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Conversations with bands, artists, writers, organizers, and others involved in DIY punk scenes and projects around the world.
Spirits: Straight Edge is Not Here to Segregate
Last year, Boston’s Spirits released Discontent, not only our favorite straight edge LP of 2015, but probably our favorite straight edge album in quite a long time.
We've been dying to…
Birds in Row: Keep the Flame Burning in Times of Fear and Hate
Birds in Row are undoubtedly one of the hardest-working European hardcore bands. They've spent the past few years relentlessly touring the world, signed with Deathwish Inc., and, most…
Remek: We’re a Bunch of Bad Jokers
Remek from Prague are a DIY hardcore punk band rooted in the late ’90s emo sound and the political side of hardcore punk. They have been around for quite some time now, formed after the…
Like Hand Grenades of Love: An Interview with By The Grace of God
Right now Trial—one of our most favorite bands in the universe—is touring Europe with By the Grace of God, a US hardcore gem that has existed in quite a peculiar way. They've called it a day…
Old Trees: Folk Punk Beyond Borders
Old Trees is a DIY folk punk band rooted in eco anarchist, vegan and queer feminist beliefs. They started in late 2011 in Portugal, and eventually became a nomadic collective of musicians…
DIY Touring Around The Balkans: An Interview with Eaglehaslanded & Deer In The Headlights
On April 10th our friends from Eaglehaslanded (Belgrade, Serbia plus a touch of Russia) and Deer In The Headlights (Banja Luka, Bosnia) played a show in Sofia as a part of their Balkan tour.…
Taking Space Documentary Authors Talk About Ché Café
Established in 1980 the Ché Café in San Diego, California, is one of the most prominent DIY spaces in American hardcore punk history. Ever since then the space has been working as a workers…
Meet Sven Lohrey: An Interview with Oaken Palace Records
Nowadays most small labels, which are operating in basically any genre, are actually non-profit initiatives. All the money they might be able to make from the support of dedicated listeners,…
Guitar-Pedal Alchemists: An Interview with Nomad Artisans
If you're a gear freak, especially inhabiting the Balkans you probably have come across the DIY guitar-pedal alchemists Nomad Artisans.
Based in Romania, Tudor and Razvan have been around…
Catharsis: We Need More Art That is Grounded in Real Struggles
Brian D has long been an enigmatic figure in the hardcore scene. More than a musician, he’s been a catalyst for change. As the singer of the metallic hardcore band Catharsis, which formed in…
Comrade Black on The Future of Profane Existence
The Profane Existence Collective was formed in Minneapolis in 1989 as a resource for the worldwide activist DIY punk community.
Over the years, Profane Existence has published a magazine,…
A Death Cinematic: An In-depth Interview
I've been following A Death Cinematic (ADC) for quite some years. His music can be roughly described as one man guitar drone, sometimes quieter sometimes noisier, but generally in that…