What form does fanzine/DIY culture take today?

Fanzines nowadays come in the form of blogging more than anything, but there are still small time publications, often low budgeted, that are still in circulation today. But fanzines began in the era of punk, often a way of putting their non-conformist view out there. With the decline of print journalism, it is predominantly thought that these fanzines would have disappeared, but there are those who still produce them as an alternative way of getting word, discussion and views out. "Fanzines are integral to the development and popularization of alternative music scenes" (R. Shuker. 2002) They provide a niche for getting the alternative music scene into the mainstream, they're not about posing or looking pretentious, simply about sharing new, exciting alternative music.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

R. Shuker, (2002). Popular music: the key concepts, Routledge.