Made famous by Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo journalism is the act of writing where you become a part of the story.
Find our gonzo stories as we walk on the wild side of underground music and subculture. Forget objectivity, everyone’s worldview is biased.
Expect stories that are, in the words of H.S. Thompson, “too weird to live, too rare to die”.
An Insider Account of A Rave in Scotland’s Countryside Rave Stories. The best thing about them is that you can have your own. Our rave stories My friend Lys said she’d like to visit Scotland. She must have read my mind as I was dreaming......
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Trying CrossFit for the First Time: Breaking Sweat at Shieldwall CrossFit hype – we experience CrossFit for the first time, all for the readers. The goal? To break a sweat and see what it’s all about. CrossFit challenge After hearing that CrossFit ch...
Behind the Scenes: Big Emotion at Black Lives Matter Bristol Protest Black Lives Matter Bristol protest was emotional. There was a huge attendance that saw the dismantling of statues and recognition of a hard history. BLM Bristol protest, sinking of ...
Esoteric Festival 2020: Volunteering at a Brilliant Psychedelic Gathering Esoteric Festival, a psychedelic music and art event in Australia. Find out what it is like becoming a part of this accepting community. Esoteric Festival involvement A little ...
“Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don’t last your whole life.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera The city wasn’t paralysed, Cheltenham races were on....
Earth Frequency Festival 2020 – Adversity, Triumph & Hugs Earth Frequency Festival is a place where you can discover the electromagnetic field of Earth that surrounds and protects life at a natural frequency pulsation of 7.83 hertz. Also known as...
Discover Yumaanda Gathering & Aboriginal Techno Yumaanda Gathering: A new genre has been carved out of the land down under and they call it Aboriginal techno. Aboriginal history and culture, Tongberang’i Ngarrga Inc, meaning ‘born to ...
MoDem Festival – Psytrance, Family, Healing and High BPM MoDem festival translated as Momento Demento ‘moment of derangement’ – is a very fitting term if you make it to the last day. One Big Family at MoDem festival The festival started back in...
Sound System Culture of Notting Hill Carnival – Speaker to Speaker Itzel Rodriguez takes in sound system culture going speaker to speaker at Notting Hill Carnival – one of the largest Black culture parades in the world reaching over 2.5 mi...
Festival Hopping: A Journey from Boomtown to Glitch Festival hopping with itzel Rodriguez. Join her as she documents her experience jumping from festival to festival from the UK to Malta. Festival hopping, Boomtown A few months ago I received an earl...
Ozora Festival 2019 — Enter the Paradise of Psy-Trance Ozora Festival takes place near the city of Dádpuszta in Hungary and is considered to be the Holy Grail of psy-trance festivals. It’s where music, art and the spirit connect. We go along to...
Boomtown Fair 2019: Find Reflections From Insane UK Festival City Boomtown. Walking through the East gate on Friday night, I get the feeling of a pending festival apocalypse. Converging clouds, high blustery winds and spitting rain welcome me to my f...
Exit Festival 2019: This Is How They Do Techno in Serbia EXIT Festival is a major Serbian event that revolves around techno. Look further and dive into the Serbian underground and some of the best acts in the world. Pure hysteria The sound of people....
Earth Garden Festival Review 2019: See & Hear the Love Camping antics, running stage-to-stage, catching sunsets and sunrises. Earth Garden is a four-day festival that brings together Malta’s musical communities in a very charming way. Making frie...
Early Morning, Alcohol Free Party with Morning Booster Getting up at 5AM on a Friday morning ain’t easy — even if it’s for an alcohol-free party. Alcohol Free Morning Booster The day before I convinced a couple of my friends to join me for Morn...
Watch & Learn: Intense Training Capoeira in Brazil for a Week I spent a week living, eating and training Capoeira in Brazil with skilled athletes in the heart of Goiania. Capoeira in Brazil Originally a covert fighting system, slaves used Capoeir...
in.di.go Revellers Defy Weather at First 2019 Techno Event in.di.go Malta’s first techno event of the year went off without a hitch. Well, maybe one. 50 Knot winds While most of Malta was dealing with 50-knot winds that battered the island, te...
Oi Brasil! Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Marvelous City I am told there is no city like Rio. The Marvelous City of Carnival Cidade Maravilhosa. Rio de Janeiro is an iconic party city known internationally for its celebration of Carnival. Every...
The Zombie Apocalypse in Malta has come and passed – a veritable virus that has spread into the hearts and souls of hundreds of undead ravers. Read all about Underground Sound's major event right here....
Bubble Weekend 2018: Freedom, Music and Dancing The Saturday of Bubble starts like any Saturday should: on the beach. I arrive early in the afternoon and head down to Għajn Tuffieħa to enjoy the sea before heading into the relaxed, enthralling scenes...
UFC 226 – Maltese Producer Depth Goes Full VIP in Las Vegas A UFC VIP experience seen through the eyes of our guest writer Depth. Darren Till When I first saw the desert of Nevada I was blown away. I’ve lived in Malta all my......
in.di.go Sunday Morning Underground Culture is… Solid in.di.go set the rhythm of dawn, electronic landscapes unfold. Sunday morning underground forward-thinking techno with Muski, Patient, Fullster, Neil Pantos & Gordon Flash Techno music at 8 am...
Underground Sound was invited to cover the events that unfolded over the weekend of Earth Garden 2018. Rave analysts Shane and Luc share their stories. Find out what they got up to....
Getting Lost and Finding Ourselves at Lost & Found Festival A week has passed since Lost & Found I have made a full recovery and now I can recount to you some of the insanity of the festival. Day 1 at Lost & Found: Fresh......
A Weekend at RTS – Rock the South Summer 2018 The UGS team went south last weekend to explore RTS – Rock the South an alternative rock and electronic music festival. Saturday at RTS – Rock The South Malta is a great place to bring.....
Gozo Carnival Weekender With Dre & The Secret Circus Carnival Saturday night sees the party stumble up to the North of Gozo to the idyllic Villa Fiorita, The Secret Circus The Secret Circus hosted by the one and only DRE’. By this point, ev...
Karaburma: Enter Dark Belgrade & the Steam Punk Dev9t Festival Deki drives past chained-up lots and industrial parks in Belgrade where cold machinery rests in the humid evening. We weave our way around the headlands, between the Danube River and ...
Vertical Dimensions: The Maltese Psytrance Festival In one of the deepest pockets on the southern coast of Malta, the sleepy town of Zurrieq played host last weekend to a utopia for all psytrance fans, the second-ever Vertical Dimensions Festival. Ve...
Urban Kaos Promotions Takeover – Live DnB Set in Gozo Yesterday the sleepy town of Victoria in Gozo was taken over by one of Malta’s top drum & bass outfits. Urban Kaos Promotions took the liberty in inviting two Canadian MC’s from Toronto at the...
The Bubble 2017: A Festival of The Elements Originally designated the ‘The Festival of Light,’ here is a different take on Malta’s most original alternative get-together which takes place over a week from 18-25 September on the west coast of Malta. R...
Guča: Surviving the Glorious Serbian Trumpet Festival Riding the fine line between alcohol abuse and Eastern European tradition, my friend Sims and I travel to the heart of Serbia. At the international event of Guča, we struggle to survive the onslau...
Let It Roll: The Sonic Recreation of the End of the World Let It Roll Festival 2017 – Milovice, Czech Republic We are laughing hysterically. Barreling down the narrow Czech highway, our mom van gently flirts with the center guard rail as my fri...