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Copper Press is a perfect-bound, square-sized (8x8), quarterly publication that looks and feels more like a book than a magazine. Its pages are thick, its spine sturdy, and it wont leave newsprint on your fingers.Every copy of each new issue comes with a compilation CD unique to that issue. The magazine ranges from 72 144 pages, though of late its typically been 96 or 122. No reviews, but plenty of features and articles on artists, musicians, bands, photographers, snow/skateboarding creative types, and whatever else tickles its fancy.Its run by two fellas from Northern Michigan, Royce Deans and Steve Brydges, who also happen to operate the recording concern 5440 or Fight! (myspace.com/5440orfight or www.fiftyfourfortyorfight.com). Theyve been publishing since 1993, which was the year they along with another fella birthed Pok Magazine (pronounced "Poke Mag-uh-zeen"). In 1999, three became two and Copper Press was conceived. The goal was to be quarterly, though its editors soon jestily referred to Copper Press as the quarterly magazine that came out three times a year (or "thrice yearly" when they wanted to show off). Then they figured it would be easier to be bimonthly, which lo and behold it turned out to be, so it was for a year or two, until it wasn't so easy anymore, and it went back to being quarterly. Which is what it is now. And so it goes.

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Member Since: 12/15/2005
Band Website: copperpress.com
Band Members: Editors: Steve Brydges, Royce Deans Copy Editor: Eric J. Iannelli Office/Mail-order vixen: Tyann BrydgesContributors: Jedd Beaudoin, Phillip Buchan, Christian Carey, Tobias Carroll, Jeremiah Griffey, Eric J. Iannelli, Allan Harrison, Jason Jackowiak, Eric Junge, Timothy Karpinski, Bruce Lenkei, Michael McLeod, Joe Mendonca, Seth Neefus, Chris Pacifico, Brad Spitzer, Guy Villa, Doug WallenSubscriptions: $15 for two issues (in USA) - We've recently gone biannual.Newsstand price: $5 (USA) for CP1 - CP29 (comes w/free compilation CD/2CD) Beginning with CP30, price will be $10 (comes with free CD/2CD and will be 300 pages).Copper Press can be found in your local record/bookstore of discerning taste, plus Borders, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Virgin, and direct from our website.
Influences: Option, Puncture, Medium, Train Wreck, Art Prostitute, Comes with a Smile, Signal to Noise, Sound Projector, Sound Collector, National Review, Badaboom Gramaphone, Cabinet, Beautiful/Decay, Organ (UK).
Sounds Like: Pages being turned.
Record Label: www.fiftyfourfortyorfight.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Raymond Brake kick(ed)s ass; Pitchfork'd give 'em a 6.5.

Hey.So there was this band The Raymond Brake. Their album Piles of Dirty Winters is one of my favorites from the noisy nineties, when bands could write melodies, digress into noisy passages and bring...
Posted by Copper Press on Tue, 22 May 2007 04:52:00 PST

Out in September, fall issue (CP30) will be 300 pages.

Hey.We've decided to up the page count dramatically and reduce the frequency of Copper Press. With that in mind, our fall issue, CP30, will be out in September and consist of 300 pages (or close to i...
Posted by Copper Press on Tue, 22 May 2007 04:43:00 PST

Copper Press is not dead. It just smells like it's running a bit late.

Hi.We apologize to our advertisers, to the bands on the comp, and to our readers for the lenghty delay in getting CP29 out the door. It's at the printer now and will be out in a matter of a few weeks...
Posted by Copper Press on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:27:00 PST

Copper Press Benefit for Callum Robbins

Hi.Today is Callum "Cal" Robbins' first birthday. Significant for a number of obvious reasons, the date is made poignant by the fact Cal suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy, or Type 1 SMA, a lethal ...
Posted by Copper Press on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:07:00 PST

Copper Press contributor Christian Carey to give concert this weekend

Longtime writer for Copper Press and The Daily Copper, Christian Carey, is having his Quintet for flute, clarinet, vibraphone, violin, and cello performed by the New Jersey Arts Collective at two con...
Posted by Copper Press on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:44:00 PST

Copper Press Half-Price Subscription Offer

To celebrate crossing the threshold of 5000 friends (cue a gushing Sally Fields here), we at Copper Press have decided to offer MySpacers a one-year subscription for half-price. Normally, $20 for fou...
Posted by Copper Press on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:25:00 PST

NEW ISSUE OF COPPER PRESS OUT NOW!!

CP28 is out! It's been out for a couple of weeks, so look for it at your local indie music or bookstore, or at Virgin Megastores, Borders, Barnes & Noble, or some other national or regional chain. O...
Posted by Copper Press on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:46:00 PST

Floyd = Fast

Hi.Anyone watch this year's Tour de France? I taped it every morning and watched every minute of it. Thrilling stuff. Until Stage 16, I was thinking the Tour had lacked the overarching drama of rec...
Posted by Copper Press on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:10:00 PST

Spring/summer issue (CP27) out now!!!

Hiya.CP27 is out. It'll be making its way to stores in the next week or so. Its release was slowed a bit by our printer, so certain distributors are just now receiving their copies which they will i...
Posted by Copper Press on Wed, 10 May 2006 10:22:00 PST

Long-time CP contributor Michael McLeod gets website

Michael McLeod has been a part of Copper Press since CP1, when his Secret Knowledge of Backroads photo essay first appeared. Since, he's contributed several photo essays, often adding cryptic text to...
Posted by Copper Press on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:49:00 PST