Chaos, as Kevin Martin would suggest, is boundless. We live in a cataclysm of neurosis and doubt where catastrophe seems one nuclear drop away. “I was doing an interview at…

Tom Vek is a musician with the mind of a designer. His sculpted hair and immaculate trenchcoat embody his nature: clean and efficient. “Chaos in art is great,” he says….

From Megan’s Hot Girl Summer to rave-inflected jazz via some of the UK’s sharpest bars, here are the 25 tracks that defined 2019…

Christmas is round the corner. Whether you like them or not, Christmas demands that you furnish your family members with gifts. While it’s tempting to reach for the same already-gift-wrapped…

What you keep in your bag tends to say a lot about you. A journalist, for example, might have a pen, a notepad and something to record with. Medical professionals…

Today (1 May) Bandcamp is waiving its processing fees in order to financially support musicians affected by the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Buying music from independent artists is always the best…

With last year’s inaugural Wigflex City Festival, the Nottingham institution went beyond what most club nights ever achieve, practically taking over the entire city for a party that united everyone…

“I didn’t want to be on stage – so I put out a casting call for an eight to 11-year-old lookalike.” Oli XL is recounting one of the weirder gigs…

With the release of her fourth studio album, Healing Is a Miracle, composer and vocalist Julianna Barwick further perfects her reverb-drenched, one-woman choir setup. The result is a distillation of…

Melt! festival got into my blood. I’ve been bitten by the bug. No, literally, a tick has latched onto my leg – stay out of the long grass around the…

Jack Chrysalis is a London-based purveyor of slick, adventurous dance music mutations. He’s explored a melting-pot of styles on labels such as Blank Mind and Gen Records, the latter of…