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Signal For Punks (it has Stories now!)
I keep up with a lot of my distant and local friends via Signal Stories. Here I'll present Signal as a good alternative to the corporate social media platforms....

Interview with Listen
Years ago I meet a stranger in a dark bar in Montreal's Pointe-Saint-Charles. Six years later, after many lessons, sprays and a wild chase I am interviewing my friend and legend Listen. ...

Interview with Cruel Noise
Cruel Noise is a weekly punk radio-show-style podcast produced by John Villegas, who was kind enough to respond to my questions about the evolution and making of Cruel Noise, finding new music, DIY punk and wanting only the best for our human and animal friends....

Gluesniffer Fest Reportback
Over the years the Murfreesboro scene has developed a bit of a reputation. Potentially wild gigs, lawless youth, the occasional bleakness that comes with punk houses, and at the end of the night you get paid 17 wet dollars......

EINOK 4.5 Reportback
For four years Everything Is Not Okay in Oklahoma City was a legendary punk outing for the freaks of Hattiesburg. We went, we played and we all came to the same conclusion: some things need to stay dead....
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Announcing DEMO FEST 2025
DEMO FEST is back for 2025 This time brought to you by The Counterforce! The short version: * Spend October + November recording a new punk demo and submit it to DEMO FEST * Submission deadline is December 1st * Release day is December 21st Never heard of DEMO FEST? In 2020 during the height of Covid-19 lockdowns in Montreal, DEMO FEST 2020, brought together hundreds of punks and friends recorded a new demos during the Fall and everything was released by DEMO FEST on the Winter Solstice...
August 2025 More Zines
Lots of new zines added for you to print and distribute!...

The Counterforce Issue 6
The Counterforce Issue #6 is here, featuring all the content published since the last issue... See it all collected online here, and download an imposed PDF to print and distro yourself: US Letter A4 PDFs for past issues, and many more zines are available on our Zines page....
Newest Reviews

CRUELSTER - MAKE THEM WONDER WHY

Inside Front (special tour edition)

Crash-Test Magazinne (May and June 2025)

Precipice - Down the Well MLP

Caust!c - Demo 2025 CS

Fleas of Mercy - The 8th of May 12"

Sistema Obsoleto - Esmagado Pela Engrenagem Capitalista 7"

AG-3 - Demo CS
