Category Archives: Music

“Awakening” – debut album and zine by Lavender Witch

Posted on July 3, 2020 by

Hi, my band Lavender Witch is releasing our CD + zine “Awakening” today on bandcamp: https://lavenderwitch.bandcamp.com/album/awakening! đź’śđź’śđź’ś Brussels-based band Lavender Witch launches their debut album titled “Awakening” today! Influenced by the riot grrrl movement, grunge, postpunk and female fronted bands, … Continue reading →

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Pre-order: “Awakening” – debut album and zine by Lavender Witch

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

Exciting news from my band Lavender Witch! Our debut album is now available to pre-order (official release date is July 3rd). With the CD comes a 24-page zine filled with an interview, photos, and lyrics (we like to call them … Continue reading →

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L7 video for “Fake Friends”

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

L7 has a new video out for their song “Fake Friends” and it rocks (of course)! The footage includes artwork and photos sent in by fans, including a drawing of Jennifer Finch, their bassist, made by me (at 00:46)! Do … Continue reading →

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Lavender Witch: debut album “Awakening” out soon!

Posted on March 28, 2020 by

The debut album “Awakening” of Lavender Witch will be out soon! Keep an eye out on this blog, on the blog of Lavender Witch, our Bandcamp page, and on Facebook.

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Zines about music available from ECHO

Posted on January 25, 2020 by

When I started out making (fan)zines in 2001, writing about music was a big part of them. Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney featured on the cover of my very first zine called Punk Feminist Mini-Zine (now out of print) and in … Continue reading →

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Pedal Power

Posted on January 9, 2020 by

Over the past few years/months I have developed an increasing fascination for guitar pedals. Especially very recently my collection has grown a lot. At the moment I’ve accumulated up to 11 different pedals! These produce sounds ranging from distortion and … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year & New Decade!

Posted on December 31, 2019 by

“Happy New Year and Anarchy Now!” says the Octopus. I hope you are having a nice and cosy end of the year and an amazing, creative and stressless year ahead! The final countdown starts soon… But I prefer to end … Continue reading →

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Some work-in-progress projects

Posted on December 17, 2019 by

I’ve had a long creative weekend, which I used to do a bunch of things including finishing the master copy of “This Bunny Kills Fascists“, a mini-zine featuring Chainsaw Bunny. You can see some of the work-in-progress in the photos … Continue reading →

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Interesting stuff on the web: zine podcasts, radio, and audiozines

Posted on November 28, 2019 by

There is an ever-growing amount of podcasts online that are being made by zinesters or talk about zines so it seemed about time that I collected them and shared them with you. I like to think that podcasts can be … Continue reading →

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Music and merch on Bandcamp

Posted on November 1, 2019 by

I’m very excited to announce that I’ve put some merch up for sale on Bandcamp. I’m selling a set of ten postcards there and might add zines to the shop in the future. First, I’d like to see how it … Continue reading →

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