Music
Hinds are back, just in time
With new album The Prettiest Curse, the effervescent Madrid band gift us a much-needed indie-rock holiday. They had no choice: “We’re Spaniards – we love the summer and we love the heat.”
The new protest songs of Black Lives Matter
This week, a string of new songs amplified the protests against police brutality.
Watch Naira Marley’s livestream from Lagos
To celebrate Marlian Day, the rebellious hitmaker is broadcasting a gig from the National Theatre in Lagos.
Here’s what you need to know about Lady Gaga’s Chromatica
The affecting ballads of Stefani Germanotta’s Joanne era are long gone: Party Gaga is back and everyone’s invited to her robo-wonderland.
SOPHIE: behind the mixing board and under pop’s bonnet
The elusive Scottish production genius talks us through five key tracks from her catalogue, then highlights five all-time sonic classics. Bitch, she’s Madonna and, dude, they’re Depeche Mode...
No Rome: thriller from Manila
The 1975 collaborator and prolific Dirty Hit artist beams in with lockdown love on a new single with beabadoobee and Jay Som.
Here’s what post-lockdown clubbing looks like in China
Shanghai's 44KW nightclub recently reopened, welcoming the city’s fashion-conscious ravers onto disinfected dancefloors while sending a beacon of hope to the global clubbing community.
100% Pa Salieu: the Coventry rapper leading the UK rap Frontline
Despite a meteoric entry onto the scene, the fresh-faced talent’s two new tunes prove he's in it for the long haul.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Cathartic dance pop from Gaga and Grande, loved-up ambience from Arca and dubby road rap from Pa Salieu.
100% GRACEY: the rising pop star on fate, honesty and pyjamas
She writes her name in capitals and makes anxiety-addressing music with Australian singers. She's GRACEY and she's mega (as demonstrated by her soon to be chart-bothering new single Empty Love).
Diana Gordon: “I drink my water and God has preserved me”
The LA-based singer who cut her teeth writing songs for Beyonce, Dua Lipa and Mary J. Blige unpacks her new semi-autobiographical Wasted Youth EP, for which the title track’s music video premieres on The Face today.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Lagos party rap, quarantine pop and eccentric soul.
Hear Pure Immanence’s mix of soothing space music
The New York duo’s ambient blends take you to another place.
100% Liv.e: the maker of sulking jazz-grooves
With her forthcoming LP Couldn't Wait To Tell You set to drop this summer, the Texan-raised producer-songwriter teases two left-field, experimental tracks.
Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie on his folk music food bank fundraiser
The Mercury-winning band's guitarist spent his down time post-tour volunteering at a north London food bank. Now he’s releasing an album of folk instrumentals to raise money and awareness. We speak to him, and to centre manager Abi Odujoko, about the scourge of food poverty – and how it’s immeasurably worse now.
100% Dijon: a stunning master of top-down soul
The R&B singer and producer – buoyed up by Brockhampton and Charli XCX – is releasing his own quasi-album that makes for a killer driving soundtrack.
Helena Hauff is going stir crazy
The German DJ rose from the dimly-lit underground to headline some of Europe’s biggest dance festivals, smashing out intense electro for thousands. But is she about to pack it all in to work in an Italian restaurant?
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
History has been made thanks to the Doja/Nicki and Meg/Beyoncé tag-teams.
Fontaines D.C.: punk-poetry for hard times
With brilliant new album A Hero’s Death, the quickfire follow-up to 2019 breakthrough Dogrel, the Irish band refuse to rest on their laurels, lockdown or no lockdown.
Watch back all the videos from our tribute concert to The 1975
As part of the band’s takeover of The Face, we broadcasted cover versions of their songs by Phoebe Bridgers, Rina Sawayama, Clairo, Gracie Abrams, Cavetown, Pales Waves and Beabadoobee.
Refresh yourself with Kelly Lee Owens’ Face Mix
Featuring tracks from Yaeji, SOPHIE and Sevdaliza.