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Landmark new exhibition is celebrating 50 years of female punk

God Save the Queens – The Museum of Youth Culture is bringing together rare photography, archive material and a one-night-only supergroup featuring members of X-Ray Spex, The Slits and The Raincoats.

  • Culture
  • Ella Glossop

Julian Cashwan Pratt: “We fought security until the cops showed up”

Hard Feelings — The lead singer of Show Me the Body joins Rob Kazandjian’s column on fatherhood and masculinity to talk about mentors, scrapping Zionists at shows, and finally making his father proud.

  • Music
  • Robert Kazandjian

The rise of the outdoor’s punks

Future is unwritten — As demand for the outdoors has grown, so has the codification of its rules and styles. Phil Young searches for those adventuring against the mainstream and asks if the industry is about to get its own record label moment?

  • Sport
  • Phil Young
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Lost photos from the heyday of punk and new wave

Crash Bang — DB Burkeman’s latest photobook unearths photographs from his younger years as an aspiring music photographer, which sat undeveloped in his family home for decades.

  • Music
  • Miss Rosen
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American Football: The One With The Feelings

Many moons — The Midwest emo architects transformed a college experiment into a coming-of-age soundtrack. 25 years on, their latest iteration sees them bottle the same magic for the ups and downs of middle life.

  • Music
  • Tracy Kawalik
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Vintage photos of London street life at the turn of the millennium

London 1995-2005 — In her new photobook, Joan Piekny reflects on a decade shooting the styles and subcultures of the UK capital’s streets, just before technology .

  • Culture
  • Miss Rosen

The cathartic roar of Vietnam’s hardcore punk scene

Going hardcore in Saigon — In a country that has gradually opened up in recent decades, a burgeoning youth movement is creating an outlet for youth frustration and anxiety. Frank L’Opez reports from the country’s biggest city’s underground.

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  • Frank L’Opez
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No charges over Bob Vylan Glastonbury IDF chants, police confirm

Case closed — The investigation has been dropped, with Avon and Somerset Police saying that it did not meet the threshold for prosecution.

  • Music
  • Ella Glossop
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Remembering the riotous heyday of Asbury Lanes

Lightning in a Bottle — In a rundown seaside town, the bowling alley turned punk and rock destination helped transform the fortunes of its surroundings. A new retrospective book and exhibition from Mike McLaughlin revisits its grit and glory of its ’00s peak.

  • Music
  • Jon Coen
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How skateboarding and punk combined to create a radical, rebellious movement

Don’t forget the streets — The sport’s intersectional romance with subcultures and their music can be a complicated maze. The deeper into the labyrinth, the more inextricable the two forces appear to be.

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  • Cullen Poythress
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World’s first youth culture museum is opening in London

Music, subculture and style — The Museum of Youth Culture will be opening in Camden in December, with 6,500 sq ft of space.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk
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In Nottingham, punk’s UK revival rumbles

Grassroots grinding — The city has a rich history of creative resistance, and now a new wave of noise is emerging. From DIY recording studios to impromptu skatepark gigs, Hannah Bentley travels to the east Midlands to meet the artists keeping rebellion alive – and loud.

  • Music
  • Hannah Bentley

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