Larry June is re-energising the rap game

Larry June’s health-giving blend of aspirational bars and lifestyle hacks have turned him into something of a life coach for hip-hop heads.

Tyson on her new EP Chaos and finding her peace

After breaking through with a suite of after-hours confessionals that captured the tumult of being a twentysomething, Tyson is approaching her creative practice with the self-assuredness that comes with motherhood.

How RIMON found her rhythm in Amsterdam

The Eritrean-born, Netherlands-raised artist spent years on the move before returning home and readying her best project to date.

070 Shake: Don’t Look Down

070 Shake’s moody, uncontainable sound has quietly left fingerprints across contemporary pop’s landscape. Now, with her adventurous new album and a carefully managed relationship with growing media glare, she’s ready to let in the light.

Are you not entertained? Robert Del Naja and Matt Clark on creating confronting, exhilarating live visuals

Reflecting on Massive Attack’s pioneering low-carbon ACT 1.5 event in Bristol this summer, Robert Del Naja and UVA’s Matt Clark discuss their evolving artistic collaboration, the show’s themes and the legacy it will leave.

In a murky political present, Laurie Anderson is still finding light in the future

Four decades after performing her live dissection of Reagan’s America, Laurie Anderson will debut the next instalment in Manchester this month, throwing a typically clarifying light on our uniquely troubled times.

Taqbir: “It’s my story, my experience; I express it through punk”

In fired-up punk that calls for freedom for all, Taqbir have made their own space for catharsis, community and healing.

Sarah Davachi: Moving Between Worlds

Canadian minimalist Sarah Davachi’s love for the pipe organ has defined her music: dramatic, ambitious and physical. On her latest album, she weaves modern electronics with these centuries-old instruments to create a vast, layered world of her own.

Chat Pile: “It’s just a big anti-war statement, the whole album”

Oklahoma’s dirtbag metal band Chat Pile are taking on the great, stinking mess of 21st-century America, armed with gallows humour, acerbic lyricism and a crushingly heavy sound.

Joe James: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

With his deep baritone, blues-tinged grime beats and lyrics bursting with romance and pain, rapper Joe James has been a cult figure in the UK underground – but now, with his debut album, he’s ready to break through.

Dar Disku: There’s a Time and a Place

Bristol-based label and DJ duo Dar Disku are taking the next step in their perspective-shifting journey with a euphoric debut album of cross-border sounds.

A stan’s guide to: the Cocteau Twins

Our favourite artists according to their biggest fans.

Geordie Greep on the São Paulo session that made him believe in his solo debut

The former Black Midi frontman recalls the hastily arranged recording of his larger-than-life solo album, ‘The New Sound’, and the local Brazilian musicians who became the most rewarding session collaborators of his career.

Adam Curtis: The Map No Longer Matches the Terrain

In this extended Q&A, author Nathalie Olah speaks with BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Adam Curtis about climate change, and how nostalgia and doomerism are affecting our ability to organise for, and imagine, a better tomorrow.

Mermaid Chunky: “You have to relish the unknown”

Delivering their layered sound with giddy theatricality and a gaudy aesthetic, more is more on Mermaid Chunky’s new debut album ‘slif slaf slof’.

SPEED: “We will only ever be a hardcore band”

With their debut album ‘ONLY ONE MODE’, ethos of brotherly love and powerful live shows, SPEED’s heartfelt hardcore has revitalised their local Sydney scene and put them at the forefront of an exploding genre.