Crack Cloud: Tough Baby review

‘Tough Baby’ sees Crack Cloud turning their gaze outwards at the world around them

Rising: Emir Taha is speaking to the soul

Meet Emir Taha, the Turkish artist blending alternative R&B and pop experimentalism with traditional folk music

Sad Night Dynamite: Strange Brew

Somerset duo Sad Night Dynamite transform the mystical forces of their surroundings into a nocturnal hybrid of hip-hop, dub and psychedelia

Lous and the Yakuza is dreaming up her own boundaryless universe

Lous and the Yakuza builds worlds with her music. We connect with the Congolese-Rwandan artist for Issue 134’s Aesthetic feature

Key Glock: Moving Places

Key Glock was celebrating the release of his hit album, Yellow Tape 2, when he lost his cousin and mentor, Young Dolph. Now, he’s carrying the torch for Memphis rap

Humbug catapulted the Arctic Monkeys from local legends to global rock celebrities

Thirteen years on, we take a look back at the Sheffield band’s third studio album and how it changed their trajectory

Julia Jacklin is examining the desire to be understood

Julia Jacklin is no stranger to excavating the depths of the heart. For her latest album, the Australian singer-songwriter examines the human desire to be understood

Aitch: Close to Home review

On his debut full-length, ‘Close to Home’, Aitch reflects on his rise to fame and relentless hustle, and pays tribute to his Manchester roots

Danger Mouse & Black Thought: Cheat Codes review

A 12-track record that is as unrelenting as it is lush, and a worthy standout among many excellent records leading the revival of socially-aware rap in 2022

KOKOROKO: Could We Be More review

Could We Be More is a triumphant debut that urges you to lock into each beat, groove and chord the band conjures up

Carly Rae Jepsen: More Than a Feeling

Carly Rae Jepsen is a pop sensation. Ten years after the sugar rush of Call Me Maybe, she’s still finding new ways to transform intimate emotions into collective bliss

of Montreal: Freewave Lucifer fck review

The 18th studio album from seemingly immortal indie-pop auteurs is shaped by the seismic emotional headfuck we all endured throughout the pandemic

Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights review

On Steve Lacy’s latest album, a Gemini writes about love. More specifically, about the indelible marks that romance leaves on the heart

Yr Lovely Dead Moon: Don’t Look Now! review

Don’t Look Now! might not be Rachel Margetts’ most confrontational piece of work but her esoteric lyrics and dry delivery are valiant shots at trying to make sense of the world around us