Metronomy’s Nights Out was a refreshing oddity in the era of indie landfill

11 years on from its initial release, Tom Connick takes a look at how Metronomy’s genre-shifting album became their masterstroke

HEALTH

Inside the buzz of Black Midi

The young London band are making some of the country’s most esoteric new guitar music. Crack Magazine meets the group at Lewisham’s MFA Bowl for a match

Fucked Up

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IDLES

Interpol

Dirty Projectors

Deafheaven

The Update: Novelist

As he gears up to release his debut album, we catch up with the Lewisham MC to talk broadening his sound, the explosion of grime and retaining creative control