100% SATICA: the rising singer dishing out truths
Get up close and personal with the Long Beach native as she drops her new EP dear April, ily.
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Slipknot’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ maintains their status as metal royalty
Review: 20 years ago, no one expected longevity from the 18-legged hate machine. But even after losing three members, they're proving they have substance behind the gimmicks.
Music of African origin is having a moment – now festivals are celebrating the wave
Once the subject schoolyard taunts, African heritage is now a badge of pride among the UK diaspora. The music scene is driving the cultural shift.
100% iZNiiK: the faceless producer making face-melting songs
He spent two years living in the woods, away from society, and has emerged fully intact with an explosive sound. But exactly who is iZNiiK?
HTRK are happy to be back
The underground Australian band have long specialised in seductive melancholia. For their first album in half a decade, they’ve let some light in.
The emotionally tender story behind Girls’ debut album
10 years ago, the San Francisco band released one of the last great indie records of the ‘00s – an album influenced by heartache, hard drugs and hope.
Club Regulars 012: Lefto
The Brussels hip-hop head has nothing but love for his city’s music scene.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
The best contemporary music – updated weekly.
Mabel makes a pitch for proper pop stardom on ‘High Expectations’
Review: Following her smash hit Don't Call Me Up, the UK singer steps towards the major league.
ASAP Rocky’s mum pleads for him to be released from a Swedish jail
Renee Black returns to the district court in Stockholm after lunch, on 30th July, two days before prosecutors must decide whether to continue detaining her son.
YBN Cordae’s ‘The Lost Boy’ raises the bar for contemporary rap debuts
Review: In a landscape of Xanax-inspired, mumbled flows, Cordae champions lyrical dexterity without frowning upon his peers.
Burna Boy shines with star power on ‘African Giant’
Review: The Nigerian artist has blended genres to brew style with international appeal.
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The best contemporary music – updated weekly.
100% Miraa May: the Tottenham singer with zero fucks to give
The brazen artist with grime connections talks about what she likes, loves and loathes and her new EP Dark, out today.
Cautious Clay’s music is too damn catchy
Clay is a self-taught, flute-playing multi-instrumentalist making pop-adjacent power tunes for the world, despite being a bit of a loner.
100% Lealani: the Californian artist has found her alien-self
Lealani is the art-pop musician summoning an extraterrestrial atmosphere
Club Regulars 011: Sofie
Part of both the Stones Throw and Boiler Room families, the DJ currently resides in Vienna – the opera capital of the world. But what are its party credentials?
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Backstage with Octavian and Travis Scott in London
Behind-the-scenes photos from the London show that everyone's been talking about.
Iggy Fucking Pop
The Godfather of Punk, American Caesar and so much more. All hail Ig.
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The Face Mix 005: Mike Servito
A brash, funky and raw blend that’ll have you pining for the club.
