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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.
Hannah Peel and Christopher Andrews on tying sonic textures to physical environment.
In 2024, the outlook for grassroots music venues looks bleak. But across the country, enterprising music fans are bucking the trend, building new spaces where community – not commerce – reigns supreme.
On their fourth album ‘Romance’, Fontaines D.C. are shedding their image as literary post-punks in favour of fantasy, love and extremity that defies over-analysis.
Chicago’s purveyors of tightly wound post-punk are raging against our broken systems the only way they know how – through a mix of empathetic fury and fun.
The Manchester-forged experimentalists harness visceral noise, cryptic vocals and dramatic flair to close the gap between band and crowd. We catch up with them ahead of their debut album, ‘I’ve Seen a Way’
From Blur to Éliane Radigue, Oliver Coates and Lucy Bright discuss influences and the process of soundtracking Charlotte Wells’ directorial debut ‘Aftersun’
Dry Cleaning’s alienated sprechgesang might just be the closest thing we have to a collective internal monologue. We catch up with the band for the new issue
In 2021, some of the most exciting bands and artists blended social commentary with absurdist spoken word. It makes sense, in a weird way
For our 100th issue, we united three sets of former Crack Magazine cover stars for in-depth conversations – first up, IDLES Joe Talbot and Savages’ Jehnny Beth
‘Bros: After The Screaming Stops’ was a runaway iPlayer hit of the holiday period
Celebrated for works exploring voguing and postmodern dance, we speak to choreographer Trajal Harrell ahead of his exhibition at the Barbican Centre
Despite Future Islands’ overdue commercial success, Francis Blagburn finds a band committed to fighting for the hearts and minds of their fans
With Dirty Projectors now an army of one, David Longstreth talks frankly about his split with Amber Coffman and why he champions hope above hopelessness
Francis Blagburn celebrates the life of an influential and, at times, controversial columnist, novelist and jazz critic who died on 7 January
When I join Lawrence Lek at his studio in Hackney Wick, I feel welcomed into…
Massive Attack’s live backdrop carries a potent political message. Francis Blagburn speaks to one of the group’s founders to find out what it all means
Carmel Koster is very busy. She’s a choreographer who draws from a flourishing diversity of…
The organising principle behind Nicolas Jaar’s work is to fight against logic, and the logics…
Francis Blagburn celebrates the eclectic selections of Björk the DJ
Mitchell’s charming mixture of laconic ambivalence and swaggering bravado is captured in our styled shoot
The visual and musical traditions of London’s recent history inform the three members of Real Lies’ creative output. See our styled shoot with the band
The charismatic composer tells Francis Blagburn about a new, Bowie-dedicated piece and his forthcoming unveiling of Shadow of Time
We met with renowned graffiti artist ROID to discuss his role in the re-launch of NikeLab’s ACG collection
We visited LAW Magazine’s offices to learn about their “extremely personal” approach to publishing and how they’re using everyday Britain to redefine style
There’s an alchemic quality to Cisum’s music. Influences, afterthoughts and anxieties coming together in a process of synthesis. Listen to ’20’ now
