Music

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.

The 1975’s Matty Healy in conversation with Stevie Nicks

The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman opens up about losing friends, and finding clarity and sobriety.

The 1975’s Matty Healy in conversation with Bobby Gillespie

The Primal Scream frontman talks authenticity, Andrew Weatherall and how rappers are channelling the spirit of rock’n’roll.

The 1975’s Matty Healy in conversation with Conor Oberst

The Bright Eyes’ legend marks his band’s return after a nine-year absence with an in-depth, intimate discussion of raw music and real emo.

The 1975’s Matty Healy in conversation with Kim Gordon

The artist and former Sonic Youth member discusses her many inspirations.

The 1975’s Matty Healy in conversation with Steve Reich

The avant-garde composer shares some of his mind-expanding wisdom.

The 1975’s Matty Healy in conversation with Mike Kinsella

The Midwestern emo trailblazer discusses his multiple bands and squirms as Healy acknowledges the debt his songwriting owes the American’s open-hearted brand of rock.

The 1975’s Matty Healy in conversation with Brian Eno

The artist, producer and ambient pioneer shares his big-thinking opinions on abstract art, David Bowie and the thrilling potential of gaming.

The 1975: dreaming in quarantine

Their epic, new, 22-track album feels like a coincidental soundtrack for isolated living. Beaming in from lockdown in an English countryside hideaway, Matty Healy explains how Greta Thunberg, FKA twigs and Phoebe Bridgers helped him map out Notes on a Conditional Form.

100% Mahalia: “I made my first ever guacamole last week”

The soulful singer on life after lockdown, taking advice from Ed Sheeran and adventures within avocado-based cooking.

Gia Ford: Dirty Hit’s digi-soul trailblazer

With her new, nine-track EP and accompanying visuals, the singer explores “a lot sexier, darker lezzy fantasi” (spelling and ambition, artist’s own).

Unknown T wants us to see the whole picture

Within less than a year of making music, Unknown T caught the kind of buzz that every UK MC dreams of. Then, at the peak of his career, he lost his freedom. In this exclusive interview, he talks continuing his comeback – with new material that tells his side of the story.