
Music


Caleb Landry Jones’ Freak Zone
After a run of acclaimed film roles, the Texan actor creates his own private psychedelic reel: a debut album that’s as brilliant and out-there as its maker.

Let your mind implode with Lena Willikens’ psychedelic Face Mix
The Amsterdam-based selector goes deep.

Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Octavian unites with Obongjayar and Santi, India Jordan's got an uplifting banger for locked-down ravers and Headie One gets the Brian Eno treatment.

100% Lolo Zouaï: the moody pop poster girl
The San Francisco-raised, NYC-based musician was supposed to be filling the opening slot on Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia tour this weekend. She’s just dropped a woozy new track It’s My Fault instead.
A Guide to Memphis Rap’s New Wave
The roots of the modern rap are in Tennessee. Artists like Big Moochie Grape, NLE Choppa and Duke Deuce are leading the new era.

The duality of Don Toliver
The trap‘n’b artist – signed to Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack label – talks Astroworld, TikTok and horoscopes over the phone from his hometown Houston.

Zsela’s stirring up a quiet storm
After emerging through NYC’s fashion scene, the singer speaks to The Face about her tender new EP Ache of Victory.
Hear Sita Abellan’s powerful techno mix
The Spanish DJ, designer and stylist expresses her love for the rave.

Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Playboi Carti makes a welcome return, Rina Sawayama embraces a guilt trip and Westside Gunn teams up with Tyler.

100% dvsn: the OVO Sound signees putting everyone in their feels
The Canadian R&B duo – singer Daniel Daley and producer Nineteen85 – return with their third album A Muse In Her Feelings, out today.

Here’s what you need to know about the new Westside Gunn album
Virgil, Tyler and Covid-19 – there’s a lot going on with the Griselda rapper’s new project Pray for Paris.

Hear Hodge swap techno for tranquility
The Bristol DJ/producer showcases the softer side of his club music peers.

At home with The Streets
Mike Skinner shows us round his lovely front room, and round his first new album in almost a decade: None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive. Where’s he been? “All artists are really quite away with the fairies,” he explains. “which is a good thing.”

100% Fivio Foreign: the NYC drill scene lives on
The New Yorker blew up last year off the viral track Big Drip. Now with a Quavo and Lil’ Baby remix, new banger Wetty and an upcoming mixtape, the rapper is set to take over this year.

Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Yaeji enlists her rapper friends, The 1975 team up with Phoebe Bridgers and Biig Piig dabbles in drum 'n' bass.

AceMoMa have a vision for rave’s future
The NYC duo are one of the most exciting new acts in underground club culture. Despite the crisis, they see light at the end of the tunnel.

100% Hardy Caprio: the work hard, play harder rapper
The Croydon hitmaker pulls no punches for The Face’s questionnaire.

Yaeji’s anime-inspired family
Marking the release of her new mixtape What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던, the Brooklyn-based singer, DJ, producer and artist talks us through the anime-inspired characters who star in the video for lead track, Waking Up Down.

Welcome to Yaeji’s world
The NYC-based artist talks us through her new mixtape What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던. Merging anime, club music and Korean culture with help from her inner circle of collaborators, the project feels like a warm hug between friends.

100% Wesley Joseph: “I’m chasing that rush most days”
The self-produced bedroom artist soundtracking life’s highs and lows.

Original Farm Boys: documenting the rise of the UK’s most hyped drill crew
A new photography zine captures the Tottenham rappers’ summer block party.

Biig Piig’s wearing her heart on her sleeve
Jess Smyth has charmed the likes of Billie Eilish with her soothing neo-soul. The Irish singer’s new track Switch proves she can turn it up a notch.

“Everytime I go to the shop, there’s none there!”
Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall on life after loo roll.