Crack Mix 615: Jay Music
Fresh from TraTraTrax’s ‘Mzansi Bass’ compilation, Jay Music delivers a high-energy Crack Mix rooted in amapiano, gqom and South African bass culture.
Memòri Festival 2026 through five key performances
At its sold-out debut, Memòri paired dub, techno and psychedelic sounds with a strong sense of community and place.
SOUNDIT 2026: The Barcelona festival hits its stride
SOUNDIT returns for its second edition with standout sets from Helena Hauff, gyrofield and Kode9 b2b Tim Reaper, alongside takeovers from Ilian Tape and TraTraTrax.
9 films to watch after listening to Charli xcx’s Music, Fashion, Film
Nine films and documentaries that echo the themes of Charli xcx’s ‘Music, Fashion, Film’, featuring works by David Cronenberg, Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola and more.
Decoding… Mzansi Bass
Shannen SP breaks down the artists, parties and sounds driving South Africa’s ever-evolving bass continuum.
Live from Spot Lite Detroit: Stacey ‘Hotwaxx’ Hale and Ceri
To mark the closure of Spot Lite, Stacey ‘Hotwaxx’ Hale and Ceri revisit a special four-hour set they played at the Detroit institution last year.
In Photos: Limbo Festival 2026
A photo recap of this year’s edition of Limbo, the intimate Tuscan festival combining electronic music, wellbeing and nature.
Inside Spellbound’s sleeping concert: An interview with Nkisi
Acting as the centrepiece of Turin’s Spellbound Festival this year was a concert you are meant to sleep through, inspired by accounts of unexplained sounds heard in the desert.
In Photos: Down The Rabbit Hole Festival 2026
Dutch festival, situated in the lakeside surrounds of Ewijk, returned in July treating revellers to sets from David Byrne, The XX, Avalon Emerson and more
Listen to a journey through cosmic disco curated by Daniele Baldelli
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
Pay it Forward: Kurt Vile on Neil Young
For Philly psych-folk wanderer Kurt Vile, no one does both in-the-moment rock ’n’ roll glory and pin-drop intimacy quite like Neil Young.
Listen to a playlist for journeys along country roads curated by Alfa Mist
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
In Photos: How Reload Sound & Friends celebrate Bristol’s musical legacy
Bristol DJ soundsystem collective team up with Foot Locker and Salomon at iconic club Lakota to explore the city’s musical identity through a genre-spanning night of music.
Rising: IMISSMYMOM are making existential shoegaze with a side of doom
With their second album, London-based band IMISSMYMOM are holding onto the spontaneity that first brought them together.
Napoli Segreta’s playlist for a red heat alert
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
The V&A’s Lost Music Venues: A celebration of the grassroots spaces that sustain British music culture
The V&A’s ‘Lost Music Venues’ display is part eulogy, part call to action and part cultural archive-in-the-making, curator Harriet Reed tells us.
Iceage’s guide to Copenhagen
As the Copenhagen band’s new album arrives just in time for a long summer in the city, drummer Dan Kjær Nielsen shares the local music spaces and hidden corners that continue to inspire them.
Open’er Festival 2026 through five key performances
From David Byrne’s orange-hued optimism to Nick Cave’s rousing, devotional headline set, Open’er Festival transformed north Poland’s Gdynia into a four-day celebration of music legends and contemporary pop icons.
Decoding… ongaku kissa
Filmmaker Nick Dwyer traces the origins, evolution and enduring appeal of Japan’s ‘ongaku kissa’.
Swaraj – Rewind & Reload: DJ Priya
As part of a two-part mix series celebrating the return of the legendary London club night Swaraj, DJ Priya takes us on an hour-long, high-energy ride through genres and eras.
Swaraj – Rewind & Reload: Pathaan
As part of a two-part series celebrating the return of the legendary London club night Swaraj, Pathaan delivers a slow-burning mix that revisits the eclectic sounds and spirit of its formative years.
11 tracks for the shortest flight of your life, selected by Bassvictim
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
In Photos: Gottwood Festival 2026
Gottwood celebrated a landmark 15th anniversary this year, rewarding its dedicated community with its first-ever 24-hour programme across the Carreglwyd Estate.
Dancing with the ghosts of Blackpool: The Black Lights was an inspired collision of place and sound
The inaugural edition of The Black Lights embraced Blackpool’s faded glamour, transforming venues across the town into stages for radical music from The Caretaker, Klein, Blackhaine and more.
8 artists, writers and Madonna collaborators on CONFESSIONS II
Arca, IB Kamara, Michael Cragg and more share their first takes and experiences with ‘CONFESSIONS II’ – Madonna’s long-awaited, triumphant return to the dancefloor.
CONFESSIONS II: Madonna lets her guard down on the dancefloor
Looking back has never come naturally to Madonna. On ‘CONFESSIONS II’, she does so without succumbing to nostalgia, delivering her most honest, cohesive and creatively liberated album in over 20 years.
Donato Dozzy & Batu: The Expanding Universe
Donato Dozzy and Batu may come from different generations and zones of electronic music, but their paths have been crossing, fatefully, for nearly a decade. Now, they’re playing an ongoing game of “ping-pong production” that brings together Bristol bass futurism and hypnotic minimal techno.
Listen to a playlist that captures what the sun feels like, according to Parris
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
Swaraj: Claiming Space
As legendary late-90s and 00s club night Swaraj returns, key figures from the Asian Underground cast their mind back to a transformative moment in British club culture.
The Caretaker: Ballroom Eternal
Ahead of his performance in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom during last weekend’s The Black Lights festival, James Leyland Kirby spoke in a rare interview about the unlikely viral afterlife of his dementia-themed project, The Caretaker.