…across the same weekend. Koreless, Tirzah and Space Afrika are among those in for live shows at SónarCCCB Festival, which will also include DJ sets, installations and non-musical programme. That…

…Shygirl (6 March), a performance from Tirzah at Fiddler’s (14 March) and a much-anticipated appearance from Warp’s Yves Tumor & Its Band at Strange Brew (5 March). As we head…

…well as the 11-track LP Blue Alibi – which they surprise dropped back in January. More recently, Levi linked up with friends and frequent collaborators Tirzah and Coby Sey on…

The Budapest festival has unveiled the full line-up for its upcoming edition. From 29 June to 2 July, Kolorádó Festival is set to host the likes of Loraine James, Tirzah,…

The record is slated for release on 9 September via AD 93. A member of London-based collective CURL, along with Mica Levi and Brother May, and frequent Tirzah collaborator, Coby…

…others, will join previously announced acts including Autechre, DJ Babatr, Toumba, Tirzah, SHERELLE, VTSS, Rosa Pistola and Nick León in Kraków. To accompany the artist announcement, the festival has also…

…These curators also performed at the festival, where the likes of Moin, MC Yallah, Deena Abdelwahed, Special Interest and Tirzah were among those touching down for weekend of exploration –…

…April respectively. The pair join a programme of events across April including Tirzah, Vashti Bunyan and Lucy Rose. There will also be a collaborative performance from Lonnie Holley and Matana…

…lovely introduction that establishes the album’s signature 80s LinnDrum sound alongside Béarn’s own vocal hum, dancing together like blackbirds in the spring air. Pitching up melodically somewhere between Tirzah and…

…the Edge via OTIH Records – a rich, 13-track LP with a substantial cast of features, including the likes of Sampha, Coby Sey, Lafawndah, Mica Levi, LEILAH, James Massiah, Tirzah,…

…of are Verite, Tirzah, Laraaji, Jacques Greene, Nala Sinephro, DJ Python, and Kim Ann Foxman. Over the last two years of the festival artists like former Crack cover stars Charli…

…their work with ACT 1.5 to decarbonise live music events with a 100% battery powered performance. Tirzah, Air, and Yasiin Bey and The Alchemist are FORENSICS have also joined the…

…FORENSICS, Tirzah and more. Jamie xx was in charge of the bill the following day, inviting artists including Arca, Sampha, Romy, Nia Archives, John Glacier and DJ Gigola to play…

We spent a week rummaging in Giles Peterson’s record box Spread over an otherwise sleepy fishing town in the south of France, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival in Séte has just…

Bristol-based director Will Dohrn made his directorial debut last year with the dreamy video for Club Kuru’s Ribbons – which was hosted via Nowness and featured highly on Crack Magazine’s…

In global terms, Utrecht is a tiny city. Its population is barely over 300,000 and you can cross the city centre in less time than it takes to swill a…

foundation.fm is a new Peckham-based grassroots station founded by Becky Richardson (UKOK Management), Ami Bennett (Somethin’ Else, R1 and BBC) and Frankie Wells (Capital Xtra and 1xtra). Launched this month,…

In case you’ve missed it, our 100th issue landed this month. The milestone cover is a particularly special issue – not just because Thom Yorke agreed to give us a…

“Damn, I’m fuckin’ cold. I thought this was summer!” Cardi B is shivering on the massive Orange Stage at Roskilde Festival, clad in nothing but a green two-piece leotard, as…

London’s musical underground is a tapestry of inventive new artists, constantly collaborating and developing new mutations of genre together; Keyah/Blu is an essential thread. Perhaps best known – thanks to…

Domino is one of the most beloved independent labels around. Home to the likes of Blood Orange and (Sandy) Alex G, the label boasts an impressive roster of artists that…

From the rise of UK drill to AI-augmented music, to post-genre explorations via pirate radio stations, here are the 50 albums that captured the many faces of 2019

Captured Tracks’ sister label Sinderlyn – home to Homeshake’s neon soul and Sarah Mary Chadwick’s rootsy songwriting – begins its crackaud.io residency today with new signing TATYANA. Her debut single…

Initially headed for indie-pop stardom back in 2016, Danish band Liss instead opted to pause and let singer Søren Holm recover from a mental health crisis. Now living communally in…

Music venues in England can reopen on Saturday (15 August). Last month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in a press conference that indoor gigs in England can return from 1…

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