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Homophobic Band Gets Homophobic Song Removed From YouTube Vows To Be Homophobic
By Unite Asia on March 10, 2020
We don’t know what’s more fascinating – the fact that a homophobic band has gotten their homophobic song removed from YouTube (good job Youtube), or...
Guitarist Matt Huang Stuck in China Shares Emotional Letter
By Unite Asia on March 2, 2020
In a world plagued with all sorts of xenophobia not just towards Chinese, but anyone Asian, sometimes it’s important to remember to treat other’s ordeals...
Burned Alive – Please Read This Article By The Guardian About What’s Going On In India
By Unite Asia on March 2, 2020
Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters “They smashed the bed where Musharraf was hiding underneath and he screamed, so they grabbed him and dragged him out into the...
Guitarist of Vietnamese Band Cut Lon Shares His Current Favorite Vietnamese Releases
By Unite Asia on February 29, 2020
Our good friend Sot Van Quang plays in Vietnamese crossover thrash (we’ve been calling them Pikachucore on the site for years and have noticed a...
New Philippines Based Hardcore Label Down and Out Records Announce Debut Release
By Unite Asia on February 28, 2020
Down and Out Records out of the Philippines is a new entity started by a good friend of this website Jedd Lefthander. He is someone...
Today Instead of Meeting Hate With Hate, Celebrate
By Unite Asia on February 27, 2020
“The hardest thing for me to ever do in my life was to accept myself truly being gay and all, that was the toughest thing...
We Stand With Our LGBTQ Community Worldwide – We Have Removed That MV
By Unite Asia on February 26, 2020
It has been brought to our attention that we shared a video from a pop-punk band earlier today that included some anti-LGBTQ lyrical content. The...
As Delhi Descends Into Mob Violence – Vocalist of Sarfaad Pens Poignant Article
By Unite Asia on February 25, 2020
No doubt you have seen footage of the tragic horror that engulfed the capital city of India, Delhi, yesterday. Today the vocalist of Indian band...
We Are Going to Start Rejecting Submissions If…
By Unite Asia on February 21, 2020
Dear All, Thank you to all those bands, labels, PR peeps, who do a great job sending us interesting information about your release, video, tour,...
Marijannah Share Own Experience With Stoned Meadow of Doom
By Unite Asia on February 18, 2020
After the piece released this morning, Marjinnah shared their own experience with the owner of this youtube channel that is being outed as a racist...
Take A Moment To Mourn The Passing of A Hero Who Warned The World – And Got Arrested
By Unite Asia on February 7, 2020
Yesterday a Chinese doctor – Li Wen Liang – passed away. He was a Wuhan doctor who back on December 30th already sounded the alarm...
A Good Lesson About “Allies”
By Unite Asia on January 26, 2020
It’s really important to make sure you know who claim to be your “allies”. This Australian based illustrator was a strong ally of the Hong...
Remember Under The Influence: New York Hardcore? We Look At Some Of Our Recent Favs
By Unite Asia on January 19, 2020
This episode of Noisey focused around New York Hardcore and its GLOBAL influence is one of the best introductions to this genre of hardcore. Near...
We In Hong Kong Are So Grateful For The Worldwide Support – Thus We Want To Help Others
By Unite Asia on January 17, 2020
It has been a gruelling 7 months for us in Hong Kong with now over 7000 people arrested, numerous first-aiders having been arrested, numerous members...
SPOTLIGHT: Nicholas Wong Chronicles His Decade Worth Of Music [Singapore]
By Unite Asia on December 31, 2019
SPOTLIGHT | Nicholas Wong Marijannah | Blood Pact | Bruised Willies | The Caulfield Cult | Mouthful Of Air | Abattoirblues As we close out...
COLUMN: The World Of Hardcore Is A Beautiful Thing
By Unite Asia on December 20, 2019
The World Of Hardcore is a Beautiful Thing by Riz Farooqi When you’ve been involved in something like hardcore or punk rock for 20 plus years,...
COLUMN: Indian Protests by Guitarist of Indian Hardcore Band Death By Fungi
By Unite Asia on December 18, 2019
As the world continues to burn in all corners of the planet, we invited the guitarist, Vrishank Walia Menon, of Indian hardcore band Death By...
COLUMN: Why Band Photos Matter
By Unite Asia on December 15, 2019
Why Band Photos Matter By Riz Farooqi Photo Credit: End These Days by Imyoung Choi Having done this website for over 4 years now, there...
We Hit 26,000 Likes Today!
By Unite Asia on November 23, 2019
Woah…we don’t know exactly when we hit this number, but we just realized that our facebook page has surpassed 26,000 likes! This on the same...
Stop Stealing Other People’s Content
By Unite Asia on September 23, 2019
It has been brought to our attention several times that a person on Facebook has continued to steal our content and paste it onto their...