Music
Battle Rap
Them’s Fighting Words — HUCK goes inside the world of the rap battle leagues, and meets the fast-spitting, shit-talking comedic emcees who come armed with words and ready for war. It’s about to get real ugly.
Written by: Rob Boffard
Sound It Out
Keepin' It Indie — HUCK talks to Jeanie Finlay, director of a new documentary, Sound It Out, about Stockton-on-Tees last surviving independent record store.
Written by: Ed Andrews
Tokyo B-Boys
The Perfection of Soul — Hip hop historians are big fans of ‘soul’ – that mythical inner state that makes you realer than real. But what happens when ‘spirit’ is packed in a box and shipped out to every corner of the globe? Can anyone learn what it means to ‘feel’ the beat? For the lockers, poppers and b-boys of Japan, perfection is as sacred as it gets.
Written by: Tetsuhiko Endo
OFF!
Punk Supergroup — When four legends from punk’s halcyon days joined forces as OFF!, they helped the world reconnect with their energetic roots.
Written by: Shelley Jones
John Joseph
Bold, Crazy, Dead — Cro-Mags frontman John Joseph wants to take you on a stroll through the Lower East Side to rediscover its down ‘n’ dirty roots.
Written by: Jon Coen
Crass
Dissent In The Country — For one group of frustrated pacifists living under Thatcher’s steely gaze, punk was more than just a new kind of rock. It was the voice of resistance. HUCK takes a stroll into the bucolic English countryside to visit the commune-style home of anarcho-punk band Crass, pioneers of direct action sound.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Fucked Up
Holy Smoke and Mirrors — In Fucked Up’s world of hardcore lore, nothing is ever quite as it seems.
Written by: Shelley Jones
Rivers Cuomo
The Tweet Life — As front man of Weezer, Rivers Cuomo has penned enough power pop anthems to put a poet laureate to shame. But behind the lyrical sorcery is just a regular dad in specs – a guy who would sooner take a vow of silence than yabber on about himself. Unless he’s on Twitter, that is, in which case the weirdness flows freely from his head.
Written by: Gavin Edwards
Ben Howard
A Hand to Hold — An impromptu jam by Ben Howard and his band in their apartment after a heavy night at the Looking Sideways festival in Tignes, France.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Skate Punk
The Californian Safety Pin — Excerpts from a journey to the origins of skate punk.
Written by: Konstantin Butz