Read an excerpt from Dan Hancox′s new book, Multitudes: How Crowds Made the Modern World

In this excerpt, Hancox explores the roots and evolution of one of the UK’s most beloved music events – Notting Hill Carnival.

48 Hours at the Spotify Huis

At this year’s ADE, Chloé Caillet, TSHA and more dropped into the Spotify Huis for two days of music and conversation.

Cue Points: HiTech

This is Cue Points, a series where DJs get granular with current tracks in their sets, giving us the low-down on what makes them work. This week, Detroit trio HiTech pick five of their favourite tracks for high-energy sets to make the club move.

In Photos: No Bounds 2024

With highlight sets from Flowdan, Lord Spikeheart, DJ Storm and Iceboy Violet with Nueen, No Bounds brought a weekend of thoughtfully curated music and art to 11 venues across Sheffield and Rotherham.

“It ought to see the trend but transcend it”: Read an extract from C2C Festival’s new avant-pop manifesto

Through original essays and archival photos, ‘We Call It Avant-Pop’ traces 22 years of the festival’s history and the sounds that have shaped it.

Twenty years on, Sung Tongs is still Animal Collective at their most elemental

Inspired by classic pop, freak folk and minimal house, Animal Collective’s strange and beautiful second album deserves greater recognition for its sonic experimentation and emotional resonance.

Lunchmeat Festival 2024 through five key performances

Trippy audiovisual sets were the star of the show at Prague’s Lunchmeat this year – from object blue’s collaboration with Natalia Podgórska, to Toumba’s link-up with local artist Kristýna Sidlárová.

“It was like leaving each other little messages”: Iceboy Violet in conversation with Nueen

The ‘You Said You’d Hold My Hand Through The Fire’ collaborators catch up to discuss creating a cathartic project, ambient music as an attitude, and why there’s never been a more exciting time in rap than now.

Listen to a playlist highlighting forms of resistance through music, curated by Saya

DJ, artist, researcher and activist Saya puts together a playlist exploring forms of resistance through music, with sounds ranging from Palestinian trap to dabke, hard drums and kuduro.

In Photos: WHP presents Repercussion

Marking the official start of The Warehouse Project’s 2024 season, Repercussion returned to Depot Mayfield with a stacked line-up celebrating dance music in all its forms.

In Photos: FLY Open Air 2024

FLY Open Air returned to Edinburgh this September with a dance-focused programme featuring a highlight set from Mr. G.

“Then we watched Philadelphia” – Midland in conversation with artist and writer Huw Lemmey

To mark the release of his debut album, ‘Fragments Of Us’, Midland sits down with ‘Bad Gays’’ Huw Lemmey to discuss queer spaces, histories, otherness and togetherness.

In Photos: BEONIX 2024

BEONIX Festival’s third edition was a loud celebration of dance music, emerging DJs and Cypriot culture.

In Photos: MEO Kalorama 2024

Closing the summer festival season, MEO Kalorama’s varied and vibrant programme celebrated this year’s biggest music moments alongside Lisbon’s local scene.

In Photos: Field Maneuvers 2024

Independent festival Field Maneuvers hosted one last dance for its 11th – and what was intended to be last – edition, ultimately convincing organisers to bring it back next year.

“I was trying to be an archaeologist”: SOPHIE’s creative director on working with the artist, understanding her vision and honouring her essence

Tasked with creative directing the visualiser for SOPHIE’s posthumous album, Renata Raksha stepped into everything she’s learnt about, and from, the artist.