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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.
Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.
In 2024, TV on the Radio’s cryptic art rock was proof that, even in an era of indie sleaze hedonism, there were still bands turning out understated, cerebral classics.
Reflecting on one of their most recent tracks, ‘Details’, Ikonika reflects on incorporating their own vocals, translating the song into a live setting, and perfecting the production process with the help of Ableton Push 3.
Hong Kong-born Kiana Li, a.k.a. drum’n’bass shapeshifter gyrofield, takes us back to the Eastern Margins club night that confirmed she was on the right track.
Sherelle and Tim Reaper connect to discuss the responsibility of being labelled scene leaders, rejecting the idea of genres as trends, and the enduring spirit of jungle.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Iceland Airwaves, artists from Reykjavík’s eclectic music scene joined acts from across the globe – including Bar Italia, Magdalena Bay and Lambrini Girls.
Returning to Turin for its 22nd edition with the theme ‘Living With The Gods’, C2C Festival saw highlight sets from A. G. Cook, Nala Sinephro, Mica Levi, Mabe Fratti and more.
In this excerpt, Hancox explores the roots and evolution of one of the UK’s most beloved music events – Notting Hill Carnival.
At this year’s ADE, Chloé Caillet, TSHA and more dropped into the Spotify Huis for two days of music and conversation.
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. This week, Detroit trio HiTech pick five of their favourite tracks for high-energy sets to make the club move.
With highlight sets from Flowdan, Lord Spikeheart, DJ Storm and Iceboy Violet with Nueen, No Bounds brought a weekend of thoughtfully curated music and art to 11 venues across Sheffield and Rotherham.
Through original essays and archival photos, ‘We Call It Avant-Pop’ traces 22 years of the festival’s history and the sounds that have shaped it.
Inspired by classic pop, freak folk and minimal house, Animal Collective’s strange and beautiful second album deserves greater recognition for its sonic experimentation and emotional resonance.
Trippy audiovisual sets were the star of the show at Prague’s Lunchmeat this year – from object blue’s collaboration with Natalia Podgórska, to Toumba’s link-up with local artist Kristýna Sidlárová.
