Catch up on our latest writing.
Ahead of his appearance at Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht, left-field US rapper JPEGMAFIA talks to Tara Joshi about journalism, Throbbing Gristle and his forthright track, ‘I Cannot Fucking Wait Until Morrissey Dies’
In a possibly world first, this weekend's Hackney Carnival will host the Faggamuffin Bloc Party sound system entirely run by and featuring queer people of colour. Virginia Wilson explains why this exciting new development is so personally and politically important
The hard-grafting London punk four-piece all work full-time, they tell Jamie Ryder, but they’ve found the time to record a thrilling new full-length and play Thurston Moore’s birthday, among other things. Sauna Youth portrait by Owen Richards
The world’s preeminent “drag terrorist” sits down with Jamie Ryder to discuss her new album, touching on loving Missy Elliott, talking to birds and performance in the age of Trump. Contains NSFW video. All portraits by Michael Sharkey
John Doran was on his way to the Gwennap Pit in Cornwall when he received the new Aphex Twin EP by email. But is the outdoor Methodist amphitheatre and "early ancestor of the speaker cone" an ideal place to enjoy Richard D. James' latest?
These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Robert Barry, Tristan Bath, Louise Brown, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Ella Kemp, Sean Kitching, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner and Kez Whelan