Burna Boy joins Flow Festival 2022 line-up
The Helsinki-based festival has revealed more artists to play this year’s edition. Previous Crack Magazine cover star Burna Boy has been confirmed to play Flow Festival. Othe
VËRYL festival unveils more artists for 2022
The German festival has announced the second wave of acts for this year’s event. VËRYL festival has confirmed Yu Su, DJ Tennis, Refuge Worldwide co-founder Richard Akingbehi
Sega Bodega teases new Sophie Ellis-Bextor track Hypnotized
The NUXXE producer has shared a snippet of new music he’s been working on. In April, Sega Bodega revealed that he’s collaborating with Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Wuh Oh on
Beatport adds Amapiano to list of genre categories
The electronic music store has announced the South African genre will have its own classification. Previously labelled under Afro House, Deep House and Dance/Electro Pop, Amapiano
KMRU & Aho Ssan erupt in post-apocalyptic extremity with ‘Resurgence’
An explosive edit from Limen, the first collaborative project from Kenyan sound artist Joseph Kamaru and French electronic composer and producer Niamké Désiré. Peel and Jar, fro
Black Agent announces new album “Industrial Ruination”
Industrial trio Black Agent has announced that their debut album “Industrial Ruination” will be released on April 15th, 2022 via Re:Mission Entertainment. The highly so
Malthus draws strength from sickness in Won’t Go Easy
Multidisciplinary artist Malthus explores childhood trauma, violence and frailty with his debut EP, COUNTRYCIDE, which features contributions from Blackhaine, Sid Quirk, Magnus Wes
KMRU, Beatrice Dillon and Skee Mask to play Stone Island Presents Berlin
Stone Island is teaming up with C2C Festival to launch an event in Berlin. The event, titled Stone Island Presents Berlin, is set to take place on 19 May at Wilhelm Hallen. The nig
We’re hosting the Daytimers takeover at The Great Escape in May
The event will take place at Patterns as part of The Great Escape’s late night programme. We’re excited to be teaming up with the Brighton festival to host a Daytimers
New foundation launched to support survivors of sexual abuse in music industry
The launch of the Face the Music Now Foundation has been announced today. Author and former A&R executive Dorothy Carvello has launched a new foundation, called Face the Music
End of the Road adds Ross from Friends and Soccer Mommy to 2022 line-up
The Dorset festival has announced more acts joining the bill and released the final tickets for this September. Battles, Soccer Mommy and Ross From Friends have been added for the
Giant Swan share tour documentary Flight of the Giant Swan
Flight of the Giant Swan – which we previously screened for Crack Supporters – is now available to watch in full. The short film follows the Bristol duo on their 2019 tour in s
A new grime exhibition is coming to the Museum of London in June
Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream explores the history of grime and features Skepta, Jammer and Roony “Risky Roadz” Keefe. Opening on 17 June, the Museu
Theo Triantafyllidis Presents: Radicalization Pipeline
Using surreal humour and an absurdist aesthetic sensibility inspired by high fantasy, classic science fiction, MMORPGs and niche online communities, Theo Triantafyllidis builds imm
Kano to star in Daniel Kaluuya’s new dystopian film, The Kitchen
Daniel Kaluuya has announced his new film The Kitchen. The British actor has co-written the drama alongside Joe Murtagh, and it’ll star Kane Robinson – otherwise known as
One Out Festival unveils line-up for 2022 edition
The festival, which held its debut event last year, returns to Apps Court Farm in Surrey on 18 June. Eats Everything and Skream are set to headline One Out Festival. Other acts joi
UK’s first LGBTQ+ camping and dance music festival announces line-up
The inaugural LGBTQ+ electronic music festival is set to take place on 28 and 29 May near north London. Across three stages, Flesh Festival will host DJ sets from the likes of Elle
Night Terrors – Zenith
Night Terrors’ description on Discogs simply states “Band from Seattle, Washington”. Although that statement is factual, it doesn’t necessarily pique one
Thomas Harrington Rawle & Bjarki skewer corporate care in Affirmation Chamber
The audiovisual artist teams up with the producer and sound artist to plunge us back into the Care More universe, a darkly comedic reflection of our own fractured world. Care More
Leon Vynehall shares exclusive Skee Mask, Ehua and Or:la tracks from his fabric mix
The producer and DJ was recently announced as the next artist for fabric’s mix series. Leon Vynehall has shared tracks from his fabric presents mix. The tracks feature Skee Mask,