TheShieldAroundtheK,profilesthebirthandgrowthofthepunkrockDIYrecordlabel,KRecords,basedinOlympia,Washington.Co-Founders,CalvinJohnsonandCandicePedersenareinterviewedalongwithover20KartistsandpeersincludingMeccaNormal,Lois,RoseMelberg,IanMacKaye,SlimMoon,DeanWarehamandmore.TheShieldAroundtheKfeaturesperformance*yCalvinJohnson'slegendaryBeatHappening.InternationalPopUndergroundFestivalfootagefeaturesFugazi,BeatHappening,MeccaNormalandothers.TheShieldAroundtheKportraysanindependentrecordlabelwhoselo-ficredibilityhasneverbeencompromised.WrittenbyHeatherRoseDominic