Bristol label Idle Hands announces “last release for the time being”
The 12-inch features tracks from Bruce, K-Lone, Rhythmic Theory and Glances. Bristol label and record shop Idle Hands has announced details of their upcoming record IDLE065 and sai
Beyoncé features Big Freedia and samples Show Me Love on new track, Break My Soul
Beyoncé has released the first track from her upcoming new album Renaissance, slated for release on 29 July. The new single Break My Soul features a sample from Robin S’s 19
Mitski on touring with Harry Styles: “I’m already learning so much, I feel like I got a scholarship!”
The Laurel Hell artist is currently supporting Harry Styles on his tour across the UK. Yesterday, Mitski shared a thread of tweets expressing her gratitude for getting to play thes
Fact Mix 863: ELLES
A celebration of summer for hedonistic ravers from naive affiliate and Rinse FM resident ELLES. Since her first release in 2016, London-based DJ, producer and Rinse FM resident ELL
The Warehouse Project announces Little Simz and Soichi Terada for 2022 season
The Manchester event series has unveiled the opening shows for its upcoming programme at Depot Mayfield. First up for the 2022 season, inner-city festival Repercussion returns to D
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