The event series will host four days of immersive art, talks, films and music in Newcastle from 27-30 May. Tour de Moon is a multi-city, UK-wide festival comprised of free public events, performances and colourful installations. The brainchild of creative director, artist and filmmaker Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun – the founder of NASA’s International Space[…]
The Croatian festival, which will hold its inaugural UK event this summer, is offering discounted tickets for those who can’t afford the full price. Outlook announced the initiative last week (20 May), sharing a statement via social media. “We believe in doing what we can to make music and events accessible to as many people[…]
The New Zealand pop star has expressed her love for the rapper’s new album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. In the most recent instalment of her fan newsletter shared yesterday (24 May), Lorde wrote: “I’m loving Kendrick. I cannot get over the most popular and influential artist in modern music displaying a working nervous[…]
The new day festival heads to Alexandra Palace on 24 July. Higher Ground Festival has revealed the line-up for its inaugural event this summer. Patti Smith has been confirmed as a headliner. Nadine Shah, Spellling and Nabihah Iqbal also join the bill. Other newly announced artists include cellist Midori Jaeger, Connie Constance and DJ sets[…]
Otherlands, the new music and arts festival set to make its debut in Scotland this summer, has unveiled the latest additions to its line-up. VTSS, DJ Stingray 313 and Wheelman have been added to the bill. They’ll be joined at the camping festival by Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, Peach resident K4CIE, Club Sykie and more. On[…]
The Portuguese electronic music festival has announced more acts for its 15th anniversary edition. Peggy Gou has been confirmed for Neopop 2022. Other acts joining the bill include Solomun, Leon Vynehall, Jeff Mills, Pixel82, and a back-to-back set from Violet and Photonz. The festival, which takes place in Viana do Castelo from 10-13 August, will[…]
We’re excited to be premiering Ata ‘Sote’ Ebtekar’s new video for his track Life, made by audiovisual artist Tarik Barri. The Iranian-American composer’s latest album, Majestic Noise Made in Beautiful Rotten Iran, deals in intricately detailed sonic maximalism. Think richly textured and vivid electronics and immersive soundscapes. The third track from the new record, entitled Life, comprises layers of[…]
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 Depot Mayfield on 10 September. The line-up features Little Simz, Jamie xx, Soichi Terada and Jeff Mills & Underground Resistance. Other acts confirmed for the day festival include[…]
The Crash star is set to play the new festival on 3 September. Charli XCX joins the bill for Forwards Festival on the Saturday, making her Bristol festival debut. The new weekend event is organised by Team Love and AEG and takes place on Clifton Downs in Bristol from 3-4 September. Alongside Charli, Forwards Festival[…]
The xx’s Oliver Sim disclosed his HIV status in a new statement discussing his latest single and his forthcoming debut solo album, Hideous Bastard. Oliver Sim has revealed that he has been living with HIV since he was 17. The xx bassist and vocalist, now aged 32, discussed his diagnosis publicly for the first time[…]
The Audio Farm line-up just got bigger. The independent festival, which is staged at Hopton Court in the Shropshire countryside, has added a slew of new names to its 2022 line-up. With a focus on local and underground talent – along with queer, non-binary and female acts – the festival’s second line-up announcement features FOLD[…]
The new initative seeks to tackle the issue of ownership that poses threat to independent music venues. Today (23 May) the Music Venue Trust has launched their new Own Our Venues campaign to secure the future of grassroots music spaces in the UK. Offering an alternative to the current model, Music Venue Properties proposes to[…]
Four Tet – real name Kieran Hebden – has finally released his 3LW edit. Hebden has shared the track Looking At Your Pager under his KH moniker today. It samples 3LW’s debut single No More (Baby I’ma Do Right), which was first released in October 2000. Hebden has also released an accompanying video, helmed by Trevor Jackson. Watch[…]
The night, which has held residences in London and Bristol over the past 16 years, is holding its own festival. Noise Test was founded in South London on the concept of creating a space for producers to showcase their own unreleased tracks. With a focus on drum & bass, dubstep and bass music, the nights[…]
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. Other acts joining the bill include Danish pop artist MØ, Finnish artists Vesta and New Ro as well as DJ duo Dream’s new project Dreamworld – an audiovisual conceptual[…]
The Oscar-winning Greek composer and synth artist has died, aged 79. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shared the news of Vangelis’ death yesterday (19 May) via Twitter and representatives of the pioneering musician confirmed that he passed away at a French hospital on Tuesday (17 May). In Mitsotakis’ post he praised Vangelis – real name[…]
The first online event takes place on 21 May with previous SHAPE Platform artist Grand River. Ableton’s Loop Session has announced a new series which will give insight into different artists’ practice and ideas. Kicking off the new online sessions, Dutch-Italian composer, producer and DJ Grand River will give attendees a behind-the-scenes look into her[…]
Pavel Milyakov – aka Buttechno – has shared a post on social media supporting Clone Records’ decision to stop working with Nina Kraviz and her label трип Recordings. The multidisciplinary artist and DJ also criticises Kraviz’s recent response to Clone Records in the statement. “As a Russian artist who was born and worked in Russia[…]
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 Akingbehin and Aurora Halal for their 2022 line-up. Other new additions to the bill include AGY3NA, Gigi FM, Nice Girl, Ogazón, I$A and Lux alongside a Refuge Worldwide showcase.[…]
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 the new track Hypnotized. Now, he’s teased the single via TikTok, saying that he’s going to “get in trouble for leaking” it. The caption includes a[…]
This progression of the Rap Music on Trial law comes in amidst Young Thug and Gunna’s current court case. Yesterday (17 May) the New York Senate passed the bill by 38-32 votes. Known officially as Senate Bill S7527, the law proposes to limit to use of rappers’ lyrics as evidence against them in court. The[…]
