Arizona artists have been doing it themselves for years. Some of the most influential and local scene-defining artists sprung from nothing but great ideas and access to affordable recording software.

It could’ve been a punk-rock cliché. The Chicago DIY band Lifeguard “grows up,” discovers pop, and loses what made them thrilling to begin with — that dissonant, angular, emotional (but not emo per se ...

For September’s Bandcamp Friday, Bad Time Records, Asian Man Records, and Ska Punk Daily released Ska Against Racism, a compilation benefitting The Movement for Black Lives, The NAACP Legal Defense ...

Ten years ago, Facebook was a place for college kids to share pictures, connect with new friends and post unnecessary status updates about the hangovers from their 21st birthday parties. Today, it’s ...

Most bands come from nothing. “Making it” is a prize won by a select few of the thousands that try their hand at it. This scene is very aware of that, and because of that takes extreme pride in the ...

From 2006 to 2010, I did video production freelance work for a solid salary and took sporadic six-week breaks to tour America and Europe with various DIY bands, including my own, Finally Punk. And ...

The patriarchy weaves a plethora of tall tales to keep its ego in check and the biggest of those is that women can’t stand each other. Even when we were pitted against each other by repugnant, morose ...