As Halloween marks a shift to the cloying darkness of winter, we’re naturally feeling spooky. To mark this most unholy of occasions we tapped up twisted Los Angeles noise rap…

New Forms is the Vancouver festival soon celebrating its 20th anniversary. Last year the event was co-directed by CCL, JS Aurelius and Boo Lean who added an extra sheen to…

…for Boo’d Up. This year’s celebration marks the first time that a hip-hop record has won in the Record and Song of the Year categories, considered to be two of…

As our end of year reviews draw to a close, we wanted to present the personal picks and highlights of the Crack Magazine family. These are the albums, tracks, tweets…

…electronic producers and idiosyncratic guitar bands. For the past 12 years Le Guess Who? has been booking the acts that many festivals fail to consider and in doing so provides…

If aliens crash-landed onto the Mediterranean island of Malta over the bank holiday weekend, they’d think Annie Mac was a god. Here, innumerable ravers wear merch featuring the DJ’s iconic…

The Chicago label’s approach famously took the loved-up house template of the day and threw it to the gutter, stripping it back to heady dancefloor functionality. While pioneering 80s labels…

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…fresh slabs from Delroy Edwards and Steve Summers alongside classic cuts from Chicago legend Boo Williams into a tripping, heady, eminently danceable whole. This one’s going to be doing laps…

…sonic range that traverses through house, ballroom, UKG, Japanese bass music and much more with a few unreleased Hislop bootlegs along the way. “This is like my peak time kinda…

…and more. Whatever your plans this weekend – whatever your mood, or climate, too – there’s something in here for all listeners. Bookmark this list, plug in and hit play….

Kush Jones’ discography deserves its own chapter in the story of New York City’s current dance music boom. Largely self-released, his work touches on jungle, electro and rave, though as…

Broken beats and full-bodied bassy mutations from idiosyncratic London producer Shy One as she pays tribute to the smoky rooms and sticky floors that shaped her gaze. “Like most of…

Being the first artist signed to Phoebe Bridgers’ new label Saddest Factory Records is quite an accolade. Claud – technicolor-haired and breezily chill – seems to be taking it in…

…been chased by fans and until now have circulated through live bootlegs and set rips from DJs like Machinedrum, Jimmy Edgar and PC Music boss A.G Cook. The label have…

…low profile so in a couple of weeks we can jump out and say ‘boo!’ In terms of house and disco at the moment, do you think there has been…

Swedish producer Peder Mannerfelt steps into the studio for today’s Crack Mix providing an hour and a half of techno goodness. Hailed as an experimentalist in the techno field, his…

A rolling, regularly-updated directory of essential events in the UK, Europe and beyond – handpicked by Crack Magazine. Check back in monthly for new line-ups, eye-opening curation, stunning locations and…

Party heat from p-rallel, the west London producer and DJ we are delighted to be welcoming to the Crack Mix series. For just under an hour, p-rallel expertly manoeuvres between…

As hip-hop developed in the 80s and 90s, the genre became synonymous with violence, drugs, and sex. But even as rappers sought to prove their realness, it has always been…

…game – including sound fonts from Bowser levels and the soundtrack for courses such as Shifting Sands Land and Big Boo’s Haunt. Prior to uploading the full album earlier this…

Angel-Ho released their third album, A Time To Die, last month. The ten-track record, which was shared via Mexico City imprint NAAFI, delved into various themes long explored by the…

Right from the start, dance music has been integral to Crack Magazine. There’s limitless capacity for innovation with electronic production, a seemingly bottomless mine of obscure treasures to be discovered…

…sniper’s scope locked on target. Similar bass-boosted asceticism prevails on XMen, a boom destined to ring out of car stereos well past curfew all summer long. Teenage Emotions is a…

…also been added to the bill. The Burn stage, dedicated to house, will be featuring Boo Williams, Glenn Underground and Masters At Work. They’ll be joining the previously announced acts…