Our edit of the best albums of 2022 – from thrilling debuts to long-awaited returns, via luxuriant homages, breakup albums, post-hardcore sound collages, and vivid depictions of place and time….

It’s that time of year again. The end of 2022 is fast approaching and New Year’s Eve plans are already being decided in the group chat, which means that Christmas…

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…

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…

With the clubs shut and parties called off, this year saw music fans denied of the ritual thrill of anointing the year’s club banger or song of the summer –…

We might have waved goodbye to office life and not seen each other for the majority of the year, but that isn’t enough to stop us disagreeing on the greatest…

Welcome back to our monthly mix roundup. You may have noticed we took some time off in March in the run-up to our milestone Crack Mix 400 celebrations – which…

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…

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…

…running through to November. On 9 September, the party crew will be teaming up with WOM to host South East London artist Shygirl, Dane Law and LOFT amongst others at…

…is the latest to be taken from EP Erika Jane released on Nuxxe – the label Chloe co-runs with Sega Bodega and frequent collaborator Shygirl. Expanding on the experimental club…

…line-up, along with live sets from Ikonika, Coucou Chloe and Shygirl. Discwoman will also be making a club night showcase with Umfang, Stud1nt, Rui Ho, Bonaventure, Black Nakhur, Dorothy Parker…

…internet star Jimothy Lacoste. As one quarter of club collective NUXXE, Shygirl will be delivering her nocturnal show of dark, electronic pop. Polymathic selector, model and activist Munroe Bergdorf will…

…Lacoste, Shygirl and Munroe Bergdorf to the style and culture event. The highly anticipated event will host over 40 international fashion brands and more than 70 talents and musicians at…

The Berlin-based conference kicks off on 31 October. This year’s DICE conference in Berlin will welcome the likes of Lafawndah, Gianni Mae, Shygirl, Lady Blacktronica, DJ Marcelle and more for…

…No to NATO demonstration. The protest will coincide with Trump’s visit to the UK for the NATO Heads of State summit. Midland, Paranoid London, Jamie XX, Shygirl, Horse Meat Disco…

…Whitney and Girl Band. Elsewhere on the bill, American Indie rock band Bright Eyes will return to perform their first UK show in nearly a decade, while Shygirl and Arlo…

…Garcia, Puma Blue, Charlotte Adigery, Murkage Dave, House of Pharaohs, Children of Zeus, Shygirl and Charlotte Dos Santos will perform at the festival. Ciel, Mafalda and more are also set…

SOPHIE will release a live set via YouTube featuring all new material tonight (9 July). The stream will be 20 minutes long and features vocals from SHYGIRL, Cecile Believe and…

…10. OTTO – Mr. Bilberry Badger’s Ringtone 11. Overmono – 5 More Years Loop 12. Porches – :*) 13. Raveena – Heartbeat Blip 14. Romil Hemnani – rope 15. Shygirl…

…pandemic. King Krule, Little Simz, Perfume Genius, Shygirl and Black Country, New Road are among the 100 acts confirmed for next year’s event. They’ll be joined in Larmer Tree Gardens,…

…a tag, head here to login. Previous MCQ collaborators include Tzusing, Shygirl and Flohio. Check out images of the Fantasma collection below, and hit the play button on Gabber Eleganza’s…

…Jackson also makes an appearance, along with models Irina Shayk, Omahyra Mota and Bella Hadid – who somersaults along the runway. The soundtrack, which includes cuts by Shygirl and Eartheater,…

…season will kick off on 10 September with a newly announced show featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Shygirl, Princess Nokia and more. The next day, on 11 September, Migos will touch…

…as it was to all of you,” the station tweeted at the time. The station’s 9am-12pm slot has been since been hosted by Midland, Shygirl, Finn and station manager Flo,…

…a plethora of experimental and electronic music acts, with the likes of LSDXOXO, Shygirl, LCY, object blue, Eris Drew and Octo Octa locked in. Elsewhere, Coucou Chloe, Jane Fitz, Lena…

…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…

…Part 02 film, which featured Eartheater, Irina Shayk and New York performance artist Kembra Pfahler, among others. Eartheater featured on the film’s soundtrack, too, alongside Shygirl, Sami Baha and Jasmine…

…Weeknd – features on the mixtape alongside solo tracks and collaborations with Pa Salieu, Rema, Jorja Smith and Unknown T, Shygirl, Daniel Caesar, and Dystopia. In her Instagram announcement, twigs…