UNIIQU3 is getting her flowers

Five years after her breakthrough EP Heartbeats, UNIIQU3 has seen Jersey Club – a sound she helped take global – percolate into pop music, and her name dropped in all the right places. Time, then, to re-enter the chat with a new album that strikes out for new horizons.

Sam Austins: “That viral moment saved my life”

Sam Austins’ rise hasn’t been straightforward. A period of houselessness followed his isolated teenage years, while label rejection forced a rethink – hardships that have shaped the contours of his uncompromising avant-pop. Then, ‘Seasons’ went viral – and a new chapter was written.

Oklou: Love Sensation

On her breakthrough debut album, ‘Choke Enough’, Oklou is going offline to explore the dopamine-releasing rush of IRL experience and emotional intensity.

Bitter Babe: Speed of Life

Bogotá-born DJ and producer Bitter Babe is bending the sounds of the Latin diaspora into new and unusual shapes as she creates future-facing club music for a connected world.

Erika de Casier

Activism in action: Burning Womxn are the Parisian feminist collective making safer spaces for marginalised genders at festivals

Ahead of the second iteration of the intersectional art, craft and music weekender, Burning Womxn discuss cultivating a “space free from patriarchy”

Various artists

Salamanda

VTSS has no time for techno’s self-ordained gatekeepers

The producer explores where the rough edges of her music and softer aesthetic interests collide

Sevdaliza

Down Time: Marie Davidson

We asked the Québécois producer for inspiration for what to read and watch

A list of all the cameos in Dave’s powerful new video Black

Stormzy, Ozwald Boateng, Tiffany Calver and more star in the visual directed by Nathan James Tettey

Orpheu the Wizard and Elena Colombi to play Lasai stage at Bilbao BBK Live 2019

The Basque festival comes to Kobetamendi Mountain on 11-13 July

DJ Stingray, Eris Drew and Giant Swan to play Field Maneuvers 2019

The festival returns for a seventh edition on 30 August to 1 September

Jayda G, Severed Heads and Peggy Gou announced for Lente Kabinet 2019

Dekmantel’s sister festival comes to Het Twiske, near Amsterdam, on 25-26 May

Selections: Archie Hamilton

The Moscow Records boss chooses Quantic, DJ Day, Horace Andy, Paqua and more

Brit nominees IDLES say winning an award would be “meaningless”

The Bristol five-piece voice their thoughts on being nominated in the British breakthrough category

rRoxymore, Machinewoman and Max Cooper join Wigflex Festival line-up

The festival will be spread over 15 of Nottingham’s most innovative spaces

Helena Hauff, Avalon Emerson and Jeff Mills tapped for Listen! 2019

The Belgian festival comes to multiple venues in Brussels on 17-21 April

Watch the experimental Common Fate video from Berlin-based sound artist Jessica Ekomane

The French musician’s new visual premieres today (20 February) on Crack Magazine

Remember when Karl Lagerfeld appeared on Grand Theft Auto IV?

The late fashion designer lent his voice to hosting the K109 The Studio radio channel on the 2008 video game

Legendary industrial band Severed Heads to play rare Bristol show

Simple Things will host a performance from the Australian group on 24 May

Nina Kraviz, Donato Dozzy and The Black Madonna announced for Flow Festival’s Front Yard programme

The Finnish event comes to Helsinki on 9-11 August

Jeff Mills mistakenly credits a Julien H Mulder track as his own

Patterns in Nature has been credited to Mills on his EP Str Mrkd

Massive Attack’s Mezzanine tour is designed to counteract “repetitive” and “static” contemporary culture

In a new interview, the trip-hop group open up about their current tour

Ryuichi Sakamoto models in Opening Ceremony’s AW19 lookbook

The composer features alongside other leading Asian and Asian-American cultural figures, including playwright David Henry Hwang and author Jenny Han

Tirzah, Actress and sega bodega added to Rewire line-up

The Dutch festival will come to The Hague on 29-31 March

Phoebe Bridgers releases new statement on Ryan Adams allegations

“If your friend is acting fucked up, call them out”

Nick Cave announces Conversations tour dates across the UK and Europe

The Bad Seeds frontman will answer questions from the audience and perform piano renditions of his songs

Emmanuel, JoeFarr, Nick Anthony Simoncino and more to play Renate’s Nebel party

The 12-hour party lifts off at the Berlin venue just before midnight on 22 February