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Tune in to the sounds of Copenhagen’s streets with a playlist curated by Clarissa Connelly

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

Barclays suspends sponsorship for 2024 Live Nation festivals

The bank will not be associated with Download, Latitude and Isle of Wight festivals, following protests and boycotts from artists and fans over its alleged ties to arms manufacturers supplying Israel.

Positive Education announces 2024 programme

The French festival returns for its 8th edition from 14-16 November. 

Crack Supporters get exclusive discounts to this month’s Meltdown Festival

Taking place at London’s Southbank Centre this month, selected shows include Speakers Corner Quartet & Guildhall Session Orchestra, Peng Femme Jam and Adonis Afters.

Pop Zone: Anna Prior

To celebrate the release of her debut EP, ‘Almost Love’, Metronomy’s Anna Prior provides a 45-minute window into her dancefloor-focused influences.

Tati au Miel

Montreal-based sound artist and DJ Tati au Miel explores the outer edges of sonic boundaries for the latest Crack Mix.

Exploited Body

Helsinki-hailing producer, DJ and Changeless label-head Exploited Body brings some hip-rattling energy for the latest Crack Mix.

Sunday Mix: Lola de la Mata

Over ambient soundscapes inspired by her experiences of tinnitus, Lola mixes strings, field recordings, poetry, and hits an ear canal-shaped gong.

Journey back to the early days of Charles Jeffrey’s LOVERBOY club night

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

EXIT festival completes its eclectic electronic line-up for 2024

The Serbian Festival will bring back its Dance Arena for this year’s edition, taking place from July 10-14.

Solstice Festival reveals full programme for 2024 edition

The Finnish weekender where the sun never sets takes place between June 20 and June…

Cue Points: ADIEL

This is Cue Points, a series where DJs get granular with current tracks in their sets, giving us the low-down on what makes them work.

Hearing heartbreak: 6 songs James Massiah can’t listen to right now

Music has power. It makes us scream, laugh, and cry. In our new series, we invite artists to share the tracks that feel so gut-wrenching they reach for the skip button.

Pop Zone: DJ Trick

With Club Cringe and Rash standing at the centre of her city’s hyperpop scene, the mix spans sleazy rock, EBM, club techno, J pop and vocal-flecked trance.

Sunday Mix: Elijah Minnelli

Cherrypicking from dub, folk music, cumbia and beyond, Elijah Minnelli’s sound is as rich and vivid as the folklore he builds around it.

Crack Mix 578: peoplelikeusdj

To celebrate Bristol-based Queer party and collective PLU’s 11th anniversary, co-founder Chris Collins takes over this week’s Crack Mix for an hour and a half of techno, trance, electro, bass, breaks and acid.

OFFSónar finalises programme for 2024

As part of Barcelona’s biggest music and cultural takeover, Sónar Week, the multi-day events series will return to the city once again from 13-16 June.

Gerd Janson, Narciss, DJ Sweet6teen, FJAAK, Mama Snake, Nene H

Sunday Mix: They Hate Change

Floridian hip-hop duo They Hate Change drop by to give us an hour of sunny Southern weekend vibes for today’s bank holiday special Sunday Mix.

GALA: OMOLOKO

A leading light of Belo Horizonte’s underground, 101Ø party starter OMOLOKO touches down in SE15 as part of his European tour.

GALA: Facta

The Wisdom Teeth co-head provides 50 minutes of looping grooves, tightly-woven broken beats, and shuffling garage.

GALA: Jhumka

Ahead of her Saturday appearance, Jhumka takes us into the darker hours with a heady blend of electro and proggy trance sounds.

Jhumka, Facta and OMOLOKO warm the floor for GALA 2024

Taking place in Peckham Rye Park over the spring bank holiday weekend, the three-dayer has become an unofficial curtain raiser for the summer festival season.

Lil Silva on making space for fluidity and unfiltered self-expression

In his own words, UK funky pioneer turned genre-hopping DJ, producer and performer Lil Silva recalls the moment he decided to provide a platform for artists to get weird.

Watch Heinali perform at CTM Festival 2024 with u-matic & telematique

Ukrainian composer and musician Oleh Shpudeiko took centre stage at the CTM Festival, a renowned…

Listen to a “flavour of zen” playlist curated by System Olympia

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

In Photos: On set with Static Dress

Returning with their first release in two years, Static Dress take us behind the scenes of their surreal self-directed video for new single, ‘crying’.

9 artists, creatives and The Streets collaborators on the legacy of A Grand Don’t Come For Free

On the album’s 20th anniversary, we asked 9 artists, creatives and collaborators to reflect on the record’s impact and why it still resonates today.

No Bounds Festival drops 2024 line-up, announcing Flowdan, Lord Spikeheart & more

The festival returns for its 7th edition from October 11-13, taking over venues across Sheffield…

Sunday Mix: Purelink

New York trio Purelink give us an exclusive peek at what they have planned for the upcoming summer live music season in this weekend’s Sunday Mix.