Last year, Tom Ellis decided to throw the last Static Shock Weekend, so I caught up with him in October 2023 once the dust had settled to chat through the whole eleven years and what he’s excited to see as the next generation takes over.

In March 2024, the hardcore convention returned AS caught up with two of the Damage is Done collective as they were getting ready to host the largest weekend yet, with two days at the Colour Factory featuring the UK debut of Japanese noise punk pioneers FRAMTID, QUARANTINE, FUGITIVE, FAIRYTALE and a roll call of UK Hardcore over four days.

B. HILLS (LAST AFFRONT, CHURCHGOERS) has started a monthly YouTube zine full of recent performances and fast food thumbs up, and as a fan of multimedia hardcore zines (on VHS  like Torquer or online like Nozin’ Aroun’ and current favourite @SPUDVIDZ), it comes recommended if you want a slice of UK punk on the air. A quick chat…

Matchstick Piehouse, a great, accessible and proudly anti-captialist spot in Deptford, is also under threat from unsustainable rent increases. Resistance is afoot, though: venue mainstay and How To Catch a Pig organiser LIV WYNTER and Sister Midnight’s LENNY WATSON have joined to help establish a workers co-operative model and to see how best the venue can return to form in 2024; I asked Liv a few questions about where they’re at now.

A weekend to remember, as recorded on a 512MB Memory Stick.