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The archives are free and open until 2025. Preorders for the final merch drop are winding down shortly. It's the holiday season, so let's put a bow on…
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The Best Songs of 2024 with Ned Russin of Glitterer
For this final conversation of 2024 (and the foreseeable future), Ned Russin and I each pick our three favorite songs of the year and discuss them—with…
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To End a Letter
On the eve of our indefinite hiatus, I offer you gratitude—and a gift. Let it be known that we did something special here.
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In Conversation: Ray Cappo of Youth of Today & Shelter
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Origins: In Praise of Fanzines
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In Conversation: Brendan Yates of Turnstile
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You're the Reason I Don't Want the World to End
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To End a Letter
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An Introduction: Part 1
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In Conversation: Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy
Before he became a pop culture figure, Pete Wentz was a staple of Chicago's hardcore scene in the '90s. If you talk to him now, you'll know: His heart…
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Keeping Up Disappearances
Notoriety comes at different levels, from the kid with the fanzine to the guy on TV. But how does growing up as a hardcore kid prepare you—or leave you…
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AM Radio: November 2024
The best new hardcore and community-made music, updated monthly for Anti-Matter.
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In Conversation: Dan Campbell of The Wonder Years
He started his band as a joke, but 17 years later, Dan Campbell has become one of our community's most honest, incisive, and dead serious lyricists…
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You're the Reason I Don't Want the World to End
It's never easy to know when, but sadly, all things must pass.
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In Conversation: Bryan Garris of Knocked Loose
They've broken every ceiling a hardcore band has ever broken, but Bryan Garris refuses to discard the DIY idealism that birthed Knocked Loose. That…
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Media Blitz
Debates over "hardcore ethics" typically turn our focus to major labels or ticket prices. Meanwhile, the ethics of doing an interview—on either side of…
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