Month: June 2023

MENTAL health by RAE SPOON

For their tenth album, this Canadian singer/songwriter writes about living with depression.  The honesty and sadness is vivid—with lyrics about birds singing “go away go away” and the singer fearing their state is infectious and will hurt the people trying to reach out to them.  
 Good stuff.  
 For fans of Aimee Mann and […]

A hole in the Heart – Myriad …

Henny Beaumont’s graphic novel-in-progress A hole in the Heart was one of the six jobs earlier this year to make it onto the Myriad very first graphic book Competition’s prestigious shortlist. The competition, of course, is one that we have covered extensively this year at damaged Frontier provided both its importance in nurturing new innovative […]

Archie aims for diversity With …

Archie Comics has announced two new writers who bring with them characters of different ethnicities. The first is their Mexican publisher, who’s been editing for 25 years: In 2005, Jesús Gil Holguí­n started publishing Spanish Language editions of Archie Comics in Mexico. Jesús is writing his first script for Archie Comics. The story will feature […]

A sentimental education by LUN …

As you may expect from one of the smoothest bands in indie, a covers album from Luna doesn’t have the songs you’d expect. Yeah, there’s a Bowie cover. however unless you’re a hardcore fan, you don’t understand the song. Yeah, the stones are here. Of a tune recorded before they were a worldwide phenomenon. as […]

ARCHIE COMICS REVIVES RED CIRC …

Media release — When it concerns superheroes, why ought to marvel as well as DC have all the fun? Archie Comics are reviving their traditional heroes from the Red Circle imprint next spring with the introduce of The new Crusaders, a team of superheroes which includes The Shield, the original patriotic hero. prepared to handle […]

HAYBABY-Blood harvest (EP)

This is a damn good EP.  Especially if you miss 1990s grrrl rockers like The Breeders and L7.  It’s damn fine aggressive noise, with provocative lyrics (Joke/Rope is vicious)…And then you get to “What It Is” and it becomes hardcore.  I mean, screaming and fast drums and hard riffs.  Not that there’s anything wrong with […]

MAN’S GIN-Rebellion Hymns

If there were a goth version of bluegrass, Man’s Gin would lead the genre. This is a extremely tough, extremely dark album that defies classification however is well worth inspecting out.

BULLYS get BULLIED IN BULLY WA …

Media release — I dislike FAIRYLAND and Deadpool writer Skottie young teams up with artist Aaron Conley (Sabertooth Swordsman, Rocket Raccoon & Groot) for the hilarious, all-new ongoing series BULLY WARS. “Aaron and I have been making ourselves laugh with this project all year, and we’re so ecstatic to team up at image Comics and […]

APE enjoyment sees SESAME stre …

Media release — Ape enjoyment today revealed in partnership with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit academic organization, the release of the very first comic book featuring the cast of the cherished children’s show Sesame street to coincide with national complimentary Comic book Day on may 4. The new as well as original comic book series emphasizes […]

CABLE RACES TO fix TIME THIS s …

Media release — Lock and load, true Believer – cable television is back, and better than ever! brand new mission, brand new creators, non-stop action! Today, marvel is pleased to announce the all-new cable television #1 – coming at you this spring from Eisner Award-winning writer James Robinson (Scarlet Witch, Squadron Supreme) and blockbuster artist […]