Future Shock: AI versus the Dancefloor

AI’s champions promise democratisation, while its denouncers fear a devaluation of art as we know it. With electronic music scenes braced for impact, what exactly will the future sound like?

Writer David Keenan on the gig that changed his world: “It was like taking my first steps on the moon”

Celebrated music journalist and cult novelist David Keenan takes us back to the moment that ushered him into a world of underground weirdo music.

This new documentary captures the thrilling ferocity and enduring legacy of Fugazi’s live shows

‘We Are Fugazi From Washington, D.C.’ marks 20 years since the post-hardcore trailblazers’ final live show.

Festival Guide 2025

A rolling, regularly-updated directory of essential events in the UK, Europe and beyond.

How a studio accident helped shape Horsegirl‘s minimalist new sound

Horsegirl singer-guitarist Penelope Lowenstein recalls the session that sparked a more pared-back sound on the Chicago trio’s new album, ‘Phonetics On and On’.

Listen to a Valentine’s playlist of heavy metal love songs, lovingly selected by Crypt of the Wizard

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

“You find different corners of your personality in unknown spaces”: Lex Amor in conversation with Debby Friday

North London rapper Lex Amor and Canadian artist Debby Friday connect to discuss poetry, creative freedom and environment as inspiration.

Fifteen years on, the seductive glamour of HTRK’s Marry Me Tonight is more potent than ever

“You can imagine slow dancing with a cigarette in hand.”

“The silence is loud in a different way”: How Hannah Peel and Christopher Andrews found the spectral sound of Bring Them Down

Hannah Peel and Christopher Andrews on tying sonic textures to physical environment.

Listen to three playlists inspired by our London Short Film Festival picks

Curated by film critic Cici Peng, LSFF co-director Philip Ilson and International Space Orchestra founder Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian.

In Photos: London Short Film Festival

This year’s edition of London Short Film Festival took over the city’s cinemas for ten days of screenings, live events, workshops and panels.

Dream Logic: David Lynch viewed the world differently – and dared audiences to do the same

We celebrate the life of a director whose life was devoted to uncovering the wonder and strangeness of what it is to be human.

In Photos: Beyond The Valley Festival 2024

Australian festival Beyond The Valley brought in the new year in Victoria with four days of music and art.

From the Ground Up: Inside the DIY Spaces Going Against the Grain

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.

Listen to a playlist of tracks that shaped Melé’s sets this year

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

TV on the Radio‘s Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, Twenty Years On

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.