Seana Gavin on the fearlessness and freedom of the 90s free party movement
In her new exhibition, ‘Hidden Tracks: A Decade of Free Parties’, photographer and artist Seana Gavin documents 90s sound system culture and the communities that formed around it through photos, diary entries, flyers and ephemera
Bar Italia: The Rest Is History
Intentionally or not, Bar Italia have cultivated an air of inscrutability with their approach to being a rock band that, depending on your POV, is standoffish, wry or just the right side of pretentious. As they bid the underground goodbye, the time is apt to find out who they really are
Matt Sloane talks Jerks™: the vintage platform with music at its core
Talking sourcing, sustainability and Aphex Twin with Matt Sloane, the founder of south London-based vintage brand and online platform Jerks™
Glorious chaos in the Glastonbury fields: An interview with Block9
Ahead of Glastonbury 2023, where the design duo and late-night party providers will touch down in Somerset for a coming-of-age clubbing spectacle, we speak to Block9’s Gideon Berger and Stephen Gallagher about all things Block9, and their Crack Mix 500 takeover
Inside the world’s first MA in queer performance: An interview with Phoebe Patey-Ferguson
Talking London nightlife, the world’s first Queer Performance MA at Rose Bruford College and working across academia and performance art with Dr. Phoebe Patey-Ferguson
Fashion designer Tia Tanaka on flowers, Studio Ghibli and self-expression
We caught up with the designer behind the ‘Blooming Fuschia’ petal shirt, worn by Lous and the Yakuza in our Aesthetic shoot, to talk inspirations, advice for young designers and the process behind her work
Talking through six frames of Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared with the show’s creators
Becky Sloan, Joe Pelling and Baker Terry, the creators of the cult puppet series, talk us through a series of stills from the new Channel 4 series, giving behind-the-scenes insights into the creation and craft of ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’
Meet Kate Gibb, the artist behind The Chemical Brothers’ Surrender artwork
We celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Chemical Brother’s iconic third studio album in a conversation with Kate Gibb, the visionary behind its cover sleeve
Downtime: Crumb
Brooklyn’s Crumb fill us in on their essential spare-time killers, from anime parasites to cave-based blood baths, this is not for the faint of heart
Tyler, the Creator says he “ruins songs” in new interview
Tyler, the Creator chats about why Jack White isn’t credited on ‘IGOR’, his favourite rapper Pusha T and wanting to collaborate with Billie Eilish in a new interview.
Azekel is a vital voice in the future of British R&B
Ahead of his performance at Meltdown next month, we meet rising R&B star Azekel
Dev Hynes connects with pioneering composer Philip Glass in a new interview
Blood Orange invites the composer to his NYC loft for a video interview
New London Sound: J Hus interviewed
With his music pulsing through Addison Lee aux cables, J Hus is part of a wave of UK artists rewriting London’s soundtrack
Morrissey announces first novel, List of the Lost
The title should be available in the UK from late September Following his successful if…