DIY Conspiracy

Ten years ago, we first featured Chile’s Gris Castigado with a review of their 2016 maxi-single Mente Subterránea. That record followed the band’s debut Cementerio Lunar, released in 2015…

CW // TW: This entire article discusses sexual abuse and sexual violence. Some parts of it contain depictions of physical violence, emotional trauma, and harassment.In December 2025, a…

Zanjeer زنجیر is a Berlin-based all-immigrant band formed around 2020, bringing together members from different parts of the globe with a shared goal of channeling the anger and rage of…

“Antipode” is an independent zinebook series that focuses on a different region in each volume, documenting punk, hardcore, and DIY cultures within their local contexts. The project seeks to…

La Cultura del Barrio in the neighborhood of Villa Crespo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was one of the 2025 recipients of the funds distributed annually by DIY Solidarity. With the 2026…

For UZU أوزو, exile is not a metaphor but a condition. On their second album À qui la liberté?, the Montreal-based quartet inhabit that state completely, tracing the uneasy line between…

We've always loved printed zines and have tried to capture that same excitement in an online form. One of the things we've cherished most in print has been tour reports, though they've…

Dirty Wombs is a hardcore punk band from Greece, formed back in 2011, when its members were still university students in the city of Patras. Musically, they draw influence from the powerful…

"Antipode" is a new project documenting underground punk and DIY culture from North Africa, Southwest Asia, and their diasporas. Curated by Turkish-based artist Doğa Sultan, the project…

Hello punx, We have a new service announcement! For a long time, we’ve mainly used our social media presence to direct punks toward new articles on our site. We’ve never been…

From 1979 onward, Crass reshaped punk and its connection to the anarchist movement, as well as the very nature of protest music and subculture worldwide. Their impact is undeniable. Yet it…

Hailing from Athens, Greece, Youth Crusher is a mixture of blistering hardcore punk with powerviolence influences and an uncompromising antifascist message. In February 2025, the quartet…