The UK music industry is at risk of collapsing. And looking back at previous eras, counterculture may be more dependent on our government than we’d like to admit.
Roo Oxley, lifelong casual and author of new book Clobber, discusses what it means to belong to one of Britain’s most contentious subcultures.
Much of artist Jamie Holman’s work examines working class and football culture. Now he wants to challenge certain aspects with new pieces made in Pakistan.
The pop rockers invited fans to fuck around with facial AR technology for their new music video, People. Here the directors explain how it’s the first of its kind.
Launching today as part of London’s first digital fashion week, Ahluwalia’s new book, Jalebi, celebrates Southall’s multiculturalism in all its glory – and is named after a golden syrup-coated dessert. Delicious.
After filling the airwaves with middle-of-the-road ballads, the British star signalled a more risky era with Unholy. New album Gloria plays it disappointingly safe, but Smith’s effort in queering the mainstream can’t be knocked.
The serial collector took to the Catacombs of Paris to document youth culture and contemporary artefacts. Spoooooky!
January 1990: After a year of underground success, Stone Roses and Happy Mondays crowd into a Top of the Pops dressing room to celebrate their entry into the national charts. With Britain at their feet the world will surely follow, and if you're looking for the sound of the Nineties, these are the Mancunian candidates.
Dropping a few amapiano tracks in your DJ sets? Please, do your research. Here’s a guide to help you explore.
After surprising listeners this summer by announcing his departure from NTS Radio after 10 years, the London DJ has set up his own Do!! You!!! platform. THE FACE visits him as he draws up his new blueprint for organised chaos.
Getting pissed in a field is officially back for summer 2022. From moshers to drum and bass heads to rap fans, here’s what the youth will be wearing at Wireless, Latitude, Reading and Leeds and more. We told you subcultures aren’t dead!
Outside off-licenses, Tescos and your local retailer of non-cig smokables, a new tapestry of urban, consumer art sits atop Britain’s bins.
The 24-year-old has taken her beloved genre into fresh territory and earned the respect of the scene’s older heads. Her next trick? A debut album that fuses euphoric breaks with the guitar-powered swagger of Britpop. Let’s have it.
Kinktok, BDSM and manhandling: never mind the so-called "sex recession", here's what horny young people are getting up to in the bedroom.
In Faceless Techno, photographer Yis Kid documents, lo-fi style, what the city’s techno community are wearing, in all their scantily-clad glory.
Worming its way into 50% of the British male population’s wardrobes (or thereabouts), the Topman tee is a relic of fashion’s past. But why did it become so popular?
