Posts by Crack Staff (@crackmagazine )

Strange Signals & Folk Horror Cinema: Mixed by OffBeat Folk Film Club

Dive into the world of OffBeat Folk Film Club via folk horror soundtracks, eerie electronics, 70s public information films, library music and more.

We Love Green completes line-up for 15th anniversary edition

The festival returns to Paris from 5–7 June with Addison Rae, Little Simz, Oklou, Jim Legxacy and more set to perform.

Le Guess Who? announces 24-hour dub programme

The Bug, Scientist, Introspekt, Tash LC and more will perform during a nonstop 24-hour dub session in Utrecht this November.

Enter a prize draw to win tickets to Harry Styles’ Meltdown show

The draw, which is open until Friday, 15 May, will raise funds for Southbank Centre’s creative programmes for artists and young people.

MUTEK Montréal finalises this year’s music programme

The festival returns to Montréal from 25-30 August with sets from Kali Malone, Facta, gyrofield, Ben UFO and more.

BERSHKA MUSIC and DICE announce 2026 collaboration

The fourth consecutive year of the partnership will see expanded presence across global music scenes, from Europe to Brazil.

Spellbound Festival announces 2026 programme

The Turin festival returns across three venues in June and September with a live music programme, talks, and a sleeping concert.

Semibreve announces first wave of artists for 2026

The Portuguese festival returns to Braga from 22–25 October 2026.

Decoding… Boards of Canada

After years of rumoured, teased and wished-for returns, one of the most mythologised acts in electronic music are finally back with their forthcoming album, ‘Inferno’.

Nuits sonores releases 2026 timetable for festival and Nuits sonores Lab

The Lyon festival returns for five days from 13–17 May, with highlight sets from Ben UFO, DJ Travella, MCR-T, Mala and more.

ASIAN DOPE BOYS, Ziúr and more to play at Kuboraum’s Venice Biennale takeover

Kuboraum will present ‘We Travel to Know Our Own Geography’ during the Venice Art Biennale this weekend.

Pay It Forward: Loraine James on Aoki Takamasa

Loraine James traces the influence of Japanese clicks-and-cuts pioneer Aoki Takamasa on her upcoming “IDM popstar” album, ‘Detached From the Rest of You’.

Decoding… Midwest emo according to American Football

As American Football gear up to release their new album, ‘LP4’, Steve Holmes gives us the lowdown on a genre they may be synonymous with forever.

shy blossom: “It’s about people who feel things deeply”

The Florida group’s lead singer talks band dynamics, their creative process, and making music for emotional people.

La Nature reveals curators for 2026 edition

The Belgian Ardennes festival returns in June with a collective-led programme.

Solstice Festival expands 2026 line-up

The Finnish festival adds a new stage curated with NYC-based community station The Lot Radio to this year’s programme.

Egypt’s new underground: Listen to the mix series

Tune into mixes from five artists shaping Egypt’s new underground: Jana, Azzouni, El Kontessa, Rozer, and El Mokh.

Egypt’s New Underground: Rozer

Half-Egyptian, half-Palestinian artist Rozer merges his deep knowledge of traditional regional sounds with modern experimental club music. This mix is for the late hours, when the floor settles and the crowd locks in.

Egypt’s New Underground: Azzouni

In this mix, made for when the night is almost over but you don’t want to slow down, Cairo-based producer, DJ and community organiser Azzouni drifts through dub, dancehall, leftfield bass and beyond.

Egypt’s New Underground: El Mokh

Mansoura-born producer El Mokh’s hour-long mix moves though shaabi, bass, and club sounds from his local scene and beyond.

Egypt’s New Underground: El Kontessa

Cario-based producer, DJ and multidisciplinary artist El Kontessa curates a 45-minute mix for peak club intensity: “pulsing lights, speakers shaking the walls, and the kind of energy that makes everything feel intense and alive.”

Egypt’s New Underground: Jana

Cairo-based DJ and producer Jana moves through deconstructed club and bass sounds, featuring cuts from EsDeeKid, Fakemink and Vince Staples.

Boards of Canada announce new record, Inferno

The new 18-track album – the Scottish duo’s first in 13 years – will be released via Warp Records on 29 May.

Sunday Mix: Carla dal Forno

Australia’s master of darkwave folk, Carla dal Forno, takes over this week’s Sunday Mix with an hour of sun-soaked Aussie pop.

Listen to Boards of Canada’s first new music in 13 years

After mounting speculation about the duo’s return, new track ‘Tape 05’ has just been uploaded to Boards of Canada’s YouTube channel.

Massive Attack and Tom Waits release ‘Boots On The Ground’

The protest song, titled ‘Boots On The Ground’, is accompanied by a seven-minute video by the photographer thefinaleye.

Live Nation operated as illegal monopoly, jury finds

The verdict follows a seven-week New York trial and four days of deliberations, with penalties still to be determined

Gaswerk Music Days sets 2026 dates with first artist announcement

MC Yallah & Scotch Rolex, Holy Tongue and others lead the initial line-up for the Berlin festival spread across two weekends.

Madonna shares first track teaser for ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor: Part II’

Listen to the preview of ‘I Feel So Free’, the first taste of new music from ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor: Part II’.

Italy’s Limbo festival completes line-up

Daniele Baldelli and Napoli Segreta among the programme highlights as the festival returns to Tuscany this July.