Music
Teenage Utopia: Skating Through the Lockdown
Skateboarding and unity in Brussels — The Paris attacks pushed Brussels into the centre of Europe's debate about immigration, intolerance and radicalisation. Ursulines skatepark offers a refreshing counterpoint, here kids from all backgrounds skate together in peace.
Written by: Alex King
Kamasi Washington, Leron Thomas and Eska join Gilles Peterson’s super band
Worldwide Awards 2016 — An exciting super band project tops off a stellar lineup for Gilles Peterson’s annual celebration of the best of alternative music.
Written by: Alex King
A positive lens on Leytonstone
Moving past the headlines — Huck takes a look back at Leytonstone's rich cultural history as it lands in the news for all the wrong reasons.
Written by: Adam White
Things we learned from iconic music photographer Anton Corbijn’s Berlin retrospective
Images, icons and imperfections — Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn is most famous for his authentic pictures of famous musicians. In honour of his 60th birthday, a retrospective of his work is displayed in Berlin.
Written by: Yuki Schubert
In Pictures: 30 years of raves, clubs and parties in the UK
Lost in Music exhibition — theprintspace photo lab and youth culture picture agency PYMCA collaborate on Lost in Music, the most comprehensive exhibition of club and dance culture images ever.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Exclusive video: Surfers turn little French beach town into a punk playground
Carnage from SVRF PVNK — The mad geniuses behind the annual SVRF PVNK Invitational in Hossegor, France, deliver up a nice slice of cross-dressing, underwater beer-drinking celluloid.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Future Bubblers introduce the brightest undiscovered music talent across England
Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Music search for untapped skills — Brainfeeder and Ninja Tune execs join artists LV, Swindle and Sway as mentors for the next generation of leftfield English artists, DJs and producers.
Written by: Alex King
M.I.A. takes aim at West's refugee failure with 'Borders'
Borders. What's up with that? — Musical provocateur's self-directed video for new track Borders follows refugees' hazardous journey to Europe.
Written by: HUCK HQ
World leaders collaborate on pro-war charity Christmas single 'Bomb The World' (kinda)
A depressingly accurate spoof — Comedy group Mother's Best Child and online magazine Don't Panic team up to a produce a video that exposes warmongering politicians and token festive philanthropy in one swoop.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Vince Staples is bringing “the truth” to hip hop
"It just isn't real" — On Summertime ’06, North Long Beach’s most prolific rap cat revisits his gangbanging roots and steers hip hop culture towards real life storytelling.
Written by: Ricardo Miguel Vieira