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Interview: Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney
words by Jackson Ellis | artwork by Michael Twohig

Interview: Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 Many veteran bands who’ve played for more than a decade will find themselves past their creative peaks. Their live [...]

ANGEL DUST APOCALYPSE by Jeremy Robert Johnson
reviewed by Jackson Ellis

ANGEL DUST APOCALYPSE by Jeremy Robert Johnson

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 Eraserhead Press, 180 pages, trade paperback, $9.00 Regardless of whether short story collections are as popular or as lucrative [...]

STRIKEFORCE DIABLO – The Albatross and the Architect
reviewed by Mark Huddle

STRIKEFORCE DIABLO – The Albatross and the Architect

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 You probably know this already, but just in case you’ve been living in a cave, don’t let the stupid [...]

CONVERGE – When Forever Comes Crashing/Petitioning The Empty Sky
reviewed by Jackson Ellis

CONVERGE – When Forever Comes Crashing/Petitioning The Empty Sky

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 Equal Vision has done everyone a huge favor by re-releasing these two classic Converge albums. I liked both of [...]

CAKE BOY
reviewed by Asher Ellis

CAKE BOY

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 Kung Fu Films 86 minutes, dir. by Joe Escalante with Warren Fitzgerald, Pam Gidley, and Sheila Platte Filmed in [...]

THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
reviewed by Asher Ellis

THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 Commodore Films and BNS Productions 91 minutes, dir. by Cory McAbee with Rocco Sisto, Joshua Taylor, and Annie Golden [...]

AN OPENING ACT OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL by Jim Munroe
reviewed by Nathaniel G. Moore

AN OPENING ACT OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL by Jim Munroe

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 No Media Kings, 250 pages, trade paperback, $20.00 Ever current, ever relevant Jim Munroe’s latest independent novel conjures up the [...]

Interview: James Kochalka
words by Nate Pollard | photo by James Kochalka

Interview: James Kochalka

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 If you’ve read his daily comic strip, or any one of his graphic novels, or listened to any of [...]

The Fucking Beatles
words by Christopher Staley

The Fucking Beatles

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 I hadn’t really seen anybody in quite some time. I was working long hours and not making much money, [...]

Interview: Beano Heenan of Blood Or Whiskey
words by Christopher Connal

Interview: Beano Heenan of Blood Or Whiskey

Originally published in Verbicide issue #14 Blood or Whiskey, a six-piece band featuring guitar, banjo, tin whistle, accordion, drums, and bass, hail from Kildare and [...]