Our collective member and punk aficionado, Tayyaba, recently hosted a panel discussion at Manchester Punk Festival 2025 with panellists Riaz, vocalist of Grail Guard and Prav, drummer of Reason To Leave. Below are notes from the discussions – have a read and check out their bands.

In conversation with Sym Gharial about music, identity and the strange allure of the glorious abyss that is punk.

Nida Manzoor's We Are Lady Parts returns for its much-anticipated second series on Channel 4. The British TV series follows all-female Muslim punk band Lady Parts as they navigate friendship, love and music in London.

“Both Manchester Punk Festival and WEIRDO have given me such a sense of belonging.” WEIRDO Collective members reflect on their time at Manchester Punk Festival 2024 and share highlights from the sets of Saffiyah Khan, Popes of Chillitown, KILL, THE ICON! and King Prawn.

A non-exhaustive list of South Asian women making rock music. When people ask “where are all the South Asian women in rock music?” send them this list!

Zee Ahmed interviews Canadian-Pakistani musician and festival organiser Urvah Khan about being a Pakistani kid growing up with the music scene in Toronto, reconciling Muslim tradition with Western culture, and what inspired her to start ScrapFest. This interview is part of WEIRDO’s ‘We Are The Weirdos, Aunty-ji’ series.

Genre-smashing Sonic Boom Six are back with a boom! Recently dropped ‘Future Shock’ is the brand new track and lead single off their upcoming compilation album ‘RE:Generation’. Plus, the band are on tour this October.

South Asian musicians have always been present in rock music. Here’s a list of ten of the most famous and influential bands with South Asian members from the UK and North America.

Synth-punk trio KILL, THE ICON! recently released their much anticipated debut EP ‘Your Anger Is Rational'. Naz Toorabally caught up with bassist and frontman Dr Nishant Joshi over Zoom to chat about the EP, the myth of meritocracy and why protest is important (despite what the Sleaford Mods have to say about it).

LA-based Bangladeshi-American artist Nadu dropped his genre-melding third album titled ‘16’ on 3rd March 2023. Nandita Suria shares her thoughts and an interview with Nadu.

White Riot is an expertly pieced together re-telling of history by Rubika Shah (Director, Writer) and Ed Gibbs (Producer, Writer) who blend fresh interviews with jarring archive footage to recreate the hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches in the late 1970s - and the Rock Against Racism movement that inspired a generation to stand up to racism and fascism in Britain.