is a 40-page, “digest-sized” music fanzine devoted to sub-underground music from the last five decades. Unlike previous issues, this one’s a smaller, A5-sized thing with no advertisements. It features:

• An interview with Julie Cooper of THE KIWI ANIMAL. She was one half of the 1980s New Zealand underground, independent folk duo, which also featured Brent Hayward (ex-Shoes This High) as the other half. Later expanded to a trio, their music ranks among the most sublime and creative sounds music of the era, and they continue to be criminally unrecognized, even by rabid aficionados of 80s Kiwi sounds.
• THE SHIFTERS, the current Melbourne, Australia heroes of “alternative drunk pop jazzy ciggies neo-country jams”. We corral them for an interview in an effort to get at the dark heart of their skiffle.
• A record-by-record overview of HAPPY SQUID RECORDS, the label put together by John Talley-Jones of The Urinals in the late 1970s. It’s a look at their first ten years of existence, from The Urinals through 100 Flowers, Leaving Trains, Angst, God and the State and more. Even “The Rub”!
• “100 45s That Moved Heaven and Earth” – the definitive argument-settling list of the best sub-underground rocknroll 45s of all time
• “Free Jazz Libertines” column; 25+ record reviews and more (well, not really more – that’s truly everything, honestly)

ORDER IT HERE.

I’d been missing from the print fanzine game for 15 years when I got a hankering to do one again in 2013. Originally Dynamite Hemorrhage was supposed to just be a Tumblr site; it then morphed into a podcast, and I had so much fun w/ that, I started writing again. I contacted Chris D. of the Flesh Eaters, and when he gave the green light for a interview about the pre-1980s early days of the band, I decided to go all-in for Dynamite Hemorrhage #1.

Now that I’ve finally sold out of that first 68-page issue from 2013, I’m making it available to anyone and everyone to download a full PDF of right here. (Issues #2 and #3 still very much available right here).

Thanks to Erika Elizabeth, who wrote half the record reviews for this one, and who was a huge impetus in not only helping me get it done but in getting me re-excited about modern music in the first place; to Sally Skull, Sex Tide, Household and Bona Dish for the other interviews; to Fuckin’ Record Reviews for a terrific piece on 1980s/90s fanzines; to Christine for the cover; and to anyone who advertised or bought this thing while it was around.

Download Dynamite Hemorrhage #1.