Camden in 2026 is a strange place. Infamous for its outsider cultures, it now props up a touristic doppelganger of itself, skewed like an AI replica, propagated for commerce. The old school punks passing through, clad heroically in their leather and safety pins, are homing beacons for the grit-edged music scene pulsating at the fringes, still pulling in the notable and notorious. DEAD PIONEERS , a five piece political punk band from Denver, finished their tour here at The Und

Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell their name – YAKKIE is here with no fear, unabashedly queer, and with their mission statement unreservedly clear: death to the unrelenting horror that is misogyny, and death to all that stands in the way of freedom. Their debut album, Kill The Cop Inside Your Head , is neither a punchy punk call-to-arms, nor a portfolio of brilliantly thought-out political poetry; neither a rousing rally nor a grungy bath of sound – because it is all four