2023: The Year in Mixes
From club heat to introspective headphone moments via important expressions of protest – this is a look back at 2023 through 25 mixes
2023: The stories behind 8 of the year’s best music videos
The making of 2023’s best music videos, as told by the directors behind the visuals. Featuring Oscar Hudson, Cissi Efraimsson, Yoonha Park, Tom Emmerson and more
Speakers Corner Quartet: “Sincerity reigns supreme”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. Finally, we meet Speakers Corner Quartet, the experimental south London band fusing spoken word, jazz and hip-hop to deliver a message of kinship and resilience
2C Perrea: “We wanted to throw a party for the girls”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. We meet 2C Perrea, the queer Latinx collective bringing the rapturous sounds of reggaeton to UK clubs
Staff Lists: The Crack Magazine team pick their 2023 highlights
The music and moments, new discoveries and trusty items, that got us through the year
Slauson Malone 1: “I hope that we can be better listeners”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. Today, it’s the turn of Slauson Malone 1, the Warp affiliate creating complex, uneasy meditations on society’s pitfalls – and finding hope in the rubble
Marina Herlop: “It feels like my career is just starting to take off”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. Here, Katie Hawthorne chats to Marina Herlop, the classically trained Catalan pianist pushing the boundaries of her voice to gorgeous, uncanny effect
Gift guide 2023: The best Christmas presents for music fans
From rave-inspired perfume to the TraTraTrax scarf, Kylie’s ‘Tension’ candle, the Sports Banger book and Caroline Polachek’s ‘Bunny Is a Rider’ thong
Nikki Nair: “A good pop edit done tastefully can be really exciting”
This is Signing Off, our year-end series with the artists who defined 2023. Here, John Thorp connects with Nikki Nair, the Atlanta-based producer and DJ bringing pop to the rave underground – and leaving pretension at the door
The Top 25 Tracks of 2023
The best songs of 2023, according to Crack Magazine. Featuring Jorja Smith, NewJeans, SofTT, Overmono, Mitski and more
The Top 50 Albums of 2023
The albums that captured the many moods of 2023, starring Troye Sivan, Klein, Kara Jackson, Lankum, Laurel Halo and more. Our top 50 albums of the year