M.I.A. – Mixed by NAINA

The Beats 1 DJ celebrates the Sri Lankan rapper’s musical impact with a specialist mix built entirely from M.I.A. tracks

My Berlin: A Playlist by Luz Diaz

The Berlin-based DJ curates a playlist illustrating her relationship with the city she now calls home

Mac Miller: Mixed by Jesse Fairfax

In the wake of the rapper’s passing, music journalist and hip-hop scholar Jesse Fairfax curates a 50-minute mix celebrating his work

Helena Hauff, Ricardo Villalobos, Joy Orbison, Saoirse and more confirmed for fabric’s 19th birthday

The 30-hour party starts in Farringdon on 20 October

Luz

Luz Diaz turns in a mix that inhabits the middle ground between techno, electro and leftfield experimentalism

UK Garage in 10 Tracks – By Sticky & Scott Garcia

Two titans from the genre’s scene select its most essential cuts

K4CIE

Featuring cuts from Loski, S-Type, Headie One, Nicki Minaj, Rae Sremmurd and more

Who will Drake send for on Scorpion? An investigation

Crack Magazine’s speculative and semi-informed breakdown of whose got it coming this Scorpion Season

Poté

The St. Lucian-born producer knows no bounds, freewheeling across regions, eras and sounds on this 50-minute journey

Lil Wayne carved out an eccentric future for hip-hop on Tha Carter III

With a bulletin from Planet Weezy to New Orleans, Lil Wayne captured the attention of the whole world

We caught a bus to Kanye and Kid Cudi’s album launch bonfire in the middle of nowhere

The listening party of Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s much-anticipated collaborative album Kids See Ghosts was as weird as you’d expect

Sharda

Hot off the release of his debut EP, the elusive artist turns in a hour-long mix coursing through UKG, garage and house at light speed

Kraftwerk – Mixed by Billy Nasty

Songs from the pioneering electropop group collaged together by veteran producer Billy Nasty

Sonos open new store in Berlin with Tony Visconti, Gudrun Gut and Alison Goldfrapp celebrating David Bowie

Sonos’ new Concept Store is located in the heart of Mitte

How composer Jon Brion found the emotional core of Oscar favourite Lady Bird

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut is underpinned by a charming soundtrack composed by Jon Brion who we spoke to ahead of the film’s UK release

Meet BASSIDE, the Miami duo celebrating the bassy DNA of their city’s sound

Listen to their debut EP first exclusively via Crack Magazine

The story behind every track on Swing Ting’s Junction EP

WhatsApp voice-notes, trips to Kingston and stellar collaborations all played a part in the Manchester collective’s scintillating new EP

20 Questions: Big Shaq

We caught up with the UK’s hottest (except he’s not) MC to talk cartoons, cabbage and Celine Dion

No Bounds Festival harnessed Sheffield’s musical heritage for a celebration of forward-facing art

Listen to an 11-year-old track by Omar-S and Young Seth

Out Friday (20 October) via Tuskegee Music, Lost And Found is an EP of previously…

Listen to Hyetal’s new album, Youth & Power exclusively via Crack Magazine

We’re excited to be hosting the world premiere of Youth & Power, the new album…

Joy Orbison, Omar-S and Kirk Degiorgio bring moody theatrics to Stone Island Presents Manchester

Appelsap Festival is essential for any European hip-hop fan

Dave’s Got a Plan

South London rapper Dave has proven himself as one of the country’s most compelling new voices. Duncan Harrison profiles a gifted artist on the rise.

Meet Anna of the North, the singer featured on Tyler, the Creator’s Boredom

We FaceTimed Anna to get the inside scoop on how she ended up on ‘Flower Boy’

5 Producers Reflect on Aphex Twin Playing Their Music

Powell, Machinedrum, Chino Amobi and more talk about what it was like to discover that Aphex Twin played one of their tracks

Lorde

Hell Of A Life: Kanye West in 40 photos

A pictorial guide to Yeezy’s life and work

How Afro B captured the sound of UK Afrobeats for the MOVES compilation

Exploring the fabric of the scintillating new hybrid genre with compilation curator and contributor Afro B

For Iraq and Syria: A collaborative poster project centred around human crisis

Profiling the poster exhibition orchestrated by London designer Yasseen Faik ahead of its launch at KK Outlet in June