Blade Runner 2049 is a work of staggering grandeur and intimate reflection

Thirty years on from Ridley Scott’s original, Denis Villeneuve has created a sublime sequel that succeeds on a scale that’s more, well, human

A2: Easy Does It

The Croydon singer-rapper is stepping out from the shadows and into the limelight. Davy Reed meets up with him to talk grime and a change in direction

Boom for Real: The Explosive Life and Legacy of Jean-Michel Basquiat

The new Barbican exhibition maps the mythology of the iconic New York artist, from his beginnings as “The Radiant Child” to his widespread legacy

The untold story of the Lynchian video for the Spice Girls’Viva Forever

Fan theories abound as to the meaning of Spice Girls’ strangest video. The video’s director, Steve Box, puts the speculation to rest

Discwoman: Power In Numbers

Through infiltrating the industry and lifting up those around them, the Brooklyn-based collective are helping shift the scales for women in nightlife

Mist:
Blow Off the Pain

The rising Birmingham rapper has turned around hardship and a stint in prison to live his dream. He tells us why you shouldn’t underestimate him or his city

Turning Points: Tricky

Tricky plots the coordinates of an extraordinary career, from Bristol sound system culture to Berlin, via a spell of MTV superstardom

Brutaż:
Warsaw’s radical party goes against the grain

The event collective is working hard to fight the trolls and invite weird nightlife into Poland. In Warsaw, Caroline Whitely sees its progressive drive in action

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds bring rapt silence and utter joy to Manchester Arena