Music

MoStack’s Stacko LP sticks to the script

Review: Afroswing is soundtracking yet another UK summer. Despite his distinctive style, MoStack conforms for a winning formula.

Take Thy Mrs: How come MCs are obsessed with cuckolding?

Rappers are scoring hits by threatening to link your girl. It’s a form of ridicule with a long history in literature and folklore.

Welcome back MUNA – the Harry Styles-approved queer pop trio

The LA group opened for Styles on his 2017 tour, accidentally gifted him a Mapplethorpe book of nudes, and now they’re back with a head-spinning new single.

Liam Gallagher: As It Was

Review: From the head-spinning heights of the Champagne Supernova years to the collapse of Beady Eye, As It Was follows the comeback of the decade.

Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist

The best contemporary music – refreshed weekly.

What’s hot? Chatting music with Zane Lowe

Apple Music’s tastemaker-in-chief sits down with The Face in Ibiza to share his takes on Tyler, the Creator, Slowthai, Billie Eilish, Kanye and Rosalia.

Club Regulars 008: Mila van der Linden

The Dutch party aficionado gives us the low-down on what makes Amsterdam a special raving destination.

100% Baby Blue: techno’s trans-Madonna

The radically-minded artist has written a eulogy to her former self.

CrasHing Around: An interview with ScHoolboy Q

The rapper maintains focus after drugs and death nearly knocked him off course.

100% Nasty Cherry: Charli XCX’s favourite new girl gang

Meet the brash four-piece with a glossy image, a killer sense of humour and a bitch-pop sound to match.

Inside 44KW – Shanghai’s most stylish club

Fashion-loving ravers are congregating at the fresh new venue. The Face gets involved.

Big Joanie’s Steph Phillips picks her favourite three-piece bands

The London band's singer/guitarist talks through the trios who inspired her.

Grime for grown-ups: Skepta’s ‘Ignorance Is Bliss’

Review: Three years since the release of his celebratory Konnichiwa album, the platinum-selling MC reignites the energies of Blacklisted for his 2019 LP.

Meet Laraaji, the 76-year-old sound artist who opened for Solange

At Grace Wales Bonner’s Devotional Sound event, the New York crowd was bathed in soul-calming vibrations from Harlem’s distinguished sound artist.

Grace Wales Bonner in conversation with Solange

Following the first live performance of When I Get Home documented here, Grace speaks to Solange about devotion, the spectrum of research that informs her work, and the voices that have helped her better understand herself.

Club Regulars 007: Manu Miran

Since getting kicked out of home in Venezuela, the curator and DJ has made his mark on Boston’s nightlife scene.

Club Regulars 006: Yeti Out

A party scene collision of east and west, with members spread out across Hong Kong, Shanghai and London.

Slowthai announces ‘Bet Ya a £5^er Tour’

↳ Read more...

Flying Lotus’ Flamagra: an aural exploration of the afterlife

An intergenerational set of players and guests grace Flamagra, including Herbie Hancock, Solange Knowles, David Lynch, and Tierra Whack.

The Face Mix 002: Kenny Allstar

The BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ has put together a mix which merges his usual genre favourites; afrobeats to dancehall, and hip-hop covering all angles.

Tyler, The Creator’s IGOR

Review: The idiosyncratic rapper’s sixth studio album features Solange and La Roux and taps into a gay relationship – but does it deliver on all accounts?

Tyler, The Creator’s loyal fans take to Peckham

The police broke it up. The fans styled it out.

Santi on Nigeria’s cultural rebirth

“All of the people in the alté movement are solely driven by a strong desire to create without limits, that’s all that matters to us.”

Club Regulars 005: Laura Diaz

As the co-founder of liberal São Paolo club night Mamba Negra, Laura Diaz is attempting to fight far-right Brazilian politics through raving.