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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, and more)
The Saddest Landscape: Isn’t All Hardcore an Emotional Expression?
The Saddest Landscape formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2002 and quickly became one of the most affecting bands in the screamo and emotive hardcore scene. Built around Andy Maddox’s…
From The Depths: Figuring Out a Way to Keep Fighting for the World We Want
From the Depths were an anarcho-punk band from North Carolina, connected to the wider CrimethInc. Ex-Workers’ Collective network and featuring people who had been involved in bands such as…
Network of Friends: An Interview with the Japanese Hardcore Band Encroached
You don’t see interviews with Japanese hardcore bands very often, but I caught Encroached during their European tour, and they were amazing. Shortly after, I reached out to their singer…
Zann: Ten Years of Dark, Chaotic Hardcore
Zann were an intense hardcore band from Eastern Germany, formed in 1999. Their sound was heavy, chaotic, emotional, and ugly in the best possible way, taking cues from ’90s American hardcore…
See You In Hell: Brno Hardcore Punk Attack!
See You In Hell are an amazing hardcore punk band from Brno, Czech Republic. Formed in 1999, the band became one of the strongest names in Czech raw and fast hardcore punk, driven by a sound…
INSIDE Artzine: The Manic Artscum Gossip Rag
INSIDE Artzine is a long-running underground art magazine from Trier, Germany, created and run by Jenz Dieckmanns. By the time this interview was conducted in 2009, INSIDE Artzine had…