dynamite hemorrhage: #2

Issue #2 of Dynamite Hemorrhage features: an interview and retrospective with Bill Direen, the New Zealand-based musical iconoclast and creator of some of the most weird and wonderful underground pop music of the last 35 years, with great old photos of Vacuum, Six Impossible Things, and more -- and Direen's take on his many recordings, bands and general outlook on creation & creativity; Tim Warren from Crypt Records, on the eve of two new volumes of the mind-destroying Back from the Grave '60s punk compilations, takes us through how he's been putting these comps together since 1983 and the pain he's endured to make sure we get to hear some of the most raw and rare rocknroll chaos of all time; interviews with current musical superstars Honey Radar, Nots, and King Tears Mortuary; Erika Elizabeth's overview of lost and neglected female-fronted punk and post-punk bands and records you've never heard of; The Layman's Guide to 1970s Jamaican dub -- an overview of wild, weird, and wacked dub reggae during its peak era, along with ten essential dub recordings, explored; Interviews with Jon Savage and Stuart Baker on the new Punk 45 series of archival '70s punk reissues; 87 record reviews; and 15 book reviews.