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  • Decoding... The untold musical life of Alice Coltrane

  • Prostitute are catalysing anger into action: “Everything’s in free fall, so let’s jump”

  • Rising: TaliaBle is bringing punk-rap chaos to the club

  • Manchester's New Underground: Listen to the mix series

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Prostitute are catalysing anger into action: “Everything’s in free fall, so let’s jump”

Prostitute’s 2024 debut was a bracing response to a nation in freefall. As they prepare to re-release the album, the band are poised to channel their energy into something more constructive: action.

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Nick León, YHWH Nailgun and more join the line-up for Mucho Flow 2025

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SHAPE+ Platform affiliate Farzané to perform at Rewire x Korzo

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En Masse announces the full line-up for its 2025 edition

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Skaņu Mežs announces more artists and commissioned works for 2025

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Le Guess Who? announces full programme for 2025

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The Warehouse Project announces additional shows for WHP25 season

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Llais Festival announces new artists for its 2025 edition

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Beyond The Valley announces 10th anniversary line-up

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AlphaTheta expands availability of Chordcat Groovebox worldwide

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Axel Arigato introduces immersive new campaign, Footnotes

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Get On Festival set to return this September

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Biennale Musica releases full programme and tickets for its 2025 edition

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Best festivals of 2026: Our pick of the year’s most essential events

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

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In solidarity with Gaza: A guide to the music and resources that support the humanitarian effort

A regularly updated list of releases raising money for the relief effort in Gaza, and a list of resources and organisations doing crucial work on the ground.

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⌘R: The Best New Music, curated by Crack Magazine

A rolling playlist of the best new music, curated and regularly refreshed by Crack Magazine.

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Prostitute are catalysing anger into action: “Everything’s in free fall, so let’s jump”

Prostitute’s 2024 debut was a bracing response to a nation in freefall. As they prepare to re-release the album, the band are poised to channel their energy into something more constructive: action.

  • Long Reads

Decoding… The untold musical life of Alice Coltrane

In his new book ‘Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane’, journalist Andy Beta charts her expansive life in music. Here, he highlights the many worlds she moved through beyond spiritual jazz.

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Rising: TaliaBle is bringing punk-rap chaos to the club

Channelling a feral theatricality and a vividly handmade aesthetic, the world of Talia Beale, better known as TaliaBle, is one where punk, queer futurism and north London grit coexist in a delirious tangle.

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Manchester’s New Underground: Listen to the mix series

In Manchester’s underground, a disparate group of artists – Another Country $$$$, BUFFEE, Crimewave, Mogan and SILVERWINGKILLER – are blurring the lines between bands, DJs and performance art.

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Manchester’s New Underground: ANOTHER COUNTRY $$$$

A ride through hyperpop, deconstructed club and experimental electronic sounds, featuring tracks from James Ferraro, Bassvictim, A. G. Cook, Ecco2k, aya and John Glacier.

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Manchester’s New Underground: Crimewave Mix

A 45-minute mix made for derailing the night, featuring Another Country $$$$ and SILVERWINGKILLER alongside Josi Devil, Gyrofield and CONTAINER.

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In Photos: MOGA Festival 2025

Across five days, MOGA Festival transformed the Moroccan coastal city of Essaouira into a sanctuary for electronic exploration. 

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Lucrecia Dalt: “I’m not fearing genre. I’m not fearing a lot”

After a health scare forced Lucrecia Dalt to reassess her usually high-velocity life, the experimental composer discovered both obsession and creative liberation in the stillness making her new album, ‘A Danger to Ourselves’.

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Decoding… The hypnotic staging and choreography in Mitski: The Land

Shot over three nights of Mitski’s ‘The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We’ tour, new film ‘Mitski: The Land’ captures the album’s haunting beauty in a live setting.

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Listen to a playlist of ‘sparkle-pop songs’ selected by Joviale

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

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Listen to a playlist of boundary-defying club tracks, selected by Nico Adomako

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

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ADE 2025: This year’s essential panels and parties

The annual Amsterdam Dance Event returns next week for five days of sessions, panel talks, exhibitions, live shows and club nights.

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In Photos: No Bounds 2025

No Bounds returned to Yorkshire last weekend to explore the theme of Grit & Graft, with highlights from These New Puritans, Tristwch Y Fenywod, Joy Orbison, Rainy Miller and more.

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Pay it Forward: Quinton Barnes on Julius Eastman

Canadian rapper and producer Quinton Barnes on how the story of NYC’s once-forgotten experimental minimalist composer Julius Eastman emboldened him to push his own creative boundaries.

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Brighter Days Family is the London collective redefining what it means to create together

Brighter Days Family is many things: label, artist collective, party… More than anything, it’s a close-knit group of friends reimagining new approaches to creativity that prioritise support and opportunity-building.

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Sunday Mix: Sijya

South Asian composer, producer and graphic artist Sijya takes the reigns for this week’s Sunday Mix. Inspired by her new EP, ‘Leather & Brass’, it balances heavier sounds with moments of eerie calm and features tracks from ML Buch, Smerz and Alex G.

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“We’re challenging the audience to be involved in the performance”: Lucy Railton, Rebecca Salvadori and Charlie Hope on their new collaborative live show

The trio reimagines the themes of Railton’s 2023 album, ‘Corner Dancer’.

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In Photos: Festival season with Johnnie Walker Black

The Scotch whisky favourite teams up with five pioneering music photographers to capture All Points East, Wireless, Forwards and more.

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Listen to a playlist of evocative sounds selected by Abdullah Miniawy

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

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Blawan is coming up for air

Over the past 15 years, Blawan’s feral techno productions have taken him into ever stranger and more unhinged territory. His new album, ‘SickElixir’, marks a return – in spirit – to his hometown of Doncaster, and to the raw emotions it continues to evoke.

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Sasha Keable: Turn the Page

Years of industry frustration had Sasha Keable ready to give it all up. Then, last year, her single ‘Hold Up’ blew up on TikTok, reintroducing the south Londoner to an audience that resonated with her fierce lyrics and distinctive, unvarnished style.

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Skullcrusher defies the idea that soft music can’t be devastatingly intense

On her intimate second album, And Your Song is Like a Circle, the New York artist conjures a heavy sense of desolation.

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Iglooghost: Visiting weird or unfamiliar environments is a great creative prompt

The Bristol-based electronic producer heads north for a sampling session at Warrington’s Risley Moss peat bog.

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Sunday Mix: Canva6

Italian sound artist Canva6 takes over this week’s Sunday Mix with just over an hour of atmospheric electronic, indie pop and ambient experimentalism.

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