Rising: IMISSMYMOM are making existential shoegaze with a side of doom

With their second album, London-based band IMISSMYMOM are holding onto the spontaneity that first brought them together.

Donato Dozzy & Batu: The Expanding Universe

Donato Dozzy and Batu may come from different generations and zones of electronic music, but their paths have been crossing, fatefully, for nearly a decade. Now, they’re playing an ongoing game of “ping-pong production” that brings together Bristol bass futurism and hypnotic minimal techno.

Swaraj: Claiming Space

As legendary late-90s and 00s club night Swaraj returns, key figures from the Asian Underground cast their mind back to a transformative moment in British club culture.

The Caretaker: Ballroom Eternal

Ahead of his performance in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom during last weekend’s The Black Lights festival, James Leyland Kirby spoke in a rare interview about the unlikely viral afterlife of his dementia-themed project, The Caretaker.

Rising: NEW YORK make music for walking around the city feeling cute

The London-based duo behind NEW YORK discuss their DIY beginnings, embracing a slower journey, and making deconstructed art pop for late-night scrolling.

Iceage: Boys keep swinging

Iceage’s latest album, ‘For Love of Grace & the Hereafter’, sees them rediscover an intensity and urgency as only they can.

kwn: Pure Feeling

After a whirlwind year following the release of her ‘worst behaviour’ remix with Kehlani, kwn is preparing to unveil her third EP, ‘and all pride aside’.

SALIMATA is making space for herself

After swapping the New York scene for the more laid-back rhythm of Marseille, rapper SALIMATA has found her stride.

Rising: Whispers make white-knuckle Thai hardcore with a metal-tinged twist

Bangkok’s Whispers might be the first band from Thailand’s hardcore underground on your radar – but they definitely don’t want to be the last.

Fcukers: Life of the Party

After doing time in guitar bands, Jackson Walker Lewis and Shanny Wise changed tack, channelling their love of electronic music and hedonism to create Fcukers: a band built for good times.

shy blossom: “It’s about people who feel things deeply”

The Florida group’s lead singer talks band dynamics, their creative process, and making music for emotional people.

iKeda is ready to spill

With a run of dates supporting PinkPantheress next month and a new EP on the way, iKeda is locking in to her pop star persona.

The new generation of artists shaping Egypt’s electronic underground

Juan Valero, a sound researcher, Radio alHara host and artist better known as Sono Mayrit, and Diego Hernández, a DJ and head of Berlin’s Eck Echo platform, explore the innovative sounds defining Egypt’s contemporary music scene.

“The most ‘real’ we’ve ever sounded”: Stephen O’Malley on sunn O)))’s return

The masters of vibrational low-end intensity, sunn O))), are back with their first album of new material since 2019. Here, Stephen O’Malley reflects on the enduring power of durational music and the eternal desire for transcendence.

bed are here to break the system

With their combative live performances, doom-laden rave rock and manifesto ripped from a cyberpunk novel, bed started out with one aim: to upend the music scene in their native Tokyo. Now, they are moving into phase two – taking their mission worldwide.

My New Band Believe’s debut pushes against “stale and predictable” singer-songwriter music

Cameron Picton on starting his new project, My New Band Believe, and adapting its 20-plus-musician debut for the stage.