Angel Olsen

Tough Love: Sheer Mag

The band pour righteous progressive energy into their throwback sound. Sammy Jones finds lead singer Tina Halladay as furious and liberating as ever

Mitski: Tell Me About It

Mitski captures the millennial slog with crushing realness. In the wake of Trump’s election, Sammy Jones hears how she creates a hopeful world for her fans.

Hot Topic: The month in political music

Hot Topic dives into the most politically charged, pissed off music we could get our grubby hands on this month

Various Artists

Hot Topic

Hot Topic is Crack’s monthly roundup of politically charged music

Honeyblood:
Hocus Pocus

Sammy Jones discovers how Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a grizzly painting inspired the indie-pop duo’s new LP Babes Never Die

Watch a couple get engaged at a Danny Brown show

And they say romance is dead? Nah. Danny Brown is currently travelling across the USA touring…

The Wytches

Liverpool Psych Fest

Jenny Hval

Hot Topic

It’s time for our monthly roundup of politically charged musical offerings from around the web. This month features Jenny Hval, M.I.A and more

Massive Attack to release event-only 12″ at forthcoming Clifton Downs show

The limited vinyl edition of Dear Friend, featuring James Massiah, will only be available at…

Pill

Reconsidering punk: how women are rewriting punk’s timeline

Female revolutionaries have long been excluded from the mainstream punk dialogue. How can we reconsider history and set the story straight?