Perspective:
Fear of Formation

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff discusses the negative reaction to Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ in the wider context of race relations in the US

Watching Kanye at Cardiff Cineworld

Xavier Boucherat heads over to one of the the Welsh capital’s prime screens to catch an earful of ‘The Life of Pablo’

Mozart and The Mistress:
The Role of Music in BDSM

Kamila Rymajdo delves into a world of sissy training and water sports to discover the importance of music in BDSM

Perspective:
London to Tokyo

In this month’s perspective Butterz founder and prolific grime DJ Elijah reflects on the connection between London and Tokyo and what that suggests for the genre’s culture

#AwardsSoWhite: how minority achievement is
being blacked out

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff offers her thoughts on increasingly out of touch awards ceremonies that fail to tackle minority representation

Speaking out is hard to do: why Amber Coffman‘s assault call-out is so inspiring

Crack’s Sammy Jones considers the liberating power of one woman’s courageous call-out of the music industry’s patriarchal bent

Perspective: Counterculture and Socialist Strategy

Alex Niven is a lecturer and writer based in Newcastle. With the Labour Party’s leftwing leader Jeremy Corbyn receiving widespread support in the UK, here Niven wonders if progressive music can regain its countercultural potency

Lust For Youth’s best tweets

A round-up of Lust For Youth’s best jokes on Twitter

The brave hearts of
Hidden

With venues closing left, right and centre Kamila Rymajdo takes a look at a Manchester club that’s found a utopian alternative

See this World: Musicians and Climate Change

Adam Corner considers artists’ potential to generate effective, unpretentious dialogue about the environment

Perspective:
When The Limelight Swallows You Whole

Alanna McArdle opens up about the pressures which led to her decision to leave Joanna Gruesome, and examines performance, gender and mental health

Perspective:
The Right To Offend

Author and Wire magazine contributor David Keenan compares the use of extreme aesthetics across techno, industrial and punk movements

Whirr’s transphobia is no surprise

Indie’s attitude towards misogyny and transphobia sucks and it has sucked for a very good long time

Perspective:
Disc Demolition

DJ and producer The Black Madonna describes a transition in Beatport’s business practices, and predicts an implosion of the mainstream EDM market

Perspective: The Staggering Beauty within the Music of Twin Peaks

Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu explains his devotion to the music of ‘Twin Peaks’ as the band set out on tour with their unique rework of the soundtrack

R.E.M. hate Donald Trump

Donald Trump, harbourer of many bad wigs, bad opinions and a strange lust for his own daughter, has been put on blast by left-leaning R.E.M