Music
Romare: The music savant behind one of 2016's best albums
Found sounds — Out in the real world, Archie Fairhurst is searching for border-defying sounds that can be transformed into something timeless.
Written by: Alex King
Tackling porn addiction: a musician speaks up
An artificial intimacy — For Jesse Mac Cormack, the world of online porn can be seductive in all the wrong ways: a source of disconnection that messes with your brain and alters expectations in the bedroom.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The art of timeless music photography
Can't stop, won't stop — An obsessive drive to document concerts has given Sacha Lecca unique insight into what makes live music special: chaos, intimacy and a creative force that will never be silenced.
Written by: Sacha Lecca
Gregory Alan Isakov: The indie folk singer building his own off-grid paradise
A rural utopia — Gregory Alan Isakov might be touring the world with his band, but back at home in Colorado his four-and-a-half-acre farm is a sustainable nirvana: growing vegetables, medical cannabis and a whole lot more.
Written by: Noora Ismail
The music video stripping back the Black British experience
Living in limbo — Brother Portrait lifts a veil on the Black British experience in this art-house music video exploring cultural identity.
Written by: Angel Lambo
In hip-hop Brother Ali found faith and identity
A unique perspective — Rapper Brother Ali discusses how hip hop allowed him to find a new faith, and how that faith is now his focus and drive.
Written by: Adam Woodward
The insurgency of Californian youth captured on film
Get schooled right — Behind the scenes at SST Records, producer and sound engineer Spot helped some of punk’s most iconic records spring to life. He’s worked with the likes of Black Flag, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Descendents, Misfits and Minor Threat. But it was an encounter with an unknown musician in the ’70s that ended up leaving the biggest mark. His new photobook, Sounds of Two Eyes Opening, captures the insurgency of his Californian youth – and the surfers, skateboarders and frontiersman punks who shaped his unique lens on life.
Written by: Spot
Elza Soares’ defiant call to the oppressed of Brazil
Never back down — At 79 years old, Elza Soares has never been more relevant. As Brazil faces growing repression, she has become a guiding light for the country’s disenfranchised Black, female and LGBT people.
Written by: Alex King
The Comet is Coming on feeding from the supernatural energy of the cosmos
Things That Inspire Me — Mercury Prize-nominated future-jazz trio The Comet is Coming share their out-of-this-world influences and inspirations.
Written by: Alex King
Rediscovering the roots of London reggae, one album cover at a time
Vinyl legends — Photographer Alex Bartsch has set himself an ambitious mission to track down the locations on the sleeves of iconic UK reggae records released over two decades, between 1967 and 1987.
Written by: Angel Lambo