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Down Under(ground) ’25: A Year of Hardcore Punk From the Antipodes
Kia ora, friends! Welcome to Down Under(ground) '25. This end-of-year round-up zeroes in on punk and hardcore releases from the distant shores of Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia.…
20 (International) Hardcore Punk Demos & EPs You Might Have Missed
The hardcore punk scene is truly international, and I’m still amazed by the sheer number of records coming out from every part of the world. It’s one of the reasons I’ve kept publishing punk…
11 Football-Themed Punk & Oi! Records to Enjoy
This article wasn’t planned at all. After reviewing the third issue of Strig:Oi! fanzine, which has a pretty heavy football theme running through its interviews, figured it’d be fun to…
OUST: Türkiye, Georgia, and Armenia Tour Report
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: Southeast Asia & Japan Tour Report 2025
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…
15 Egg Punk Releases You MUST Check Out
First of all, "Hi, I’m Iggy!" You might know me from writing a few "Best of" lists for DIY Conspiracy over the past couple of years. So, I guess this is my official debut as an egg punk…