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The best Subculture newsletters

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THE CHOW

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thechow.net· weekly· Published 5 days ago

Long-form essays on subculture, nightlife, music and creative industries, written from an Asia-based perspective. Each issue pairs cultural criticism with political and economic framing, such as Hong Kong Halloween clubbing, Charli XCX's new album, and why the 2020s lack a defining music genre.

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popsublab.meme· monthly· ZH· Published 28 days ago

A monthly newsletter from a Taiwan-based research site exploring the intersection of pop culture and subcultures. Recent issues are titled monthly reports, and the excerpts here show only headings, so the actual content and depth cannot be judged from this sample.

流行文化次文化另類文化臺灣pop culturesubculture