“Less Pitchfork, more panto”: Mariah Carey’s festive London spectacular reviewed

Rising: Puma Blue

The 23-year-old South Londoner has mastered a brand of dusky, jazz-inflected guitar pop – with a stunning vulnerability at its core

In Photos: Rakastella 2018 at Art Basel

Spotify Unwrapped: how the streaming service’s end of year campaign has highlighted its bot problem

Spotify Wrapped has been met with equal parts joy and ire this year. But the year-end results have also highlighted another problem for Spotify: bots.

The Top 25 Tracks of 2018

Freedom, fury and big big bangers, here are the tracks that resonated this year

The Albums of 2018: Honourable Mentions

The second half of our albums of the year rundown, ranked from 100-51

In Photos: Shoreline Mafia

The Top 50 Albums of 2018

Our annual countdown of the albums which captured the mood of this year

Dear Frankie: Advice on fuckbois, navigating singledom and the bro club

Looking for guidance on sex, politics, techno and reality TV? Discwoman’s Frankie is Crack Magazine’s new Agony Aunt and she’s here to help