PinkPantheress and Willow Smith to release collaboration next week
The former Crack Magazine Collections cover star has confirmed a release date for her single with Willow. In January, PinkPantheress hinted at the collaboration via TikTok. Now, sh
Theo Triantafyllidis & Slugabed Present: Still Life With Platypus
Still Life With Platypus, a Fact original commission, sees Theo Triantafyllidis and producer and sound artist Slugabed navigating a series of increasingly complex and surreal vanit
K-Lone, object blue and Jamz Supernova announced for Brighton’s Patterns
The seafront venue has revealed its April to July listings. Brighton’s Patterns has announced its next quarter of live music and club night programming. This spring and summe
Joy Orbison releases new track Pinky Ring
Joy Orbison has dropped a new track today (16 March). The still slipping vol.1 artist has shared his latest release, Pinky Ring, and it’s inspired by the energy he’s felt s
SHAPE Platform is taking over crackaud.io this week
We’re teaming up with SHAPE Platform to premiere new audio and visual works from 16 European artists over the next two weeks. On 16 and 23 March Crack Magazine will host a SHAPE
Sarah Davachi, Coby Sey and No Home announced for Bristol New Music 2022
The biennial contemporary music and sound festival will take place between 5 and 8 May. Today (10 March), Bristol New Music has shared the full line-up for the festival’s upc
female:pressure survey finds percentage of women on line-ups has almost tripled
female:pressure have shared their FACTS 2022 survey today (8 March). The international network’s FACTS survey is an ongoing project which launched in 2013. This year is their
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis announce documentary release date
This Much I Know to Be True is set to hit cinemas on 11 May. Directed by Andrew Dominik, the film focuses on Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ creative relationship. Shot in London and
KMRU, Avtomat and Zöe Mc Pherson contribute to new SHAPE platform mix series
Hosted by Berlin’s CTM Festival, the collaborative series features exclusive mixes from SHAPE platform artists. A new SHAPE-themed mix series has been launched in collaborati
Fact Mix 847: DJ Lyster
The Manchester-based head of YOUTH draws us into a hazy interzone of gauzy electronics and downbeat techno. Over the past decade, Andrew Lyster has quietly gained a reputation as o
Odete, Sofie Birch and Exoterrism to play Schiev Festival this weekend
Schiev Festival returns this week. The Brussels-based avant-garde pop festival is set to showcase an eclectic line-up of local Belgian talent and international artists. Taking plac
Nicolas Jaar’s collaborative performance, Weavings, to be released as an album
The piece formed part of Unsound Festival’s 2020 online addition and featured performers such as Laaraji, Juliana Huxtable and Księżyc. Nicolas Jaar is releasing an album v
Fact Mix 846: Ehua
Ehua ventures further into the evocative expansiveness of her sound, exploring deconstructed and experimental soundscapes. London-based, Italian-Ivorian artist, producer and DJ Ehu
Snail Mail shares Adore You, demo version of Valentine title track
Snail Mail has shared a new track. Entitled Adore You, the lo-fi song is an early demo version of 2021’s Valentine, which served as the lead and title track off of her lates
Malform – Khaos
Malform is a black metal, industrial metal, and experimental project founded in 2007 by M.D Roche. While history behind the project is limited their Bandcamp page shows some of the
Goldie, DJ Flight and Jamz Supernova locked in for Shindig Festival 2022
The Somerset event will head to its new Dillington Estate home in May. The full line-up for this year’s Shindig Festival has arrived. For its seventh edition, set to take place f
Little Simz, Dave and Wolf Alice among 2022 BRIT Award winners
The annual ceremony took place last night (9 February) at the O2 Arena. Little Simz, Dave, Wolf Alice and more were among the winner’s at last night’s BRIT Awards. The event sa
First names announced for Kappa FuturFestival 2022
This year’s festival will run from 1-3 July. Kappa FuturFestival has made its first artist announcement for 2022. The Italian festival returns to the vast Parco Dora in central T
Composer and sound artist Nyokabi Kariūki announces debut EP, ‘peace places: kenyan memories’
Kenyan composer and sound artist Nyokabi Kariūki will release her debut EP, ‘peace places: kenyan memories’, next month via SA Recordings. Listen to the single, ‘Equator Son
An encyclopaedia of trance has been published
An encyclopedia charting two decades of trance music has been published. Dubbed the first encyclopedia to cover “the global trance movement during its most prolific years,