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Punk & Education: A Personal Narrative and Call for Contributors
Am I a punk? Who gets to decide? When does a feeling of identity make something true, regardless of anyone else’s perceptions? These are questions I often ask myself while listening to…
10 DIY Screamo Records You Might Have Missed
If you’ve been following my writing endeavors on this site, you’ll probably have noticed that I more or less stopped writing much about screamo around 2020. I’ve drifted back toward the more…
10 Ex-Yugo Hardcore & Punk Records You Probably Missed
The ex-Yugoslav hardcore punk scene is carefully looked after by people within the region, yet much of it remains largely unknown around the world. This list changed several times while it…
10 Great Hardcore Punk 7-Inches of 2026 (So Far)
Hello and welcome to what has become a bit of a tradition for me: a roundup of my ten favorite 7-inches of the year so far. I won’t lie, 2026 had a slow start for me records-wise, not really…
Gris Castigado: Chilean Darkers Premiere Long-Buried New LP Trans-Dios
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…
Inkoherent DIY Nutritionist: The Story of an Indonesian DIY Hardcore Punk Label
The authoritarian “New Order” regime of Suharto, which lasted from 1966 to 1998, brought about major changes to the media and music scenes in Indonesia. Despite its efforts to repress and…