United Kingdom
Journalist, editor, copywriter.
Words past + present: The Guardian, NME, Alt Press, Huck, Kerrang!, Guitar Magazine, + more. Email: huwbaines@gmail.com
They've spent years toying with journalists, using fake names or sending actors to interviews. Now the ad guy behind the elusive Detroit band lifts the lid on the Armed multiverse
Bryan Garris speaks to NME about Knocked Loose's banner 2024 and why sticking up for hardcore values feels like second nature to them.
As Patti Smith's debut single turns 50, punk musicians and music writers pick the songs that define the genre's resistance, rebellion and refusal
Wishy's 'Triple Seven' is a thrilling mix of dream-pop textures and shoegaze guitar bliss-outs that will hit people like a 40-minute headrush
Keith Morris is annoyed with himself. It’s just after nine on a Monday morning in Los Angeles and he is still in bed, having missed an email confirming our interview. “I'm seven minutes late,” he grumbles. “Normally, I'll be the first guy to the party.”
at Flynn's scream of "U-S-M-A!" hangs in the air at the Underworld in Camden, London. A guy in a billowing white T-shirt dives from the stage and is held aloft by the crowd - a typically energetic snapshot from a hardcore show. Except that, on this occasion, it's not all that typical.
Since its release last year, Friko's debut album has taken the band around the world and built community from Illinois to China
The empty space between the barrier and the stage only stretches a few feet, but it says a lot about the perceived differences between an artist and their audience - or in many cases, a star and their fans. Hardcore shows have, at their most honest, always been a rejection of this power dynamic.
hey essentially blew a fucking hole in the ceiling," Ben Spence says, with notes of anger and disbelief colouring the accompanying laugh. He is recounting the night in September 2020 when his studio, Fuzzbrain, was destroyed in a fire that spread from an adjoining industrial unit.
'Wasteland of my Fathers' is a new exhibition taking a vivid look into an under-reported chapter in punk's story.