New acquisition at the National Library: RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines

Independently published punk, rock, indie, country and hip hop magazines and fanzines from around the world held in the RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines are source material for music research as well as media and cultural studies. After a trial period in spring 2026, the National Library of Finland has now acquired the resource. You can access it remotely with your National Library card.

Published last year, the RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines (RAPMM) contains more than 125 independent popular music magazines and fanzines in digitised form. Representing the punk, rock, indie, country and hip hop genres, the magazines hail from around the world: Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. The publications date from the 1960s to the present. New titles are added to the archive every year, further increasing the number of countries and languages of publication. 

The magazines contain interviews with musicians, band profiles, album and live show reviews, and record label histories. Word searches in the archive encompass this full-text content.

You can access the database in the National Library’s search service via this link.

Access to the database requires a National Library card and a login to the National Library’s search service. On-site use at the library also requires logging in to the search service. Please note that when logging in with Haka or Finna credentials, you must have a National Library card attached to the account. If you do not have a National Library card, please see the instructions for applying for the card on the National Library's website.

Prior to using the platform, please read the general terms of use for e-resources. These conditions are mandatory for all users.

Feedback: nationallibrary@helsinki.fi.