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Going underground with Jimothy Lacoste, George Riley and friends
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Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Bree Runway's dropped an early summer sizzler, LCY's experimented with conceptual club music and Olivia Rodrigo has followed up the biggest song of the year.
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Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring satanic flamenco courtesy of Lil Nas X, Backroad Gee’s explosive chemistry with NSG and nightmarish prog-punk by black midi.
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100% Karl Benjamin: the self-reflective neo soul songwriter
The musician and model opens up on his debut EP, DRIST.
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A year of bloody lockdown in photos
Recently, we asked you to submit photos commemorating the past year in lockdown. After rifling through 200+ submissions (cheers!), we’ve whittled it down to protest, politics, daily walks, Zoom hugs, student life, anxiety, laughs, and all the rest of it...
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Watch a lecture with THE FACE cover star Adex
The CEO of Manchester’s NQ company shared his story in a conversation hosted by the University of Salford.
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Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
JAE5 teams up with Rema and Skepta, glaive delivers fresh-sounding hyperpop and Lana Del Rey looks back on a past life.
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Utada Hikaru and A. G. Cook share an anime theme song, Vegyn cooks up a glitchy house track and Jorja Smith sings of romantic turmoil.
Listen to Tim Reaper’s explosive modern jungle mix
The Future Retro boss harnesses the energy of the genre’s current wave.
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A year in lockdown, snapped
Yes, that’s right. It’s almost been a year since the nationwide lockdown was implemented, and a lot has gone on since then. So, THE FACE wants you to submit your best photo response to the past 12 months.
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Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring No Rome’s new supergroup, Darkoo’s heartbreak anthem and a Stormzy-assisted Ghanain drill remix.
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Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring a hard-hitting rap anthem from Kam-Bu, warm neo-soul by Greentea Peng and poignant trance courtesy of Smerz.
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When The Party’s Over: Marcelo Burlon’s dreamlike vision of an empty Ibiza
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Listen to DJ Win’s Manchester rap mix
Aitch’s DJ guides us through the NQ roster on THE FACE’s cover.
Creams’ guide to Tbilisi’s artists
The Georgian musician shouts out the fashion designers, painters and producers in her network.
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Ai Mei Li is the new Mowalola-approved brand that sold out in 20 minutes
The London designer birthed her brand in lockdown via Instagram, creating reworked masterpieces that are “bigger than just clothes or aesthetics”.
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Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Headie One and Burna Boy go pop punk, Dua Lipa drops bonus bangers and slowthai gets vexed.