In Photos: Flowdan headlines our Issue 154 launch party

Issue 154 cover star Flowdan brought the heat to The George Tavern in London’s east…

Tune in to TRISTÁN‘s enigmatic influences

19-year old Madrid based TRISTÁN has pop knowledge beyond his years and within his selections you can see the enigmatic array of influences that are responsible.

Ratking’s incendiary So It Goes seared a path for unrelenting experimentation

Ratking’s incendiary – and only – album not only captured the sound of a fertile rap scene in flux, but seared a path for unrelenting experimentation

In Photos: Sónar Lisboa 2024

Take a look back at this year’s Sónar Lisboa – which took place from 22-24 March – with our photo gallery featuring Nia Archives, Grove, Oneohtrix Point Never and more

Jenny Hval and Gazelle Twin on artistic identity and playing with performance conventions

Ahead of playing the forthcoming edition of Rewire Festival, the two experimental musicians discuss the conventions of performance, how they approach each of their projects and the shared connections in their work

This forgotten mid-00s MTV series was the original PS2 meme

From Stacy’s Mom in The Sims 2 to BloodRayne singing Evanescence, MTV2’s Video Mods imagined…

Cue Points: Desirée Falessi

Ahead of playing Sunny Side Festival, the Strain Records label boss talks us through how she approaches her sets, telling a story through her selections and keeping the vibes sexy and dramatic throughout

9 of Dries Van Noten’s Most Memorable Show Soundtracks

For four decades, Dries Van Noten has been creating immersive sensory experiences on the runway….

Listen to Jlin’s pick me up playlist

An immediate success, Jlin’s debut album, Dark Energy, dropped in 2015 when Patton was still working as a steel mill worker. The acclaim of the album allowing her to quit her job to focus on music full-time, she’s now an artist of her own league

Festival Guide 2024

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

Listen to a “weighty and moody” playlist from Dis Fig

Ahead of performing at Somerset House Studios for Assembly this weekend, Dis Fig curates a hefty playlist featuring the likes of Senyawa, DUMA’s Lord Spikeheart, Lucy Liyou and a collaboration between DJ SCOTCH BONNET – aka DJ Scotch Egg – and SENSATIONAL

Lao curates a guide to understanding the NAAFI sound

For today’s Selections playlist the label co-founder, DJ and producer some of his “favourite tracks to understand the NAAFI sound as part of the deconstructed and leftfield club music of the 2010s”

Saint Precious curates a playlist of tracks that make her “feel empowered and cared for”

To celebrate the release of her debut EP ‘The Resonance’, Saint Precious has put together a playlist of “music that sweeps me off my feet and back again” featuring serpentwithfeet, Arca, Björk, Cleo Sol and more

Listen to Alice Glass’ hype playlist

Ahead of this year’s Wide Awake Festival, Alice Glass curates a playlist featuring Shygirl, SOPHIE, Aqua, Babymetal and A. G. Cook

Tracing 10 years of Simple Things Festival’s visual world

Ahead of the Bristol festival’s much-anticipated return and decade anniversary celebrations we talk to some of the creatives behind Simple Things’ iconic visual identity, from photographers capturing the live moments on the ground to the designers steering its artistic evolution

Listen to a textural and experimental playlist from Nexcyia

Ahead of his debut album dropping next month, the London-based artist curates a playlist featuring Purelink, MIKE, Klein, James K and more