The Face
Legendary Liverpudlian radio station Melodic Distraction on community spirit in a time of creative crisis
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring Billie Eilish’s return, Amaarae’s sad girls anthem, and the West Midlands link up of Pa Salieu and M1llionz.
Bedroom brands to support in lockdown 2.0
The second quarter of 2020 has seen 176,115 new businesses incorporated in UK, with many converting hobbies into thriving bedroom brands. Just like the four creative so-and-sos here...
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Dua Lipa teams up with Belgian pop star Angèle, Bree Runway enlists kindred spirit Rico Nasty and AceMoMa drop a satisfying rave explosion.
Watch Prettyboy D‑O perform his emotive Afropop track Same Energy
The Nigerian singer-rapper unleashes his charisma for the Lucent: APEX live sessions series.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring slinky Afrobeats from Wizkid, a toxic relationship anthem from Claudia Valentina and the new band from Jay Som and Chastity Belt’s Annie Truscott.
Hear Hank Korsan’s funk and disco mix
The DJ and model delves into vintage grooves to stop your heart from growing cold.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring Ariana Grande's surprise comeback track, a bonus treat from Yaeji and Pa Salieu's politically potent single B***k.
Five organisations you can support to help #EndSARS
A number of people taking part in #EndSARS protests in Nigeria have reportedly been shot dead in Lagos. An indefinite 24-hour curfew has now been imposed on the capital and other regions. Meanwhile, the army has dismissed reports as “fake news”. Here’s how you can help.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring a cathartic indie anthem from Beabadoobee, King Princess’s avatar-fronted return and the drill-dancehall link up between Loski and Popcaan.
The Story of Malcolm X
Spike Lee is now showing a sunnier face to the world, yet he’s making another film without a happy ending.
Grace Jones: confessions of an art groupie
To celebrate Black History Month, we’ve dug through our 40 years-deep back-catalogue to find interviews and profiles with the world’s greatest talents across film, music, fashion and the arts. Over the coming weeks we’ll be posting a selection of these FACE encounters with the best of the best. Creative, resilient and revolutionary: these are our Archive Heroes.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring Junglepussy’s return, Overmono’s adrenaline-fuelling production and a confident debut from Priya Ragu.
#EndSARS: young Nigerians speak out
Yesterday, protestors gathered in London and Abjua, Nigeria, including Wizkid, Burna Boy and Davido, to call for the abolishment of SARS – a corrupt unit of the Nigerian police force. Here's what went down in the capital.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Jorja Smith enlists Popcaan for her dancehall-inspired single, DaBaby does disco with Dua and 21 Savage revives the Savage Mode sound.
Go deep with DJ Python’s Face Mix
The NYC-based producer specialises in hypnotic dembow rhythms.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring M.I.A.’s show-stealing verse on Franchise, a cheeky bassline banger from Bad Boy Chiller Crew, plus object blue and TSV1’s hard-hitting body music.