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In-depth conversations with artists, bands, and activists from the DIY underground music scene (hardcore punk, crust, anarcho, noise, d-beat, screamo, etc.)
Music, Memory, and Resistance: Doğa Sultan is Documenting the SWANA Punk Underground
Doğa Sultan is a Türkiye-based artist who works in the fields of textile and garment design, as well as street art and graffiti. Alongside these practices, she has long been involved in…
Dajjeh: Building & Sustaining a DIY Punk Community in Beirut
Among the projects DIY Solidarity funded this year was Dajjeh (ضجة, Arabic for “loud noise,” a word often used to mean something disturbingly awful), an informal collective of seven people…
Satan Not Hatin’: Pushing Back Against Hate & Bigotry in Alt Music Scenes
One of the projects that DIY Solidarity was able to fund this year was Satan Not Hatin’, which is a grassroots campaign launched by the Global Order of Satan to push back against the racism,…
Vegan Straight Edge as Bodily & Societal Transmutation: An Interview with xapothecaryx
In early May 2025, UK vegan straight edge band xapothecaryx unleashed their latest EP, The Machine Demands Blood. Even though I am not much of a fan of metalcore and mosh music these days…
Neven: Our Sound and Identity Still Remain Fluid
Neven is a hardcore band that formed around 2021 in Belgrade. Their name comes from the Serbian word for the marigold, the sun-loving flower known for its bright yellow-orange blooms. The…
Żegota: We Wanted to Create Something That Would Make the World a Better Place
When DIY Conspiracy began back in the early aughts, we were greatly inspired by hardcore zines like Inside Front and HeartattaCk, as well as CrimethInc.’s early books like Days of War,…