Norman Brannon of Texas Is The Reason, New End Original, Shelter, and more (and currently touring guitarist for Thursday) recently relanched his legendary ’90s hardcore fanzine Anti-Matter as a Substack, and we invited him on the BrooklynVegan podcast to talk more about the relaunch, and why it made sense to bring it back today. The conversation took all kinds of interesting twists and turns, and I think if you’re into any type of hardcore then and/or now, it’s very worth listening to what Norman had to say. Listen on Spotify, Apple, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Here are some excerpts: On bringing Anti-Matter back in 2023 As far as 2023 goes, we’re in a very similar place [to where hardcore was in 1993]. First of all, [hardcore] is bigger than it̵...
