Friday, June 19, 2009

april / may / june zine scores and reviews.

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lodown magazine #65 march/april 2009
a german/european skateboarding / lifestyle / fashion and art publication. featuring clive owen, keeichi nitta, mike mills, here we go magic, stanley crawford, the phenomenal, handclap band, matt deines, the invisible, charlie isoe and charles darwin. tons of products, books, music and film reviews (tho' this one's in german). some short interviews with chuck anderson, matt lienes, elspeth diederix with her great photography, michael genovese, edward del rosario with his great illustrations, charlie isoe on his artworks and know1edge. a bunch of bands' interviews. tons of great photography, designs and the whole shebang!

lodown magazine #66 may/june 2009
another issue of this great german/european magazine. featuring a short intervew with sean malto and of course, braydon szafranski on his lifestyle and what influences him. tons of interviews with artists and musicians. and as usual products, books, music and film reviews. and tons of awesome photography and designs in this slab.

color magazine volume 7 issue 1 spring 2009
a skateboard culture quaterly from canada. covering art / fashion / music / film / life / skateboarding. featuring interviews with seb lebbe and a coverage of the decenson's brothers. some books, products and music reviews. a brief scene report on victoria, bc. some bands' interviews. tons of great skateboarding and fashion photography and as usual the foto feature.

color magazine volume 7 issue 2 summer 2009
a skateboard culture quaterly from canada. this is the very first music issue from this publication. books, products and music reviews. apparently the cassette tape culture is booming again, hell yeah! featuring chis haslam on his concert tickets stubs memorabilia. a brief scene report of seattle, wa. also ray barbee, chad muska, tommy guerrero and kareem campbell on their musical aspirations. intervews with charles rivard and omar salazar on skateboarding also intervew with featured artist david o'brien and a slew of bands' interviews and reports. not to forget the foto feature.


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thrasher magazine may 2009 - issue #345 and thrasher magazine june 2009 - issue #346
absolutely no introduction needed for these slab from one of the most hardcore skateboard culture magazines that's out there. as usual they're always jammed packed with a whole load of great interviews, reviews, skateboarders and shit! so check it if you have not already!

thrasher magazine th1rt3en - (special photo issue | summer 2009)
antwuan fucking dixon on the cover page! what more can one ask for? this slab is jammed packed with photographs from the era of hardcore skateboarding since it's birth. pick this up now! it also includes a free sheet of stickers!

shiftymag. - may 2009 volume 1 issue #1
a good and slick new skateboarding magazine straight outta malaysia. it's in english language and if you're into transworld skateboarding, skateboarder and the skateboard mag, you'd probably like this publication. though i'm really not into any of those us based magazines to which i compared this publication with, i'm just biased because it's an asian publication. slick photography, layout, reviews, news and interviews. i quite enjoyed the "top 10 greatest skate videos of all time" section in this debut issue. pretty impressive start, i'd have to say.

shiftymag. - june 2009 volume 1 issue #2
another great effort by this english language skateboarders' own and run publication from malaysia. fuckin' slick layout! like i mentioned about the previous issue of this magazine, this shit is impressive! can't wait for the new issue(s)!

the skateboarding revolution issue no. 96
this publication from malaysia has turned more into a street culture magazine more than a skateboarding culture magazine. but all in all, it's still a good read (tho' most of it is in bahasa malaysia). also tons of great skateboarding photography too!


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sauce #006 and sauce #007
jam packed with a whole lot of underground pool riding photographs,
interesting columns and scene reports. this is a totally quality d.i.fuckin'y hardcore skateboarding publication from portland, oregon and the northwestern scene of the usa in a 'zine format! great stuff!

peace.