New episode of Cruel Noise available wherever you get podcasts thank you
Cruelnoiserecords.com

I can barely imagine a time before MRR and Dischord but Dan Destructo lived it. In his interview, he describes the beginnings of his band NO FRAUD, the birth of a hardcore scene in 1980s SW #Florida, and the formation of underground networks of international distribution by and for youth at that time.

#ParadiseLost Zine: https://shotgunseamstress.blogspot.com/2026/02/paradise-lost-sarasota-florida-hardcore.html

No Fraud: http://nofraud.bandcamp.com

#punk #zines #DIY

As one half of REPETITIVE STRAIN on Voices Radio, I've accidentally ended up writing a monthly blog (with fellow rectangle music enthusiast VANITY CRYSTAL). Listen to February's show here, read a bit about what's good and [redacted].

A nominally punk radio show.

https://newsletter.repetitivestrain.club/archive/feb-2025-imported-taste/

@malifee oh yeah I'm planning to code one up myself that will integrate into The Counterforce site!

@malifee

I think it's time! It's high up on the project list!

Falmouth and Penryn scene report!

https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/article/no-end-in-view-a-falmouth-penryn-scene-report/

If you want to do a scene report, interview a band or have an idea for an article, get in touch! features@maximumrocknroll.com

Positive Noise / Corrosive Kids / Bioculture

https://grpunkflyers.notopia.dev/flyers/1716/

And added to the directory (https://the-counterforce.org/directory), The Crowbar Hotel, a new blog/site for tape reviews. Send them your tapes! Subscribe to their RSS feed!

https://thecrowbarhotel.com/

As always if you know about punk websites (blogs, archives, online zines, etc) that we are missing in our directory, please send them in!

Added to the zines page:

Assume I Know Nothing, a little roundup of essential classic hardcore records from different contributors. I assume this is an intervention in the current spotification of Hardcore and new kids not knowing the classics...

https://the-counterforce.org/zines/other/

Don't like the recommendations in this zine? Make your own and send us the printable PDF and we'll put that up too! Or any other suitable zines you make or are involved with and you want to be printed and spread far and wide.

Is the DISCHARGE guy wearing sunglasses :CoolGarfield:? An eye patch :hacker:? Are they confused 😖 ? Are they sad 🙁? Are those two lips or is it lips and a chin crease?
What is the line beside the :anarchism: ? Is it an ! with the bottom cut off? Is it a hair part?

Only thing thats for sure is that they are certainly concerned about nuclear war.

Please tell me your opinions.

new episode of Cruel Noise available wherever you get podcasts thank you
cruenoiserecords.com

Love is over and done on this week’s episode of MRR #Radio with Erika Elizabeth.

Photo: The Blackout

https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/radio_show/mrr-radio-1974/

Reviewsssss. What did the shitworkers think this week?

https://www.maximumrocknroll.com/reviews/

Tonight ! #punk

And finally the newest column from @punkterrorist

https://the-counterforce.org/columna-marginal-february-2026/

Also new, another interview in Slim's series with people at the intersection of punk and graffiti:

https://the-counterforce.org/interview-with-ergot/

The January digest zine of @maximumrocknroll interviews is up on our #zines page:

https://the-counterforce.org/zines/MRR/

Just made a few new posts on the DIY Conspiracy forum. There's not much activity at the moment but still trying to keep old-school message boards alive. I've always preferred this way more than twitter-like places.

https://diyconspiracy.net/board/

Seeing the Discord age verification news making people, perhaps a little performatively, being "that's it, I'm quitting right now!" has got me thinking about if there's many networks that are immune from calls to leave?

Punk World, as ever, runs on Instagram (and WhatsApp) although every self-coded website gives me optimism, and there really is a collective amnesia about YouTube's Google ownership even when talking about divesting from them entirely due to BDS/ICE/etc. What Is To Be Done

@anothersubculture

This is awesome. A longstanding goal here has been to create a Counterforce webring for punk sites. I'm so happy that an active punk webring is going!!