DIY

Getting deep with Ian MacKaye, the godfather of DIY culture
Music

Getting deep with Ian MacKaye, the godfather of DIY culture

Lockdown Longread — The former Fugazi and Minor Threat frontman and Dischord Records owner talks self-preservation, digital obsession and finding your life tree trunk.

Written by: Andrea Kurland

The underground station reviving pirate radio in NYC
Music

The underground station reviving pirate radio in NYC

Save The Lot — Since 2016, The Lot has been live streaming 24/7 DJ sets from a reclaimed shipping container in Brooklyn – but it’s now being threatened with closure.

Written by: Jonathan Turton

Inside the UK’s most radical indie publishers
Books

Inside the UK’s most radical indie publishers

Part Nine: Fitzcarraldo — Fitzcarraldo Editions are the stylish, innovative publishing house that puts authors before books – creating an environment where they can grow, and prosper, together.

Written by: Kit Caless

Inside London’s secret sex party revolution
Reportage

Inside London’s secret sex party revolution

Going underground — The capital’s nightlife is under constant threat, but a new wave of DIY fetish parties is fighting back. Writer Will Coldwell takes a trip to the dungeons.

Written by: Will Coldwell

The nomadic filmmaker living his dream one hustle at a time
Film

The nomadic filmmaker living his dream one hustle at a time

Guerrilla independence — After his career as a pro-skater fell apart, Maximón Monihan had to reinvent himself as a DIY director who thinks outside the box. Now, having taken a road-trip across the US with his best friend, he’s realised that true success is doing what you love, regardless of reward.

Written by: Alex King

How to start a record label that matters...
Outdoors

How to start a record label that matters...

Sound & vision — Crissi Vassilakis is living the dream. Between DJing around the world and putting on club nights to showcase her favourite artists, she runs her own independent label: a home for talent so forward-thinking they defy genre. This is how she does it.

Written by: Alex King

Why Athens is quickly becoming a DIY paradise
Culture

Why Athens is quickly becoming a DIY paradise

Revolution of the mind — Greece has stiffed its youth with a failed economy and a crumbling capital. But if you’re a self-starter thinking big, Athens is alive with possibility.

Written by: Alex King

Polyester: the zine that celebrates faith in bad taste
Print

Polyester: the zine that celebrates faith in bad taste

Zine Scene — Polyester promotes femininity while rejecting the imposition of minimalism. Now they're putting out three special zines to mark their third birthday.

Written by: HUCK HQ

A voyeuristic look into the lives of 1960’s Londoners
Photography

A voyeuristic look into the lives of 1960’s Londoners

Summer in the city — Italian graphic artist Gian Butturini sought to capture the capital as he saw it, beyond the tourist spots and mini-skirts. Now, after years of anonymity, his book LONDON is re-released for a 2016 audience, with an intro by Martin Parr.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Esther Joy on singing out the darkness within
Music

Esther Joy on singing out the darkness within

Confronting Samgel — In her upcoming LP, Pyschic Tears, London-based electronic musician Esther Joy uses sounds to come face to face with the darkness that accompanied her for so many years.

Written by: Biju Belinky

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