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Gore! Custom Bikes! Hairy Bears!

Maxwell Paternoster's art draws together disparate threads of weirdness — Machines, freaked out beardy daddies and gore are the subject matter for the UK based artist who has been popping up at the unexpected intersection of motorbikes, skate and surf culture. We shoot the breeze with Maxwell....

Written by: Michael Fordham

Austerity

"Songs have accompanied every liberation movement in history"

Music and politics mix in UK fight against austerity — A resurgent Conservative government in power has a new generation looking for its sound of opposition. Who will take on the role the Smiths, the Clash and Billy Bragg played in the Thatcher era?

Written by: Megan White

Music

Verdict from second night of Primavera is that Patti Smith might be Jesus

Field Notes from Primavera #2 — On the second night of one of Europe's best festivals, Huck accosts some festival-goers about their best experiences and Meatloaf.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Film

Meet the leader of the Lower East Side’s last street gang

Colours, crime and second chances — Cochise led the Satan's Sinners Nomads street gang on New York’s Lower East Side in the late 1980s. After being sent to prison for the attempted murder of two gang members, he turned his life around and now makes art.

Written by: Alex King

Culture

Our Nation's Sons — Joe Caslin's public art defined the tone of the Equality Referendum

Artist confronts Ireland's demons — Powerful, beautiful, provocative. Ireland's excluded are placed front and centre

Written by: Cormac O'Brien

Music

The late-night characters of Primavera Festival Barcelona

Field Notes from Primavera #1 — As one of Europe's best festivals opens on the mediterranean sea, Huck gets deep in the cuts to document the debauchery.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Culture

Sharmadean Reid on helping young, working-class, entrepreneurs do what they love

Things I Learned Along the Way — Huck's Fiftieth Special Issue collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we'll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today, WAH Nails founder Sharmadean Reid explains how she made her dreams a reality, and why she's now driven by helping others to do the same.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Opinion

Is there another way for modern football?

FIFA's crisis shows a widening gap between fans and big money — Passion and tradition are still values that we cling on to in football, though many of them have been pawned off as part of a package TV deal in the last few years. With FIFA in turmoil and corruption now intrinsically linked to the game, has football finally cut ties with its roots as the people's game?

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

Film

Geoff Rowley's words of wisdom from a life in skate

Things I Learned Along The Way — When Geoff Rowley came to skate culture consciousness in the early 1990s he was a byword for gnarly. He went bigger than everybody. He went harder than everybody. The whole package came with that trademark scouse accent, the ragged dental rack and wispy moustache and an attitude that encompassed the street skate aesthetic of the time.

Written by: Michael Fordham

Music

Dreams, regrets and fate: Musicians get philosophical about their lifestyles

The Great Escape Festival 2015: Lessons Learned: Pt. 3 — HÆLOS, Vérité, Andrea Balency and Jack Garratt give advice from The Great Escape Festival 2015.

Written by: Tom Fenwick

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