“Those who made it in are calling it legendary”: Inside Xaviersobased’s frenetic London show

The high-energy show spanned old favourites and new, more experimental material. Outside, chaos over strict venue rules only added to the hype.

The sound of memory: Akinola Davies Jr, Duval Timothy and CJ Mirra on scoring My Father’s Shadow

In Akinola Davies Jr’s BAFTA-winning ‘My Father’s Shadow’, Duval Timothy and CJ Mirra’s richly layered score fills the spaces between words unspoken.

“There is no love without anti-fascism”: Inside House Against Hate’s defiant Trafalgar Square rave

Over half a million people gathered in central London on Saturday to unite in protest against the far-right.

Listen to a playlist of selected samples and sonic references, curated by Hannan Jones and Samir Kennedy

Welcome back to Selections, a series of artist-curated playlists from those in the know.

Rap on trial: Why the UK must stop treating lyrics as evidence

Dr Lambros Fatsis, author of ‘Policing the Beats: Black Music, Racism and Criminal Injustice’, outlines how UK drill music is criminalised in courts and why the law needs changing.

Live from MUTEK Montréal: Listen to the series

Four key sets from MUTEK Montréal 2025: NikNak, Yu Su, Grand River with Abul Mogard, and Gadi Sassoon with Portrait XO featuring 555n.

Rising: Dagmar Zuniga captures life in quiet fragments

A compulsive recorder of everyday life, the artist weaves field recordings and whispered melodies into an intimate, transportive debut.

Dream Architecture: underscores on building her third album, ‘U’

underscores’ latest album – her first since an attention-grabbing collaboration with Oklou on ‘Harvest Sky’ – transports her glitchy electro-pop to liminal, urban spaces where dreams and waking life coalesce.

Decoding… Nagoya’s electronic music scene

Wisdom Teeth compilation ‘nagoyaka na kaze / 和やかな風 (Quiet Wind)’ opens a window into Nagoya’s thriving ecosystem of experimental club music.