bed are here to break the system

With their combative live performances, doom-laden rave rock and manifesto ripped from a cyberpunk novel, bed started out with one aim: to upend the music scene in their native Tokyo. Now, they are moving into phase two – taking their mission worldwide.

In Photos: BRDCST 2026

BRDCST Festival returned to Brussels with standout curated evenings from Ichiko Aoba, Keeley Forsyth and Stephen O’Malley.

My New Band Believe’s debut pushes against “stale and predictable” singer-songwriter music

Cameron Picton on starting his new project, My New Band Believe, and adapting its 20-plus-musician debut for the stage.

“Those who made it in are calling it legendary”: Inside Xaviersobased’s frenetic London show

The high-energy show spanned old favourites and new, more experimental material. Outside, chaos over strict venue rules only added to the hype.

The sound of memory: Akinola Davies Jr, Duval Timothy and CJ Mirra on scoring My Father’s Shadow

In Akinola Davies Jr’s BAFTA-winning ‘My Father’s Shadow’, Duval Timothy and CJ Mirra’s richly layered score fills the spaces between words unspoken.

In Photos: Somerset House Studios’ Assembly

Performances from felicita, Laurel Halo with Hanne Lippard, and Mark Fell with Mohammad Reza Mortazavi were highlights at Somerset House Studios’ bi-annual arts and music gathering.

“There is no love without anti-fascism”: Inside House Against Hate’s defiant Trafalgar Square rave

Over half a million people gathered in central London on Saturday to unite in protest against the far-right.

Listen to a playlist of selected samples and sonic references, curated by Hannan Jones and Samir Kennedy

Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.

Rap on trial: Why the UK must stop treating lyrics as evidence

Dr Lambros Fatsis, author of ‘Policing the Beats: Black Music, Racism and Criminal Injustice’, outlines how UK drill music is criminalised in courts and why the law needs changing.