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  • Noname: Speaking Truth

  • How jazz-punk quartet Maruja prevailed in spite of their surroundings

  • Annahstasia is ready to grow into the artist she was always meant to be

  • Paléo Festival through five key performances

  • Pavements director Alex Ross Perry on portraying the band’s chaos and contradictions

  • DJ Haram is channelling her fury at the state of everything into a hypnotic debut album

  • Temporary Pleasure have turned the carpark rave into art

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Temporary Pleasure have turned the carpark rave into art

The architecture and rave collective bring boy racer culture and Y2K era soundsystems to the Barbican’s ‘Feel The Sound’ exhibition with a new project, ‘Joyride’. Founder John Leo Gillen talks about the idea behind it: cars and clubbing.

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ROBOT Festival reveals first wave of artists for its 2025 programme

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The Warehouse Project drops the main season announcement for WHP25

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What to expect at HARD Summer Festival this weekend

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South Facing announces second stage line-up for Love Motion

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Mix With The Masters announces 2025 ReBalance Scholarship alongside masterclass with Catherine Marks

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Simple Things completes its main festival line-up with Nala Sinephro, Clark, The Bug and more

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No Bounds Festival reveals the next phase of its 2025 programme

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All Points East reveals new artists for opening show with Cleo Sol

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Mura Masa launches new zine celebrating grassroots music culture across the UK

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Sicily’s Ortigia Music announces line-up for 2025

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SON Estrella Galicia’s Soundhood Hackney returns this September

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Simple Things completes week-long programme with Moin, John Maus, Autechre and more

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Festival Guide 2025

A rolling, regularly-updated directory of essential events in the UK, Europe and beyond.

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In Solidarity with Gaza: A Guide to the Music and Resources That Support the Humanitarian Effort

A regularly updated list of releases raising money for the relief effort in Gaza, and a list of resources and organisations doing crucial work on the ground.

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⌘R: The Best New Music, curated by Crack Magazine

A rolling playlist of the best new music, curated and regularly refreshed by Crack Magazine.

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Temporary Pleasure have turned the carpark rave into art

The architecture and rave collective bring boy racer culture and Y2K era soundsystems to the Barbican’s ‘Feel The Sound’ exhibition with a new project, ‘Joyride’. Founder John Leo Gillen talks about the idea behind it: cars and clubbing.

  • Profiles

Noname: Speaking Truth

Since releasing ‘Sundial’ in 2023, Noname has poured her energy into two projects that reflect the spirit of her political views: Noname Book Club and Radical Hood Library. With these outlets for her values, her music is swapping theory for something more human.

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How jazz-punk quartet Maruja prevailed in spite of their surroundings

On their debut album, ‘Pain to Power’, Manchester-based band Maruja channels political rage into a stirring call for sincerity, solidarity and collective hope.

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Annahstasia is ready to grow into the artist she was always meant to be

After spending her twenties travelling the world and having her career dictated by others, Nigerian-American singer-songwriter Annahstasia is finding her truest form as an artist on her new album, ‘Tether’ – in the city she has always called home.

  • Live Reviews

Paléo Festival through five key performances

From local favourites and rising names to international artists and crowd-pulling headliners, Switzerland’s Paléo Festival delivered a vast and varied programme with highlights from the likes of Moonchild Sanelly, Toccororo, and Asmâa Hamzaoui and Bnat Timbouktou.

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Pavements director Alex Ross Perry on portraying the band’s chaos and contradictions

With its blurring of documentary, fiction and musical film genres, ‘Pavements’ is a conceptual counter to bland rock docs and legacy biopics – and nearly as contradictory as the band it celebrates.

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Album Reviews

Circuit des Yeux
'Halo on the Inside'
Central Cee
'Can't Rush Greatness'
Shigeto
Cherry Blossom Baby
Nídia and Valentina
Estradas
Beabadoobee
'This Is How Tomorrow Moves'
Remi Wolf
Big Ideas
$uicideboy$
'New World Depression'
I Saw The TV Glow review Various Artists
I Saw the TV Glow (The Original Soundtrack)
Mount Kimbie
The Sunset Violent
Erika de Casier
Still
The Smile
Wall of Eyes
Shabazz Palaces
Robed in Rareness
Mitski
The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We
Kylie
Tension
Beverly Glenn-Copeland
The Ones Ahead
Anohni and the Johnsons
My Back Was a Bridge For You to Cross
Amaarae
Fountain Baby
Bar Italia
Tracey Denim
Avalon Emerson & the Charm
Avalon Emerson & the Charm
Yaeji
With a Hammer
μ-Ziq
1977
boygenius
the record
Yves Tumor
Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)
100 gecs
10,000 gecs
  • Long Reads

Temporary Pleasure have turned the carpark rave into art

The architecture and rave collective bring boy racer culture and Y2K era soundsystems to the Barbican’s ‘Feel The Sound’ exhibition with a new project, ‘Joyride’. Founder John Leo Gillen talks about the idea behind it: cars and clubbing.

  • Profiles

Noname: Speaking Truth

Since releasing ‘Sundial’ in 2023, Noname has poured her energy into two projects that reflect the spirit of her political views: Noname Book Club and Radical Hood Library. With these outlets for her values, her music is swapping theory for something more human.

  • Profiles

How jazz-punk quartet Maruja prevailed in spite of their surroundings

On their debut album, ‘Pain to Power’, Manchester-based band Maruja channels political rage into a stirring call for sincerity, solidarity and collective hope.

  • Profiles

Annahstasia is ready to grow into the artist she was always meant to be

After spending her twenties travelling the world and having her career dictated by others, Nigerian-American singer-songwriter Annahstasia is finding her truest form as an artist on her new album, ‘Tether’ – in the city she has always called home.

  • Live Reviews

Paléo Festival through five key performances

From local favourites and rising names to international artists and crowd-pulling headliners, Switzerland’s Paléo Festival delivered a vast and varied programme with highlights from the likes of Moonchild Sanelly, Toccororo, and Asmâa Hamzaoui and Bnat Timbouktou.

  • Profiles

Pavements director Alex Ross Perry on portraying the band’s chaos and contradictions

With its blurring of documentary, fiction and musical film genres, ‘Pavements’ is a conceptual counter to bland rock docs and legacy biopics – and nearly as contradictory as the band it celebrates.

  • Live Reviews

Polifonic Festival Puglia 2025 through five key performances

Dar Disku, Chloé Caillet and Simo Cell were among the highlights at this year’s edition of the beachside festival.

  • Long Reads

In Photos: Junction 2

Junction 2 returned to London’s Boston Manor Park for its ninth edition last weekend, with Helena Hauff, Midland and Mount Kimbie on the bill.

  • Long Reads

In Photos: Jazzablanca Festival 2025

Jazzablanca Festival’s 2025 edition took place over ten days in Casablanca, with standout performances from Nubya Garcia, Alfa Mist and Ezra Collective.

  • Profiles

DJ Haram is channelling her fury at the state of everything into a hypnotic debut album

After a decade spent confounding expectations, New York-based producer and Moor Mother collaborator DJ Haram shifts course once again on her debut album, ‘Beside Myself’.

  • Long Reads

In Photos: London Trans+ Pride 2025

Photographer Eliza Hatch was there to capture joy and resistance at Saturday’s London Trans+ Pride march, which broke records as it the biggest event of its kind in the world.

  • Long Reads

Listen to a playlist curated by multidisciplinary artist GAUNT

Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.

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“A Brummie legend and a hero of magical nihilism” – We asked Warren Ellis, Daniel Avery and more to reflect on the legacy of Ozzy Osbourne

11 artists and lifelong fans reflect on a one-of-a-kind voice that redefined dark music and made the loudest sounds feel deeply human.

  • Mixes

Crack Mix 608: Melé

Liverpool-based DJ, producer and Club Bad head honcho Melé delivers over an hour of dynamic percussive sounds for his Crack Mix, moving through hypnotic tribal house, afro house, techno and more.

  • Long Reads

Pay It Forward: Verraco on Robert Del Naja

TraTraTrax co-founder Verraco on the seismic influence of the Massive Attack co-founder.

  • Profiles

ABUL3EES captures the realities of everyday life in occupied Palestine

ABUL3EES is documenting the details of daily life through introspective tracks shaped by Arabic hip-hop, his local scene, and the full spectrum of American rap.

  • Long Reads

Stone Techno Festival 2025 through five key performances

Held at a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Essen, this year’s edition of Stone Techno Festival featured standout sets from Helena Hauff, DVS1, and CCL b2b Priori.

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In photos: Blackhaine‘s And Now I Know What Love Is at MIF25

Last week, former Crack Magazine cover star Blackhaine premiered his immersive ‘And Now I Know What Love Is’ performance as part of Manchester International Festival 2025.

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