Podcast of the Week
Razorcake
What a resource Razorcake is. Their mission statement tells us
“Razorcake provides consistent coverage of do-it-yourself punk culture that you won’t find anywhere else. We believe in positive, progressive, community-friendly DIY punk. We do our part.
DIY punk culture is often misrepresented, misunderstood, and the target of corporate exploitation. Razorcake supports a legit community of punk music and culture as the only bona fide 501(c)(3) non-profit music magazine in America.
Our bi-monthly fanzine is a one-of-a-kind resource for the DIY punk community. Over the years, Razorcake has developed this resource to help document every facet of this culture. The Razorcake Gorsky umbrella also includes book publishing, record pressing, live shows and readings, and a thriving web presence that maintains weekly podcasts, webcomics, and videos.
Our open participation policy means anyone can become a contributor. Currently, Razorcake offers a forum for over 180 long-term independent volunteer writers, photographers, illustrators, and musicians from around the world. We take pride in our scenes and represent them internationally. We also distribute the magazine to over twenty countries.
DIY punk is an exciting, evolving culture that can thrive outside of corporate interests. Our goal is to continue operating a modern framework where this community of independent, DIY punk can continue. ”
So the fanzine provides incredible detail about bands that believe in playing heartfelt punk rock, they also publish books by punk writers and have nearly 400 podcasts on their site. The latest one is by MR Cap who took 10 hours to get from his house in Mexico to the Razorcake HQ in LA to record his collection of spanish language punk rock. Every week there’s a different story to a different pod but every time backed by some great punk rock tunes
