The Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2023

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Hip-hop in 2023 was largely a game of hard left turns and stylistic leaps of faith. From Doja Cat’s bridge-burning fourth album Scarlet to Lil Uzi Vert’s wildly experimental Pink Tape, hip-hop artists went out […]

Adriatique Unveil New Record Label With Haunting Single, "The Future Is Unknown"

Adriatique Unveil New Record Label With Haunting Single, "The Future Is Unknown"

Adriatique have taken the next leap in their career with the debut of a new record label, X Recordings. The Swiss duo are beloved for their immersive “Adriatique present X” event series, which has brought mind-bending visuals to […]

7 fiercest moments in Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ film, new single

7 fiercest moments in Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' film, new single

“Who run the world?” Beyoncé asked rhetorically on 2011’s “Run the World (Girls).” And in 2023, there’s no doubt that it has been Bey and Tay — Taylor Swift, of course — who not only […]

Beaty and Beats for Love: Meet the DJ Who’s All Things Rave in Czechia and Slovakia

Beaty and Beats for Love: Meet the DJ Who's All Things Rave in Czechia and Slovakia

Most American ravers know very little about the scene in the former Eastern Bloc, aside perhaps from Berghain and the festivals in Croatia. Drum & bass denizens would likely know about Let It Roll out […]

Justin Timberlake Sends Up Boy-Band Past – Deadline

Justin Timberlake Sends Up Boy-Band Past – Deadline

Wanna feel old? The Trolls franchise is seven this year and brings with it a whole culture of nostalgia for the late ’90s and early ’00s that to anyone under 40 will seem like a […]

Murky reflections: why sci-fi needs to stop imitating Black Mirror | Culture

Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in Foe

It’s a tale as old as time: two young people hit it off. They’re living in a vaguely future-ish, vaguely retro world, with the technology to read potential couples for compatibility within the accuracy of […]

‘I had to fax the lyrics to the gospel choir’s pastor’: how the Soup Dragons made I’m Free | Music

‘Club culture felt like the new psychedelia’ … the early Soup Dragons.

Sean Dickson, vocals, guitar, arrangement The early Soup Dragons were a psychedelic punk rock band, but by 1988 there was more energy in the underground acid house scene than the indie scene. We used to […]

Insomniac Outdoes Itself for the Biggest and Best Escape Halloween to Date [Event Review]

Insomniac Outdoes Itself for the Biggest and Best Escape Halloween to Date [Event Review]

Original Photo by Ivan Meneses for Insomniac Events It’s been a week since Escape Halloween took over the NOS Events Center for its 12th edition, and like most things Insomniac, the festival just got bigger […]

JHONATAN OSPINA Raises Environmental Awareness With DJ Set From Tulum Recycling Center

JHONATAN OSPINA Raises Environmental Awareness With DJ Set From Tulum Recycling Center

Aiming to reduce carbon emissions and promote a more sustainable way of life, JHONATAN OSPINA has delivered a captivating live set with a environmental twist. The talented DJ and producer is also passionate environmental advocate, […]

Gareth Emery Reveals New Tour Promising "Most Insane Lasers Ever Seen So Far in Dance Music"

Gareth Emery Reveals New Tour Promising "Most Insane Lasers Ever Seen So Far in Dance Music"

Gareth Emery is promising “the most insane lasers ever seen so far in dance music” for his upcoming North American tour. Known for some of the most impressive light shows in all of music, the […]

‘We put his face back together again’: the groundbreaking show bringing Ryuichi Sakamoto back to life | Ryuichi Sakamoto

Optically transparent devices … the audience watches Kagami.

Todd Eckert is explaining, in circuitous yet joyous fashion, how he first fell in love with the work of the Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. It’s a conversation that meanders through Eckert’s teenage visit to Preston, […]

Bex Burch: There Is Only Love and Fear review – messy minimalism that grooves hard | Music

The artwork for There Is Only Love and Fear.

Minimalism is usually cool, detached, frictionless and mathematical. The music made by percussionist Bex Burch is not any of these things. What she calls “messy minimalism” shares some characteristics with the music of Steve Reich […]

The Chemical Brothers review – mesmerising barrage of thunder and lighting | Chemical Brothers

Bad-trip visuals … The Chemical Brothers.

Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons are indistinct within a looming ring of keyboards, drum machines, laptops and mixers. It isn’t clear, through darkness and dry ice, what precisely they are doing to conjure the mesmeric […]