Listen to a playlist of alternative Christmas songs curated by Duke Garwood

The London-based artist provides us with a selection of seasonal songs that veer away from the more classic Christmas offerings

Cut and reset: The Class of Three Minutes

Meet the inaugural winners of Crack Magazine’s Three Minutes incubator, creating music videos with young British directors

Main character syndrome: 2021 was the year of the narrator

In 2021, some of the most exciting bands and artists blended social commentary with absurdist spoken word. It makes sense, in a weird way

Eastern Margins: A family, gathering

Eastern Margins are the London-based collective reclaiming space for East and Southeast Asian artists in club culture

Friendly Society: Yellowzine are rewriting the pages of art publishing

Aisha and Oreoluwa Ayoade observed first-hand how unequal the creative industries can be. So they created a resource to change it.

John Glacier: Look closer

This year, rapper, producer and self-confessed nerd John Glacier needed to get something off her chest. The result is a work that invites interpretations, from an artist who resists definition

Rising: Mrley

In Issue 125’s Rising feature, Marley Rutherford talks the influential Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and making rock music as a Black artist

How Sparks brought their psychodrama movie musical ‘Annette’ to life

In a rare interview, Ron and Russell Mael walk us along the long road to their big-screen debut directed by Leos Carax and starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard

Charli XCX: The endgame

The clock’s running down on Charli XCX’s major label contract. For her final move, the pop auteur is making a play for superstardom