Portland, ho! Matthew Moyer finds the Zinester’s Guide to be a heartfelt, if somewhat flawed, love letter to stick in your jacket pocket the next time you visit “the city that works.”

Matthew Moyer gets a crash course in hardcore history and a masterclass in interviewing bands from reading this collection of Norman Brannon’s Anti-Matter zine.

Bleuuuuuuurghroarrrr! Matthew Moyer is overjoyed to find Obituary just as primitive and bloodthirsty as when he first heard them, in this recent concert dvd. Change is overrated.

Still depressed over that last Spider-Man movie? Matthew Moyer recommends you pick up this collection of interviews with Spidey artist extraordinaire Romita and travel back to a simpler time in Marvel Comics. Face it tiger, this is your lucky day!

Vespers (Abandoned Love Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Despite decades of punk being neutered by the media and the marketplace, Matthew Moyer is heartened to find that the artwork collected in this retrospective still has the power to outrage and inspire.

Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (AJNA Offensive/Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Nord (Radar Swarm). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Back in the heyday of wrestling, when it was so much more than Vince McMahon mashing on the controller buttons, Bruiser Brody cast a long shadow. Matthew Moyer and Larry Matysik reveal how Brody’s persona has outlasted his brutally short life.

The Yawn of the New Age (Vendlus Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

The Divine Tragedy (NMB Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

From Labrador to Madagascar (Invisible Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Dödsvisioner (Hyrdra Head Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Station (Mute Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Subliminal Genocide (Hydra Head). Review by Matthew Moyer.

To look at the DVD box, you might thing the Great Kat is some sort of Bizarro Nancy Wilson. Not so. She’s so much more, Matthew Moyer declares.

Spaceheater/Perfect Interior (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Taglich Brot (Shrimper). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Manifesting the Raging Beast (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Mondo Dell’Orrore (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.