Music
Django Django have something to tell you about sticking to your guns
The Great Escape Festival 2015: Lessons Learned: Pt. 1 — Plus other words of wisdom from Saycet and Spectator in the first of our Great Escape dispatches of advice.
Written by: Tom Fenwick
Shouting from the rooftops
How London Pirate Radio changed the sound of a nation — Exhibition looks at the legacy of London's pirate radio stations and how they fostered vibrant subcultures by bringing new music to the airwaves.
Written by: Megan White
Alison Mosshart on feeling immortal and always changing
Things I Learned Along The Way — Huck's Fiftieth Anniversary Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we'll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, Alison Mosshart remembers being awe-struck by London, then realises she still is now.
Written by: Megan White/Huck HQ
Toro y Moi's Chaz Bundick on how flipping burgers can make your dreams come true
Things I Learned Along The Way — He's done every shitty job under the sun but Chaz Bundick of Toro y Moi knows that every experience can be a life-changing one.
Written by: Jack Kenyon
Courtney Barnett found her stride by letting go of insecurity
Things I Learned Along The Way — She oozes confidence when she's killing it on stage. But even Courtney Barnett had to beat some demons to get up on stage.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross
Five of the best ways to remember Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis
Listen to the silence — Former Joy Division member Peter Hook plays every song they ever made in a church in Macclesfield and we curate a list of ways to remember the frontman of one of the most influential bands of all time.
Written by: Shelley Jones
For Thurston Moore, community is everything
Things I Learned Along The Way — Huck's Fiftieth Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we'll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today: How former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore found craziness and creativity, but most importantly community, when he arrived in New York City at the height of punk.
Written by: Huck HQ / Shelley Jones
A conversation with Andy Gill + Anton Corbijn
Huck 50 — Huck's Fiftieth Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we'll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, Gang of Four’s Andy Gill and music photographer Anton Corbijn explain how growing up on the outskirts of a scene spurred both of them to cement themselves at the centre of their own creative worlds.
Written by: Josh Jones
The inside story on Brighton’s Alternative Escape
A festival within a festival — While you’re in Brighton for The Great Escape, don’t miss out on its free and rowdier little brother: The Alternative Escape. We spoke to festival manager Kevin Moore to find out more.
Written by: Tom Fenwick
tUnE-yArDs on how to succeed in the face of criticism
Things I Learned Along The Way — Huck's Fiftieth Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we'll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, Merrill Garbus explains how she found her stride, and her kaleidoscopic sound, when she stopped chasing after everyone’s approval.
Written by: Huck HQ / Nick McGregor