Global culture calendar: September
We welcome in a month packed full of stuff worth getting out of bed for.
Music
100% J Rick: the Essie Gang member shaping his own sound
He helped soundtrack the biggest tunes of last year, now he’s ready to put his name front and centre.
How The 1975’s new video calls for AR anarchy
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.
Taylor Swift’s never sounded more smitten than on ‘Lover’
Review: The superstar’s seventh LP is a shimmering ode to long-term romance.
It’s a family affair
Photographer Mark Alesky takes us on a roots reggae sound system visual odyssey.
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.