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.

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.

Ikonika breaks down how they created Details

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.

Listen to a playlist of mood-lifting tracks curated by John Carroll Kirby

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

gyrofield: “I was on at 6.50 in the morning, deep in club delirium, but it felt like I’d found something”

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.

“Faster tempos ‘til I die”: SHERELLE in conversation with Tim Reaper

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.

“It’s this feeling that you might stumble upon something brilliant by pure chance”: Iceland Airwaves 2024

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.

In Photos: C2C Festival 2024

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.