Digging in to uphold true independent music values for communities and cultures from all over the world, Utrecht’s flagship alternative festival was a four-day beacon of innovative music and raw emotion.
The bassist, producer, DJ and Kilengi Dance Party founder reflects on reconnecting with her Congolese heritage through music, learning through collaboration, and how shared intention can turn a crowd into a community.
Returning for its third – and biggest – edition yet at The Warehouse Project, Nia Archives’ club series returned to the Manchester venue last week for a five-stage, day-to-night takeover.
Morris Kolontyrsky of cosmic metal band Blood Incantation praises ambient icon William Basinski, who recently opened a show for them in a Chicago cemetery.
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
Bristol’s boundary-pushing all-day festival returned this month with an extensive programme co-curated by Crack Magazine, Team Love and the Bristol Beacon.
This week, London collective caroline take over the Sunday Mix with a 45-minute selection of warm, laid-back tracks made for a weekend spent with loved ones. Lean back and listen.
In her third feature, ‘Alpha’, the Palme d’Or-winning director crafts a family drama that navigates trauma, stigma and hysteria during a global pandemic. Here, she and actor Tahar Rahim reflect on her use of dual-timeline storytelling and symbolism to explore the entwined dynamics of fear and love.
At this year’s Paléo Festival, Flava D delivered a fast and fluid ride through drum ‘n’ bass and UKG, full of sharp turns and deep grooves. Dive in.
The band’s frontman reflects on finding inspiration in the unexpected and using contrast as a creative tool.
Not content with shaping contemporary fashion, both as an editorial trendsetter and a creative director known for his trailblazing aesthetics, IB Kamara is embarking on a new challenge – one that reconnects him with his earliest passion: music.
In this 75-minute mix, London and Bristol-based producer A.Wild glides between minimal, techno, tech house and more.
Ahead of their performances at Le Guess Who? Festival this weekend, experimental artist Ziúr and metal legend Iggor Cavalera discuss life-changing music and life-affirming connections.
Delivering on its promise to spotlight cutting-edge avant-garde sounds, Mucho Flow’s artfully curated 12th edition honed in on left-field pop, atmospheric shoegaze and experimental noise.
For 2025, Braga’s long-running experimental music festival deepened its conceptual focus on listening as a communal creative act.
The arts festival returned to the Wales Millennium Centre with a week-long programme of live music from the likes of Mabe Fratti, Meredith Monk and Beverly-Glenn Copeland.
For the third and final episode of ReRooted – a video series exploring artists’ connection to nature – The South African musician heads to Eastbourne’s coast for a sound sampling session by the sea.
Bristol’s venue-hopping all-dayer returns this Saturday, 8 November with a programme co-curated by Crack Magazine, Team Love, and the Bristol Beacon. From Nala Sinephro to Steve Davis, here are our top picks for the day.
Musician, broadcaster and ‘So, Hear Me Out’ host Linton Stephens unpacks the classical influences and references on Rosalía’s new single, ‘Berghain’.
TTSSFU, a.k.a. Wigan-born, Manchester-based Tasmin Stephens, situates her bratty alt-rock firmly in the unchecked messiness of life in your twenties: romance, friendship and, of course, regrettable nights out.
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
Einhundert’s three-day exploration of the club experience offered an insight into the creative process of some of electronic music’s top producers.
At the 2025 edition of Nuits sonores, Berlin-based heavyweights Justine Perry and Paula Koski delivered an hour of fast-paced, hypnotic and trippy techno built for peak-time carnage in the summer rain.
London-based DJs TSVI and Surusinghe came together at this year’s Nuits sonores for an evening of unpredictable percussive chaos, blending bass, techno, dembow and UK garage for a set built for the peak hours of the night.
Former Crack Magazine cover star Helena Hauff and electro and breakbeat visionary DJ MELL G came together for an exchange of “dark grooves, broken rhythms, and unexpected moments” at this year’s edition of Nuits sonores Festival.
Listen to three key sets from the 2025 edition of Nuits sonores: Helena Hauff b2b DJ MELL G, Justine Perry b2b Paula Koski, and TSVI b2b Surusinghe.
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
Lunchmeat Festival returned to Prague for its 16th edition with artists including Heith, Rainy Miller and Danny L Harle.
Across five days, MOGA Festival transformed the Moroccan coastal city of Essaouira into a sanctuary for electronic exploration.
After a health scare forced Lucrecia Dalt to reassess her usually high-velocity life, the experimental composer discovered both obsession and creative liberation in the stillness making her new album, ‘A Danger to Ourselves’.
