Music
Daddy Issues: Larry June
The San Franscican rapper talks homelessness, hustling and healing in the latest edition of our column on fatherhood and masculinity.
Written by: Robert Kazandjian
An intimate portrait of East London’s underground music scene
Short film The Rest Is Noise explores how to stand out and be heard in the capital’s ever-changing musical landscape.
Written by: Alex King
Inside the immersive, fairytale world of BLACKPINK’s Born Pink World Tour
An exclusive interview with the K-pop megastars’ creative director on bringing a show like no other to almost 2 million fans.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Unruly portraits of punks at Blackpool’s Rebellion Festival 2023
Photographer Spencer Murphy explores punk’s enduring role in British culture and why we need its rebellious ethos more than ever right now.
Written by: Alex King
Inside the Welsh punk scene of the 1980s
‘Wastelands of my Fathers’ is a new exhibition taking a vivid look into an under-reported chapter in punk’s story.
Written by: Huw Baines
Photos celebrating the unsung women of indie sleaze
Almost 20 years after the indie youthquake first struck, photographer Rebecca Thomas recalls documenting the women at the epicentre.
Written by: Emma Garland
Bongeziwe Mabandla is finding his voice
A new album, therapy, and a pandemic have given the South African singer a new lease of life.
Written by: Tseliso Monaheng
‘We’re learning by doing’: Inside the Faroe Islands’ new music boom
Tórshavn’s music scene is attracting musicians from all over the world and reflecting cultural shifts at home as young Faroese artists make themselves heard.
Written by: Martin Guttridge-Hewitt
Meet Glitchers, the band playing punk where you’d least expect it
Gigging everywhere from beaches in Cornwall to the streets of Westminster, the duo are confronting art under capitalism on a pay-what-you-can basis.
Written by: Emma Wilkes
‘Broke people make the best music!’ – how Deijuvhs is reclaiming London
When he’s not supporting Limp Bizkit or going viral on TikTok, the genre-disrupting artist co-runs Hoodstock: the festival giving cultural capital back to young people.
Written by: Niloufar Haidari